The Avery County Historical Museum is located in what used to be the Jail, next the Courthouse at 1829 Schultz Circle.

Mother’s Day is a day inspired and created by Anna Jarvis in the early 1900s to honor her mother and all mothers. However, when she learned of its commercialization, she ...

The High Country United under-16 boys soccer team recently capped off a three-game state tournament weekend in Rocky Mount.

Watauga’s Olivia Burroughs capped off an exciting week, both on and off the track, on Friday afternoon when she signed a national letter of intent to pole vault ...

The National Park Service is implementing an increase for camping and other associated fees on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Rate changes include frontcountry and backcountry camping site fees, ...

The ARTifacts Yard Sale Fundraiser preview will be held on May 17 from 7-9 p.m. at the Early Learning Center (Old West Jefferson School). Admission is $5.

Backed by Zeev Ventures, the fast-growing digital landlord insurance provider will use funding to expand into additional insurance markets and accelerate innovation of AI-powered insurance solutions ...

The annual spring games for the Special Olympics of Watauga County took place on April 23 at the Watauga County Recreation Center and every athlete who competed showcased ...

Community members and readers of the Watauga Democrat had approximately a month to vote for their favorite business in four main categories — best food and drink, best retail, best services and best ...

The Mount Lawn Cemetery Association, Inc.,was recently awarded a gift of up to $1 million from Smoky and Margaret Gragg Bissell of Charlotte. The family made a direct ...

Police have cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the University of Chicago on as tension ratchets up in standoffs ...

French President Emmanuel Macron was on Tuesday hosting Chinese leader Xi Jinping at one of his beloved childhood haunts in ...