October 29, 2025 It’s time to start thinking about the upcoming ski and snowboard season. And time to start thinking about ...

Earlier today, Shane Fox communicated his resignation as Blowing Rock’s town manager to the Blowing Rock town council. During its monthly meeting tonight, Caldwell County’s Board of Commissioners ...

As a 501c3 nonprofit organization, the Blowing Rock Civic Association is complying with the law and is neither endorsing any candidate or candidates nor opposing any candidate or candidates.  Read mor ...

October 27, 2025 —"My issues with the meeting have nothing to do with hotels, traffic studies or even the town’s codes and history of controversial building projects. The issues are civility, decorum ...

October 28, 2025. The following are recent obituary notices from Austin and Barnes and Hampton funeral homes in Boone and Reins-Sturdivant in Newland. Read more ...

October 21, 2025. The following are recent obituary notices from Austin and Barnes and Hampton funeral homes in Boone and ...

October 18, 2025 The protest took place along the sidewalk adjacent to the Blowing Rock Road in Boone directly across from Applebee’s Restaurant. Protestors lined the sidewalk between Lowe’s Hardware ...

This past week brought me both the joy of new beginnings and the sorrow of final goodbyes. Within days, I celebrated the wedding of dear friends and mourned the passing of my mother. One moment was ...

My older brother, Dick (nicknamed “P.B.”… my middle name is Scott ), was killed by a drunk driver the day after Christmas, 1971. We had been living in Atlanta, where he had a shoe store and I was ...

The Amish have long been known and respected for their workmanship, and many of us have seen them in their element while visiting Ohio’s Holmes County and the Lancaster, Pennsylvania area. But, to see ...

initially look to find out in which direction the sirens are coming from and then if they are being emitted by ambulances or fire trucks, checking to see if they’ve got to stop and allow emergency ...