Boone News

A quilt of faces: That's what you can expect today at the Jones House in downtown Boone as Two Rivers Community School showcases its art for the community.

Forty years ago, in a howling snowstorm that covered tracks and swallowed screams, three members of a family were killed in a brutal case that's still unsolved.

Sugar Grove Slim made his annual appearance at the Watauga Democrat office - a Groundhog's Day tradition.

Key leaders in the local Relay For Life task force will gather with their team captains and other like-minded volunteers next week to launch a new year of fundraising and community awareness.

Nate Cook, local law clerk and 2011 Appalachian State University graduate, might have saved a life Sunday - and all it took was "sitting still for five hours." A 48-year-old leukemia patient needed bone marrow and Cook happened to be a six-out-of-six match.

Boone Town Council members would like to see an expansion of programs and community uses at the Jones House on King Street, a town-owned property.

Franklin Graham, president and CEO of Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, issued the following statement in Boone, N.C., on Thursday about Wednesday's bombing attack on the Heiban Bible College in Sudan: "My staff and I are deeply concerned for the welfare and lives of the people in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan who were ... (more)

With growth comes growing pains, and Boone has been no stranger to either during the past decade.

Five young adults were arrested last week on a slew of drug charges after officers found more than 18 pounds of marijuana and about 100 doses of LSD at a Boone residence, according to reports released Tuesday.

A coalition dedicated to defeating Amendment 1 - a voter referendum on a proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage to be held during the May 8 North Carolina primary election - will stop in Boone this week.

On Feb. 7 at 8 p.m., ASU's Hayes School of Music will present "A Musical Potpourri" of diverse and entertaining performances by the school's distinguished performing faculty and special guest artists.

It's been more than 30 years since Bob Marley made his worldly exit, but the positive vibration from his life and music has yet to meet its end.

February promises excitement, as the Watauga Arts Council welcomes its new exhibits, featuring artwork from ArtMix and Two Rivers Community School.

More than a dozen committees and boards assist the Boone Town Council in developing policies and making decisions.

The population of Blowing Rock in the winter is less than a third of what it is during the summer.

Reeves Community Center has organized three trips for senior citizens in upcoming weeks, to destinations including Boone, Charlotte and Old Salem.

Music is Reggie Harris' life, but he's not about to brag on himself or his brother, Ryan.

The crowd at 641 rpm Thursday wasn't at the store to buy records. The hastily organized meeting of "Citizens For A Reasonable Noise Ordinance" was to give community members a chance to talk about a community-contested noise ordinance, on Boone Town Council agendas since August.

"I think there's a leadership crisis in North Carolina," said Dan Forest, a Republican candidate for North Carolina lieutenant governor this November.

January has been an exceptional month at Western Youth Network in Boone - as most months are, but having a national focus placed on what the organization does best, makes it all the more special.