Mayor Pro Tempore Dalton George announced on Instagram Saturday he will be running for Mayor of Boone this upcoming election.

App State was founded in 1899 as Watauga Academy by brothers Dauphin Disco “D.D.” Dougherty and Blanford Barnard “B.B.” ...

A short review of the new Prime VIdeo LGBTQ+ comedy "Overcompensating" which follows college students navigating the world of ...

In the early morning of Sept. 27, Western North Carolina was hit by Hurricane Helene. The storm brought significant flooding ...

The 2024-25 academic year has been marked by construction projects throughout campus and the Town of Boone. App State’s goals ...

App State competed in the NCAA East First Round in Jacksonville, Florida from Wednesday to Saturday. Six different athletes competed in the event for the Mountaineers.

Since NASA’s Perseverance Rover landed on Mars last week, it seems like space has been on everyone’s minds. There’s no doubt about it, space is cool. The idea that we are one tiny speck in the ...

From hot humid weather in Miami, Florida to the blistering cold climate in Boone, spring 2025 graduate infielder Joseph Zamora has made the High Country home.

The dorms do not exist anymore, but the memories forged there live on. Group snowstorm breakfasts. Rooms so small you could touch both walls at the same time. Competitive game nights. Thin walls.

The hillbilly stereotype is prevalent in American pop culture. As early as the 1904 silent movie “The Moonshiner,” stereotypes have been a crutch for lazy writing. The 1972 movie “Deliverance” and ...

“Five Nights at Freddy’s” started life in 2014 as an indie PC game. The premise was straightforward: the player is a security guard working the night shift at a Chuck E. Cheese-like pizzeria. As the ...