The following is the fall color report for Sept. 14 by Howard Neufeld — also known as the Fall Color Guy. Neufeld has tracked ...

Monday marks 50 days until the 2024 presidential election in a campaign that was among the most turbulent in American history ...

As work progresses on a major paving project between milepost 229.6 and 305.1, park visitors can expect a full closure from ...

The town of Blowing Rock has implemented Stage 1 Voluntary Water Restrictions. A Stage 1 Water Advisory is put into place ...

Tropical storm conditions are expected along a stretch of the U.S. Southeast seacoast and forecasters say the system bringing ...

In a disclosure that can't eliminate the possibility that bird flu may have spread from one human to another for the first ...

This article features news and photos from past editions of the Watauga Democrat.

The following information is courtesy of the Boone Police Department. All suspects are considered innocent until proven ...

In a marquee matchup between two of Western North Carolina's top football programs, Watauga charged past A.C. Reynolds for a ...

Surveys show that a third of American adults can’t name the three branches of the federal government. One found that 10% of ...

The FBI says it's investigating “what appears to be an attempted assassination” of Donald Trump at his golf club in West Palm ...

Former President Donald Trump is safe following what the FBI says “appears to be an attempted assassination” in Florida after ...