Crime Stoppers Needs Your Help (2016-12-23 13:37:23)

High Country Crime Stoppers and Boone Police seek the public’s assistance in two incidents.

Town Of Boone Encourages ETJ Residents To Attend County Commissioners Meeting (2016-12-23 13:29:28)

The Town of Boone issued a press release Thursday in response to the December 21^st decision by the North Carolina State Supreme Court that abolished the Town of Boone’s powers of extraterritorial jurisdiction.

Fire At Sugar Ski And Country Club Does Damage, No One Hurt (2016-12-23 13:17:54)

Crews responded to a morning fire in the clubhouse at Sugar Ski and Country Club on Sugar Mountain Thursday morning.

Pioneers Sweep Eagles.... (2016-12-23 04:58:40)

The Watauga High basketball teams continued their winning ways Thursday night. The girls won their fifth in a row, and the boys came charging back after falling behind by 23 points to beat the Eagles....

THURSDAY'S GAMES
BASKETBALL

GIRLS
WATAUGA 54, WILKES CENTRAL 47
ASHE COUNTY 50, HIBRITEN 30
NEWTON-CONOVER 51, FRED T. FOARD 36
FREEDOM 63, EAST BURKE 49

BOYS
WATAUGA 60, WILKES CENTRAL 55
HIBRITEN 74, ASHE COUNTY 66
FRED T. FOARD 56, NEWTON-CONOVER 48
FREEDOM 65, EAST BURKE 44

UPDATED: Do You Believe In Deja Vu? (2016-12-23 04:47:32)

Yes , it happened again. For the second time this season, the Watauga High boy's basketball team rallied from a double-digit deficit and defeated Wilkes Central. Click here to hear more on the story....

Thursday Afternoon Sports Report.... (2016-12-22 18:37:06)

Can the Watauga High boy's basketball team make it eight straight against Wilkes Central.....Grayson Allen has been suspended indefinitely....four Panthers named to the Pro Bowl....will Mitch Trubisky turn pro....

Duke Suspends Allen, Pioneers travel to Wilkes Central.... (2016-12-22 18:30:33)

Duke All-America, Grayson Allen, has been suspended indefinitely after he tripped an Elon player during the late stages of Wednesday night's game between the No. 5 Blue Devils and Elon, the Watauga High girl's basketball team is looking for its fifth straight win, and its first season sweep of Wilkes Central in nearly a decade....

WEDNESDAY'S SCOREBOARD
BASKETBALL

GIRLS
McDOWELL 49, ALEXANDER CENTRAL 43
MAIDEN 49, ST. STEPHENS 48
DRAUGHN 56, PATTON 39

BOYS
McDOWELL 62, ALEXANDER CENTRAL 42
MAIDEN 51, ST. STEPHENS 50
PATTON 50, DRAUGHN 45

Fire At Sugar Ski And Country Club Condos Thursday Morning (2016-12-22 14:50:05)

Firefighters in Avery County were battling a large fire at Sugar Mountain early Thursday morning.

Watauga Humane Society Quarantine Due To Parvo Incident (2016-12-22 14:48:26)

The Watauga Humane Society is under quarantine until next week, due to an isolated parvo virus incident.

Duke Suspends Allen.... (2016-12-22 14:33:09)

Grayson Allen has been suspended following a tripping incident against Elon Wednesday night. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski released the following sttatement on Grayson Allen....“We have had the opportunity to thoroughly review the incident involving Grayson Allen from last night’s game against Elon. As I stated last night, the incident was unacceptable and inexcusable. He took an important step last night by apologizing in person to Steven Santa Ana and Coach Matt Matheny. As a program, we needed to take further steps regarding his actions that do not meet the standards of Duke Basketball. To that end, we have determined that Grayson will be suspended from competition for an indefinite amount of time.”

Watauga hoops travels to Wilkes Central tonight, App State men and women both win big....

Fire At Sugar Ski And Country Club Condos Thursday Morning (2016-12-22 14:30:29)

Firefighters in Avery County were battling a large fire at Sugar Mountain early Thursday morning.

Thursday's High Country Sports Roundup.... (2016-12-22 13:24:44)

Tar Heels Pull Away From UNI, 85-42....CHAPEL HILL—Once Kennedy Meeks got going for No. 8 North Carolina, nothing could stop him. Northern Iowa certainly couldn't.

Supreme Court Upholds Law That Abolished Boone's ETJ (2016-12-22 00:21:18)

The N.C. Supreme Court has upheld as constitutional a 2014 law that abolished the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the town of Boone.

Will Gruden Coach the Rams? Ohio State has a new DC.... (2016-12-21 19:41:24)

Is Jon Gruden ready to take over the Rams, the Buckeyes hire a new defensive coordinator with NFL experience, the Watauga High boy's basketball team wins its first conference game....

Wednesday's Afternoon Sports Report.... (2016-12-21 19:35:39)

The Watauga High girl's basketball has won four straight, App State hoops at home tonight with Hampton. Coverage starts at 6:15 p.m.. on WATA, UNC entertains Northern Iowa. Coverage starts at 7 p.m., on 102.3 FM....

Wednesday's High Country Sports Update.... (2016-12-21 17:03:13)

InterMat Ranks App State Wrestling 17th in Nation....BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University wrestling continues to move up the various national polls, this week moving up three spots to No. 17 in theInterMat duals rankings on Tuesday. The Mountaineers remained at No. 21 in the USA Today/NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll.

FOUND: BROWN LAB MIX PUPPY (2016-12-21 16:48:56)

Female lab mix puppy, about 1-2 years old, found near Bamboo Rd and Wilson Ridge Rd.  

Hamrick Leads WHS To Fourth Straight Win.... (2016-12-21 14:23:06)

Watauga High senior Karson Hamrick has another solid game and the Pioneers won their fourth straight game Tuesday night. They're also 2-0 in Northwestern 3A-4A Conference play for the first time since 2009-10. 

Watauga Board Of Commissioners (2016-12-21 13:56:04)

Watauga Board Of Commissioners met Tuesday afternoon with a short agenda.

New River Conservancy, New River State Park Purchase 22 Acres Along South Fork (2016-12-21 13:44:11)

New River Conservancy and New River State Park announce the purchase and permanent protection of 22-acres of land along the South Fork New River.