2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (339+ words) This year’s featured authors include: Linda-Marie Barrett, Creating a Salon: The Art of Conversations That Matter Meagan Church, The Mad Wife James Dodson, The Road That Made America Scott Gould, Beneath a Fallen Sky Terry Harmon, Convoluted: The 1972 Durham Family…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (377+ words) This September, the Watauga County Public Library invites the community to celebrate Library Card Sign-up Month and discover how a library card can hit all the right notes. According to the library, getting a card is free, easy and empowering....

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (326+ words) BOONE — Appalachian State University’s Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education will offer its Homeschool Physical Education Program during the 2026–27 academic year, continuing its longstanding commitment to serving local homeschool families. For more than three decades, the Homeschool PE Program…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (422+ words) BLOWING ROCK — Days after Dolly Parton’s passing on Aug. 25, a local business owner is turning grief into a project for the community’s youngest readers. Andrew Myers, owner of Fabled Pizza, plans to build a take-a-book, leave-a-book nook for children inside…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (273+ words) The newest chapter in BRC’s long-standing partnership with the VCCC marks a major milestone for conservation. Recently, the Conference Center granted BRC a conservation easement on 86.7 acres, ensuring that nearly all of its historic campus and headwater streams of Crab…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (498+ words) WATAUGA — The North Carolina Community Foundation has awarded Disaster Relief and Resilience Scholarships to 14 graduating high school seniors from seven western North Carolina counties, helping students whose ability to pursue higher education was directly impacted by Hurricane Helene. The program…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (224+ words) Third graders in Watauga County will now have an opportunity to learn more about Daniel Boone thanks to the NC Daniel Boone Heritage Trail. The non-profit has taken steps to publish a young reader’s biography on Boone, and is donating…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (130+ words) BOONE — Appalachian State University’s Dark Sky Observatory will host Night Under the Stars on Saturday, Sept. 12, from 8–10 p.m. This special evening invites guests to explore the observatory, meet App State astronomers and astronomy students, and mingle with fellow astronomy…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (224+ words) Third graders in Watauga County will now have an opportunity to learn more about Daniel Boone thanks to the NC Daniel Boone Heritage Trail. The non-profit has taken steps to publish a young reader’s biography on Boone, and is donating…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (56+ words) Dark Sky Watauga Democrat App State’s Dark Sky Observatory is located about 20 miles northeast of Boone, providing an ideal setting for astronomical observations. There was a problem reporting this. Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or…...