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Running all October
The High Country Haint List. Haunted trails, ghost tours and a live Rocky Horror shadowcast. Everything spooky between here and Oct. 31, updated as the flyers go up. Read it →
Early voting runs through Sat, Oct. 31, 3pm. Watauga and Avery sites close the weekends of Oct. 17–18 and 24–25. Ashe stays open those Saturdays, 8am–3pm. Sites and hours.
Sun, Oct. 25.
Last Sunday before Halloween. We hit Tweetsie yesterday. Humans everywhere. But a perfect fall day. The leaves showed up late and put on a show anyway.
Flash
Birdie Ann's flash is at Rat King Studio today, and the flash wall has a preview.
Weather
Mostly sunny and 58 this afternoon, but it starts at 40 and falls to 51 by 7pm and 47 by 9, so bring a jacket. Halloween week opens with a full Hunter's Moon overnight into Monday. The name comes from the clear, bright nights after harvest, when hunters could see across the cut fields and stock up for winter. Tonight is mostly clear, so look up.
Voting
Early voting is closed today in all three counties and reopens Monday.
13,656 people in Watauga, Ashe and Avery have already voted early in person. Unaffiliated voters lead at 41%, ahead of Democrats at 31% and Republicans at 28%. The turnout rate tells a different story. 28% of registered Democrats in Watauga have voted, against 17% of unaffiliated voters and 13% of Republicans. The same order holds in Ashe and Avery. Counts through Oct. 24, per the State Board. Full breakdown.
Today's picks
Tonight's N.C. 184 overnight lane closures, nine picks, and what the Ashe commissioner candidates said about housing and data centers are in the orange button below.
◆ Book of the Week · with Huzzah Books
The Cocktail Party
T.S. Eliot
Eliot's three-act play examines the social rituals and hidden emotional currents of a London cocktail party, where casual gatherings mask deeper personal crises. This first edition presents a landmark work of twentieth-century drama in near-perfect condition.
Read the pick →
🌕 Full Moon · 97% lit
A bright moon tonight, so the Milky Way and the faintest stars wash out.
Sky's truly dark after 8:04 PM.
◆ NASA's photo today: Dark Matter in a Simulated Universe →
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