The following are recent obituary notices from Austin and Barnes and Hampton funeral homes in Boone and Reins-Sturdivant in ...

BOONE, N.C. – The wait is over! Tickets are now on sale for A Carolina Snowbelle Christmas, the High Country’s favorite holiday tradition, returning to the Appalachian Theatre of the High Country for ...

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) announced her plans to seek reelection in 2026 in North Carolina’s 5 th Congressional District on Friday. “There’s no shortage of work to be done as we restore our ...

initially look to find out in which direction the sirens are coming from and then if they are being emitted by ambulances or fire trucks, checking to see if they’ve got to stop and allow emergency ...

Samuel Fay Beasley II, known as i-Fry to most, 65, of Boone, North Carolina passed away peacefully at the beach on July 3rd, 2026, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Fairbanks, Alaska, Sam ...

Born in Shawnee, OK, in 1937, William Moorer Merrill was destined to do great things. After all, his high school art teacher had encouraged him to “trust his eye for aesthetics.” Will attended The ...

Mary Jo Kindt passed away on July 29, 2026, at the age of 82. Born on March 22, 1944, in Sioux Center, Iowa, to James and Maria DeWit, Mary Jo discovered a love of music at an early age. That passion ...

Mrs. Joyce Wilson, age 90, passed away peacefully on August 10, 2026. She was born on March 2, 1936 in McConnell, West Virginia, the first-born child of Elza and Ruth Hinchman. Mrs. Wilson is survived ...

My older brother, Dick (nicknamed “P.B.”… my middle name is Scott ), was killed by a drunk driver the day after Christmas, 1971. We had been living in Atlanta, where he had a shoe store and I was ...

Selina Rhea Phillips passed away on July 9, 2026. Selina was born in Bristol, Tennessee, on August 16, 1974, to Kenneth Cloud and Celia Johnson. From a young age, she had a compassionate heart and ...

Reinhard Kauke was born on February 17, 1941, in a nice city in northern Germany. Because of World War II and the turbulent years that followed, he did not have an easy childhood. His family’s home ...

Ramps, Allium tricoccum, are species of wild onion. They are delicious and nutritious and have a very important place in the cultural and culinary history of the southern Appalachians. Native ...