A late touchdown, coupled with a last-second stop, propelled Alexander Central’s JV football team to a 26-21 win over Watauga at Glenn L. Wilson Field inside Cougar Stadium.

Poll chaplains and lay peacekeepers have maintained a calm presence over the last few election cycles. This year, Faiths ...

The Watauga Housing Council has been awarded $50,000 from the Z Smith Reynolds Community Progress Fund to support its mission ...

Early voting in Watauga County has surged by 42% compared to the 2022 midterms, with 4,071 voters casting ballots in the ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Oct. 15 The Wall Street Journal says investors in AI will demand a return sooner or later ...

One in three Americans may experience "retirement drift" — when retirement savings get fragmented, complicated, and harder to ...

Watauga County's median home sales price reached $595,000 in September, reflecting a 5.7% increase from August and leading ...

Girls are vaping more than boys, reveals a new study. But researchers found that cigarette use among both school-age boys and girls has plummeted with less than one in 200 today "established" ...

Stacker compiled the most popular baby names for girls of the 1940s in North Carolina using data from the Social Security Administration.

Tom, named after “ Lord of the Rings ” character Tom Bombadil, now spends his days roaming a three-acre field at the Farm ...

Oregon State researchers say adults with the least real-life emotional support had more than eight times the odds of ...

Villagers sick of fast drivers have knitted fake speed cameras to catch out dangerous motorists. Locals in Fillongley, ...