Western North Carolina entered 2025 with a familiar sense of dread, confusion and misplaced confidence as local governments, public agencies and assorted boards once again demonstrated an unwavering ...

December 30, 2025. The following are recent obituary notices from Austin and Barnes and Hampton funeral homes in Boone and Reins-Sturdivant in Newland. Read more ...

A woman who had been reported missing was found dead in a swamp on New Year’s Eve, and investigators are still putting ...

As Beaver Dam Amphitheater heads into its 12th year, the facility has become a tour stop for some of the biggest names in ...

Currently, the facility is conducting test runs without THC, as Toro has not yet received its full license and lacks actual ...

Congress can’t change a policy that will tax gamblers on money they didn’t win before it goes into effect, but lawmakers are ...

A wild winter storm is bringing strong winds, heavy snow and frigid temperatures to the Great Lakes and Northeast. The storm ...

David Hoffmann, the Florida-based billionaire and Washington, Missouri native, is leading a $50 million deal with the owner ...

A surge of arctic air is bringing strong winds, heavy snow and frigid temperatures to the Great Lakes and Northeast, a day ...

The Middle Peninsula Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count was held on Saturday at locations in Gloucester, Middlesex and King ...