This year’s Mountainfilm on Tour event will be held on Saturday, Feb. 21 in Hayes Auditorium on the college’s North Campus. Live music will begin at 6:15 p.m. with performances by Annie and Ellie ...

At the heart of FloydFest’s annual purposeful programming, Across-the-Way Productions, Inc. and Blue Cow Arts Foundation, Inc. showcase their love and admiration for the remarkable local music scene ...

February 4, 2026 After missing last week's race do to the brutal weather conditions, SMARL was back out on the slopes this ...

Wuthering Heights” is based on a classic novel by Emily Brontë. I’ve never read the novel, which is probably for the best.

By Bob Garver Did you know that getting stranded on a deserted island has a way of shaking up social hierarchies? I suppose that was a big part of the plot for recent Best Picture Oscar nominee ...

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth “Libby” Miller, born Mary Elizabeth Calloway, passed away peacefully on January 16, 2026, in Boone, North Carolina, at the age of 70. A lifelong resident of Boone, she was born ...

Boone, NC – The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Allegany, Ashe and Watauga County starting at 1pm Friday January 30 and ending at 1pm on Sunday February 1. Expect heavy ...

Boone presents itself as a town that is growing, modernizing, and adapting. New apartment buildings rise near campus and along key corridors. Student-oriented developments expand upward and outward.

Due to the inclement weather, all Appalachian Regional Library locations will be closed on Monday, February 2. Check your libraries website to check on their hours of operation the rest of the week.

Audiences largely left last June’s zombie threequel “28 Years Later” thinking the same thing, “That was a good movie, but what the heck was up with that ending?” They were referring to the last-minute ...

Three weeks down, three weeks to go for the SMARL 20th anniversary’s racing season. It was cold Monday night and the race course was a little more turnery than usual and pretty challenging, which made ...

Boone, NC — The Watauga County Board of Elections has successfully completed Logic and Accuracy (L&A) testing for all voting equipment to be used in the upcoming election. This testing confirms that ...