What is Best of Boone? For nine years, The Appalachian has asked you to decide your Best of Boone. This High Country tradition includes categories like best burger, best local band and best professor.

For fans who grew up watching Disney Channel’s “Hannah Montana,” the much-anticipated “Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special” provides viewers the opportunity to relive nostalgic memories through an ...

Appalachia’s natural beauty and resources have inspired a diverse range of artistic expressions throughout history. Generations of Appalachians have passed down traditional crafts such as woodworking, ...

Michael Whatley, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee and a Western North Carolina native, is running for the United States Senate in 2026. Whatley has been an adviser of President ...

Visitors of Mystery Hill may recognize the white house located to the side of the property. What some might not know is that App State’s history is deeply connected to the over-a-century-old home, ...

Election Day is Nov. 5. Candidates representing Watauga County are running in national, state and local races. The Appalachian curated responses to questions on policy positions of candidates in the ...

The hillbilly stereotype is prevalent in American pop culture. As early as the 1904 silent movie “The Moonshiner,” stereotypes have been a crutch for lazy writing. The 1972 movie “Deliverance” and ...

Many Latino individuals have experienced or heard the story of assimilation, to leave your life and all you know behind to start from scratch. Being in a new country with a new culture can be both an ...

Election Day is Nov. 5. Candidates representing Watauga County are running in national, state and local races. The Appalachian curated responses to questions on policy positions of candidates in the ...

Mayor Pro Tempore Dalton George announced on Instagram Saturday he will be running for Mayor of Boone this upcoming election. George served as a town councilman for the Town of Boone from 2021 to 2023 ...

Since NASA’s Perseverance Rover landed on Mars last week, it seems like space has been on everyone’s minds. There’s no doubt about it, space is cool. The idea that we are one tiny speck in the ...

It’s less than 20 degrees outside, there’s snow on the ground and campus is still. Passing Stadium Drive, one can hear the waddles and small quacks of the other residents on campus: the App State ...