Never-before-offered, limited-time ‘Early-Bird’ ticket pricing, paired with arguably the strongest initial lineup in the festival’s two-decade-plus history, top Blue Cow Arts Foundation & ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Thelma Byrd, age 84, passed away peacefully on October 11, 2025 at The Foley Center, Blowing Rock, NC. Born and raised in Watauga County to parents Dillard and Gladys Reece, Thelma built a life rooted ...

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 ...

Boone, N.C. – Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture (BRWIA) is excited to announce the return of the 4th Annual Local Meat Sale on Thursday, October 23, from 2–6:30 PM at the Watauga County Agricultural ...

A popular criticism I’ve heard about “The Smashing Machine” is that it tries too hard to subvert expectations. I assume that this is a reference to the way the film follows mixed martial artist Mark ...

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 and CVS Pharmacy ...

Sept. 24, 2012. A man convicted in 1981 in the shooting deaths of two men on a Yadkin County farm in 1980 escaped from the prison farm he was working at on Sunday morning and is still on the loose.