The following are recent obituary notices from Austin and Barnes and Hampton funeral homes in Boone and Reins-Sturdivant in ...

NEWLAND, NC – August 20, 2026 – The North Carolina Office of the State Auditor released a 23-page investigative report citing five significant findings from its audit of the Town of Newland, along ...

The dawn of a new day and a new home for Foscoe Home Team. Trice, “This was the perfect start to our first day in our new home.” Photo provided. BANNER ELK, NC – Aug. 21, 2026 – It has been almost two ...

Roanoke, VA – August 11, 2026 — Roanoke, Va.’s new, premier venue, The Exchange Music Hall, located at 201 S. Jefferson Street, welcomes modern rock phenomenon Pop Evil, along with opening acts Lines ...

BOONE, N.C. – The wait is over! Tickets are now on sale for A Carolina Snowbelle Christmas, the High Country’s favorite holiday tradition, returning to the Appalachian Theatre of the High Country for ...

Mrs. Joyce Wilson, age 90, passed away peacefully on August 10, 2026. She was born on March 2, 1936 in McConnell, West Virginia, the first-born child of Elza and Ruth Hinchman. Mrs. Wilson is survived ...

Mary Jo Kindt passed away on July 29, 2026, at the age of 82. Born on March 22, 1944, in Sioux Center, Iowa, to James and Maria DeWit, Mary Jo discovered a love of music at an early age. That passion ...

Each year with the coming of fall color comes the raising of a huge tent city in the heart of Valle Crucis, North Carolina. Site of the annual Valle Country Fair, the grounds swell with booths of more ...

LINVILLE, N.C. – Grandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, has bid farewell to Yonahlossee (Yonnie) the black bear. Yonnie was ...

Reinhard Kauke was born on February 17, 1941, in a nice city in northern Germany. Because of World War II and the turbulent years that followed, he did not have an easy childhood. His family’s home ...

Samuel Fay Beasley II, known as i-Fry to most, 65, of Boone, North Carolina passed away peacefully at the beach on July 3rd, 2026, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Fairbanks, Alaska, Sam ...