The Beech Mountain Town Council approved a commercial rezoning and reviewed ongoing hurricane recovery efforts during its ...

April 12, 1861 — the start of the Civil War; December 7, 1941, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor; and, September 11, ...

Avery native Dillion Moody has been named the new “Smoke Chaser” for Avery County in the NC Forest Service. Moody, born and ...

Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy (SAHC) has purchased 92 acres atop Round Mountain in Mitchell County, just south ...

The Northwest Regional Housing Authority has begun the demolition of the former Lowes Foods shopping center in Newland.

A lot of times I like to talk about how much money Department of Insurance employees save North Carolina residents. I’ve ...

In the Heaton community a section of Hwy. 194 which was washed out and remained a gravel swath since the flooding of the road ...

Avery High School Drama students had a successful showing of its 2025 production “All Shook Up” April 10 to 13. A project ...

The courts were busy across seven gymnasiums throughout the county this past Saturday, April 12, as an annual travel ...

Country music star Eric Church and North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein broke ground on the new “Blue Haven” site in Newland ...

Avery County Farmers Market (ACFM) will open the 2025 season on April 24 behind Banner Elk Volunteer Fire & Rescue (345 ...

Avery County students Walker Boone and Ethan Church of the locally known group Boone & Church had the opportunity of a ...