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Final push. Today is the day. All of that motivating stuff. Seriously — go vote. Polls are open 6:30am to 7:30pm. Bring a photo ID.
The state said no twice. The Town, the tourism board and the skate community said yes. The bowl is next.
Polls close at 7:30pm, and our election map fills in every county as results post. Here is what is final and what is not.
Funk and doom
Evan Fleischer on the new film from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheimer
Boone's council said what it won't back on the N.C. 105 Bypass. It's also weighing its own workforce housing and a rent rule for unlivable rentals.
Last chance to vote before Election Day, and the weekend hours are different in each county.
Two congressional districts split the High Country, and one has a new Republican nominee.
Sunday’s election in Brazil was a win for the environment.
King Street closes to cars around 3:55 p.m. Get off the meters by 2.
An open U.S. Senate seat. A Supreme Court seat that keeps the court at 5-2 or tips it to 6-1. Three Court of Appeals seats. All five are on every High Country ballot.
Our editor missed the show, but not for the reason you think.
The myth came down the mountain.
Republicans sit one House seat short of a supermajority and right on the line in the Senate.
A warm September pushed peak color back about a week. The people who sell October shrugged. We talked to an expert to sort this out.
The student programming board is picking acts for a Jan. 21 show at the Appalachian Theatre.
Curbside leaves, no bags, no phone call. The town's pickup started Oct. 15.
left917 is building the list of North Carolina bands, High Country shows first.
The bluegrass band says its album is up for Best Bluegrass Album consideration. A ballot spot is not a nomination.
Once a month, Todd’s general store turns into a square dance floor. Potluck at 6, a caller, a four-piece band, and a crowd that keeps asking for the hard one.
A dozen races got the same questions from the Watauga Democrat. We put every name, and a link to every answer, in one place.
The county offices, the three constitutional amendments, and what each one decides here.
Meet the Culture beat’s newest writer. App State senior, concert-goer, and maker of too many things.
A developer will pitch Town Council on 716 bedrooms on the N.C. 105 Bypass. No vote Wednesday.
Four marches to the polls and two No Kings rallies fill the first week of early voting. Here's where each one meets and where it ends.
A skull on bat wings over the blue ridges. Birdie draws the Haint.
Skull paint, hokum blues, and a zombie song from the wrong side of the world.
Deadlines, sites, ID, and the student stuff, before the Oct. 9 registration cutoff.
A push is on to widen Boone's proposed social district from Howard Street to all of downtown. The town's downtown director says it's still early to pin down a timeline. Here's what exists, who already has one, and what nobody has counted.
An almanac, not a weather page. Woolly worms, persimmon seeds, a bean counter, and a pointer to Ray Russell for the real forecast.
Boone's council and mayor wait until 2027. The rest of the ballot does not.
Haunted trails, ghost tours and a live Rocky Horror shadowcast. Everything spooky between here and Oct. 31, updated as the flyers go up.
Destructo Disk, Ellie K, and Admiral turned Lily’s Snack Bar into the all-ages punk room Boone keeps saying it doesn’t have.
College radio is one of the last places where a human picks what plays next. Inside WASU with director Dave Blanks and the students deciding what 90.5 plays.
Big hair, bigger heart. Birdie draws Dolly.
Boone's apartment rules are built for anybody. The Walk at Boone was built for beds, and council wasn't bending the rules to fit.
The application council takes up tonight is not the one the Planning Commission recommended denying, 6-0. Landmark filed a revision dated Aug. 24. It reached the public last Friday.
888-OUR-VOTE connects High Country voters to a real person, not a recording, when something's wrong at the polls.
The Culture beat's newest byline introduces themself, what they’re into, and what to expect from them.
You didn't vote for the boss who runs Boone day to day. A search for a permanent one is still happening, and it's the second time in a year.
A DIY ramp behind an old high school turned into a decade-long push with three mayors and four town managers. Recess, Boone's skate shop, is almost through round two.
Tom Hardy won't admit he's Frankie Pulitzer. The record makes the case anyway.
Death doesn’t have to be scary.
The last show of the summer is Friday, and the porch railing comes off so the bands can play. Two Civil War maples out front are being held up with cables. Keeping all of it protected takes more unpaid work than anyone would guess, and the commission that does it has empty seats.
The owners want to sell. Their own filing says the land is worth more as housing than as a golf course. The latest plan keeps all 18 holes and puts about 90 units on the practice range, the old 9th fairway, and two acres off Kellwood Drive. Council hears it informally tonight.
Three new book sellers turned up in the High Country this summer. Not one of them is selling you a screen.
One book in Boone decides how tall a building gets and how many bathrooms go in a four-bedroom. A developer asked to be let out of ten of its rules. The Planning Commission recommended denial, unanimously. The decision is Town Council's.
The mayor gets the photo. Two council seats never saw a ballot. And the job that actually runs Boone has been filled on a temporary basis since December.
The Once soundtrack was playing on our first date and again for our first dance. Sadly, the world lost Glen Hansard last week.
A monthly dance party for women. Permission to let go for a while.
Dee McGillivray and Kyle Lillie topped the heavy athletics as the Games hit 70, rain and all.
