News
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Appalachian Regional Healthcare System announces changes for The Foley Center at Chestnut Ridge
Appalachian Regional Healthcare System (ARHS) is pleased to announce that effective October 1, 2019, Liberty Healthcare Properties of Watauga County,…
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Home sales continue to accelerate
BOONE – Local Realtors® sold more homes in August and September than any two-month period in at least 15 years,…
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Increased Patrols During Record Setting Month, Inaugural ‘Operation Crash Reduction’ campaign beginning
GARNER – The N.C. Governor’s Highway Safety Program and law enforcement officers are urging people to buckle up during one of…
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AppHealthCare, Mediation & Restorative Justice Center and Watauga County Sheriff’s Office Receive Funding to Respond to Opioid Epidemic
[Watauga County, North Carolina] – AppHealthCare and the Mediation and Restorative Justice Center (MRJC) were among the 2019 recipients awarded…
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Crime Stoppers & Sheriff’s Office Seeks Help Locating Lucas English
High Country Crime Stoppers and Watauga Sheriff’s Office seek the public’s assistance in locating the following wanted person. Lucas M…
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Emergency Power Outage Planned for Much of Avery County on Friday Morning
Mountain Electric Cooperative has scheduled an Emergency Power Outage at 12 AM – 5 AM, on early Friday morning, October…
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ALE Becomes a Division Within Department of Public Safety, Secretary Names Bryan House as ALE’s Interim Director
RALEIGH– Alcohol Law Enforcement (ALE) is now a division within the Department of Public Safety. Due to legislation signed by…
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Commissioner Causey negotiates settlement on homeowners’, mobile home insurance rates
RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Insurance has settled a homeowners’ insurance legal dispute with the North Carolina Rate Bureau,…
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One Year from the REAL ID 2020 Deadline
RALEIGH Oct 1, 2019 – Today marks the one-year milestone date that the REAL ID Act will go into effect.…
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Ahead of expected busy fall wildfire season, fire officials urge caution and offer tips for prevention
RALEIGH – As we enter the start of the fall wildfire season, the N.C. Forest Service and the USDA Forest…
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