On Thursday, Dec. 4, the Avery County Cooperative Extension Office was the host site for the annual Trees for Troops ...

Scammers don’t take days off. From phishing emails to package theft, fraudsters and scammers can cost you money. Fortunately, ...

One Christmas I was doing some last-minute shopping in an area store. I noticed a nicely dressed little girl enthusiastically browsing—a roll of money clamped tightly in her little hand.

A flickering candle casts a dim light on the photo of 12-year-old Akash Patni, a pensive look on the face of the Indian boy ...

WATAUGA — Watauga County Schools will operate on a two-hour delay on Friday, Dec. 12. Staff may report on a two-hour delay if ...

NASCAR has settled an antitrust lawsuit with two race teams, including one co-owned by Michael Jordan. The settlement was ...

For the first time in nearly five decades, the Watauga football team will be playing for a North Carolina High School Athletic Association state championship on Friday afternoon ...

The Senate has rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of ...

An oil tanker seized by American forces off the Venezuelan coast will be brought to a port in the United States, the White ...

Grief support for those who are not sure how to celebrate, as the holiday season can be emotionally stressful when you ...

A US federal judge on Thursday ordered the immediate release of a Salvadoran man who was wrongly deported in March and then ...

A Vilas man was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years and 9 months in prison for trafficking in methamphetamine.  According to ...