“When the flood happened three years ago, we could wrap our arms around the communities affected,” said Dr. Shelley White, president of Haywood Community College. “But now, we are all having to wrap our arms around each other.” For a...
The Boone Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation (BACCF) board of directors agreed last week to allocate $125,000 toward tuition payments for licensed early childhood development centers in Watauga County. The funds are for the month of October. In a press...
Led by Americans for the Arts — the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education — October is celebrated as National Arts & Humanities Month across the country. Here are 10 reasons to celebrate in 2024,...
Editor’s note: The following is an account of living in Mitchell County after Hurricane Helene swept through western North Carolina on September 27, 2024. The author originally shared these updates via social media and they are republished here with the...
