The Spruce Pine Alien Festival is a free 1-day Outdoor event that is pet friendly with over a mile long stretch of 200 Artists & Crafters in Downtown Spruce Pine on Oak Avenue Alien Merchandise, Free ...

March 15, 2026 - Gardeners are encouraged to bring any surplus seeds, root divisions, bulbs, corms, cuttings, plants, and ...

March 17, 2026 The following are recent obituary notices from Austin and Barnes and Hampton funeral homes in Boone and Reins-Sturdivant in Newland Read more ...

Do you want to start vending at farmers markets? Are you new to farming? This new fund, graciously sponsored by the North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission, aims to help new vendors with the ...

Grayson Lovill Trivette, 85, of Boone, passed away peacefully on March 2, 2026. He was born July 4, 1940, in Boone to the late Ossie Proffitt and Ray Trivette. Grayson was married for 60 years to Mary ...

Douglas “Todd” Greene passed away on his birthday, February 14, 2026 at the age of 54. He was born in Watauga County on February 14, 1972 to Gerry Winkler and Larry Greene. Todd lived his entire life ...

In the Fall of 2005 Bill Leonard of Ski Country Sports dreamed up the idea of organizing a High Country race series for local adult skiers. The point of the series was to have fun, as well as to enjoy ...

succession, several notable films were produced either partially or entirely within the High Country region, namely The Last of the Mohicans (Daniel Day-Lewis); The Handmaid’s Tale (Faye Dunaway); ...

Dema Ann Aldridge Spann, born on May 26, 1935, in Watauga County, passed away peacefully. She was the daughter of Everette and Lottie Perkins Aldridge. Dema graduated from Cove Creek High School and ...

Bill Fisher, Morning show host on The Highway 106.1 & 102.3. Photo submitted. Boone, NC — WMMY Highway 106.1 & 102.3 has announced significant changes to its daily lineup aimed at deepening community ...

Peggy Sue Speer Cerchione of 371 Lawrence Greene Road, Deep Gap, passed away Thursday, January 1, 2026. She is at long last reunited with her beloved husbandAngelo Cerchione who passed away 20 years ...

Jack William Groce, a beloved member of the High-Country community, passed away Friday, January 17, 2025, at the age of 95. Born on May 31, 1929, to William Arthur Groce, Sr., and Maude Pinnix Groce, ...