A Virginia woman was transported to Watauga Medical Center after a motorcycle wreck at 1:18 p.m. Thursday.

Watauga County has an "elevated" risk of its residents not mailing in their U.S. Census forms, which are hitting local mailboxes this week.

Watauga High School students are a step closer to getting laptops, thanks to a unanimous vote at Tuesday's Watauga County Board of Commissioners meeting.

The family of a man stabbed to death at a 2008 party is unhappy with the plea prospect facing the suspect.

The Boone Police Department (BPD) is switching service weapons, from the current standard issue Beretta to Glock.

An Appalachian State University student is in custody after a robbery attempt at Lowes Foods Wednesday afternoon. 

High Country residents are encouraged to clean out their medicine cabinets for Operation Medicine Drop to be held Saturday in Boone.

Debris removal could continue for months.

Officials encourage the planting of trees.

The Watauga County Department of Planning and Inspections is exploring the feasibility of a pursuing a grant to remove abandoned manufactured homes.

Sometime during the early morning hours of March 14 Mack Brown Inc. was broken into and vandalized.

Bill Bailey's job is to take a stack of vision statements and help them turn into hammers, nails and bricks.

A local mother is taking her concerns about a recently developed vaccine to Washington.

At 11 a.m. Tuesday morning, the Boone Police Department received a report of an armed man at service station on East King Street.