Explore Boone is excited to invite the community to the Open House of its new Visitors Center and offices on Thursday, May 8, 2025. The event will take place at 171 Grand Blvd. in downtown Boone, ...

MerleFest, presented by Window World, wrapped up its 37th annual celebration with a romp-roaring tribute to the music and community that folk icon Doc Watson championed throughout his life. Over the ...

March 2025 saw drier-than-normal conditions for the month on Grandfather Mountain, according to data recorded at the park’s ...

The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation has secured  a three-year, $5.13 million grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission ...

During the April 23, 2025 Boone Town Council meeting, the Boone Town Council unanimously approved a resolution to award a ...

Grandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, has announced ...

Grandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, has announced its educator workshops for 2025. These workshops, provided specifically to ...

BISSELL Pet Foundation, a national nonprofit dedicated to ending pet homelessness, is once again prompting a nationwide call for adoption through its Empty the Shelters event, running May 1-15, 2025.

On April 22, 2025 the Watauga County 911 Communication Center received a call for an armed robbery at the Quality Plus in Vilas. The suspect left the Quality Plus in dark SUV, heading north on US ...