Posted: Monday, August 10, 2015 1:17 pm | Updated: 2:15 pm, Mon Aug 10, 2015. Bell recovered from wreck of UK battleship sunk in WWII Associated Press | LONDON (AP) — An American philanthropist and investor has recovered a bell…

Awards were handed out last night at the annual meeting of the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce. Last night, the Boone Chamber recognized individuals and organizations for their special involvement in the community. A special recognition President’s Award was given…

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 Purchase Photos File photo | Jefferson Post – Sometimes the weather isn’t always perfect, as was the case in this 2011 race when a thick fog covered the country for the early morning portion of the race. Close Email–> Print–>…

From Bryson City to Boone and everywhere in between, North Carolina’s mountains offer plenty of good beer. Asheville’s reputation as the state’s premier beer city has never stemmed from a single brewery, but rather its collective beer culture and high…

1) Watauga Soil and Water Meeting The Watauga Soil and Water Conservation District Board will hold its regular meeting Wednesday, July 22 at 8 a.m. at the Soil and Water office located at 971 W. King St. in Boone. The…

Related Coverage OCRACOKE ISLAND, N.C. (WAVY) – A swimmer was bitten by a shark on Ocracoke Island Wednesday afternoon. Justin Gibbs with Hyde County EMS confirms the report was called in around 12:30 p.m. from a lifeguard stand. According to the National…

Since the news spread fast and wide last week of the Sun Belt Conference’s interest in evaluating Coastal Carolina as a potential future member, the possibility of a league change and of the Chanticleers maybe making the jump to the…

A shark bit a 67-year-old man several times Wednesday in waist-deep water off North Carolina’s Outer Banks, officials said, the seventh in a record-breaking year of shark attacks for the state’s coastal waters. A spokeswoman at the Greenville, North Carolina,…

 Purchase Photos Ben Webb, left, owner of Old North State Winery, and Luke Morrison, owner of The Blue Rabbit Art Gallery, spoke at a Millennial Panel Discussion during the North Carolina Main Street Conference earlier this year in Morganton. Close…