The Dec. 8 meeting of the Banner Elk Town Council opened with the swearing-in of the newly elected council members Mike Dunn ...

Avery County Board of Education proceeded through a busy agenda on Tuesday, Dec. 9, hearing a trio of school improvement ...

A groundbreaking ceremony was held in front of the construction site for the new extended-stay Homewood Suites by Hilton ...

Blue Ridge Regional Hospital (BRRH) is proud to announce it recently presented a $2,000 donation to Mitchell County SafePlace ...

Avery County native Jacob Burleson has continued to get better at playing the guitar and the mandolin, and now, as a young ...

There is an old mountain adage that “the number of foggy days in August predicts the snow days throughout the school year.” ...

The Grandfather Challenge” program is sponsored by The Jason Project, Inc., which was formed by the parents of Jason Matthew ...

The son of famed Hollywood director Rob Reiner was charged with two counts of first-degree murder over the brutal slaying of his parents, the chief prosecutor of Los Angeles said ...

Myanmar's junta said Wednesday it was seeking to prosecute more than 200 people for "disruption" of upcoming military-run elections, wielding new legislation rights monitors say aims to crush dissent.

President Donald Trump’s top Cabinet officials overseeing national security are headed back to Capitol Hill. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and others are set to talk ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday expanded a US travel ban by barring nationals of seven more countries including Syria, as well as Palestinian Authority passport holders, from entering the United ...

Eleven firefighters and two other people were injured in a house fire explosion in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, officials said.