The beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway travels 469 miles along the spine of the ancient Blue Ridge Mountains, from Rockfish Gap, ...

Black ice from sleet and freezing drizzle may develop in the Appalachian Mountains from Boone toward Sparta early Sunday morning. Mostly dry, brisk, cold, and cloudy conditions are forecast for the ...

Umbrellas and warm winter layers are needed and possible snow gear for some this week. High temperatures may linger in the ...

Boone has been nominated for USA Today’s Best Small-Town Beer Scene! We're up against 19 other towns across the country, and ...

Lindsey Grossman The 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway begins in Virginia and meanders through about 250 miles of western North Carolina. With a maximum speed of 45 mph, the scenic byway offers drivers ...

The mountains are a subrange of the Blue Ridge Mountains and one of the Balsam peaks, Cold Mountain, is the subject of North Carolina author Charles Frazier's 1997 novel by the same name.

Watauga County citizens will benefit from five grants worth $42,500 that were recently awarded to local agencies from the ...

Black ice from sleet and freezing drizzle may develop in the Appalachian Mountains from Boone toward Sparta ... thanks to a brisk wind flow off the North Carolina coast. Afternoon high ...

Since 1932, The Blowing Rocket has served the Town of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, as its newspaper of record and by covering the news, people and cultural events of this unique village in the Blue ...

Watauga County citizens will benefit from five grants worth $42,500 awarded recently to local helping agencies from Blue ...