watauga

American Pickers is returning to North Carolina!
The American Pickers are excited to return to North Carolina! We plan to film episodes of The History Channel hit television series throu...

5:53 am, 12/02/2022
mentalpause

Remember when we had a jokes thread?
Folks would post the funniest PG13 jokes! I was thinking of restarting it with a funny joke but then I thought that could turn into a tra...

6:29 pm, 11/22/2022
168Amax

Durham Family Murders
I am writing a book about the 1972 Durham family murders in Boone and would very much like to communicate with family members (particular...

4:49 pm, 09/02/2022
appwriter

AR 15s in schools
Madison county has decided to put AR 15s in all of its school campuses. Thoughts? They say that the rifles will be locked up in a safe, w...

4:43 pm, 08/08/2022
leo(law enfo...

Notice to Deer hunters
Because of one case of CDW found in Yadkin County a moratorium on baiting deer will start January 1, 2023. The Wildlife Service will be h...

10:53 am, 07/08/2022
Joseph T.

King Street
Whats going on on King Street in downtown Boone. Flashing Lights and an officer directing traffic at old general store.

10:35 pm, 06/06/2022
Huckabee

How do you get your news?
Carolina Public Press has asked me to help get this out to as many rural North Carolinians as possible. They're doing a survey to determi...

12:01 am, 05/14/2022
billythemoun...

Search for missing autistic 18 year old in Caldwell
Caldwell County Sheriff's detectives are looking for a missing person. Christopher Alexander Stinson, age 18, 6'3", 210lbs, biracial...

7:06 pm, 05/04/2022
168Amax

This is very bad news for NC and deer hunters
I would post the link but Jason's web site wont allow it for some reason RALEIGH, N.C. (March 31, 2022) – Officials with the N.C. Wildlif...

8:14 am, 04/14/2022
Green Arrow

Senate agrees on permanent daylight saving time
Just two days after the nation's latest stressful "spring forward" to the later sunsets of daylight saving time, the Senate una...

1:14 am, 03/22/2022
antithesis

Hummingbirds
Anybody seen them yet?

6:50 pm, 03/21/2022
greenguy

NC declares bounty on Bradford pear trees
The Bradford pear tree is an ornamental commonly planted in North Carolina. Sure, it has pretty blossoms, but it's also structurally weak...

6:43 pm, 03/21/2022
greenguy

Cricket
Does anyone use Cricket wireless in the Boone area? If so, how's the coverage? Are there any areas downtown where it doesn't work?

9:45 am, 03/17/2022
bobwasbob

Rutherford Co. man confesses to killing multiple people
[Daniel] Printz has been linked to a missing woman from Charlotte. The warrant also said Printz acknowledged committing multiple murders,...

3:03 pm, 03/16/2022
antithesis

20 car pile up on 421 near Boone
Did any of you see this mess? https://www.wcnc.com/articl...a4c5af2d96 I saw another video of ambulances sliding off the road, but I'm no...

7:03 pm, 02/09/2022
backontrack

Road Conditions
Hi everyone! What is the current road conditions in Boone on on the mountain coming up 421 into Boone at this time? My daughter is suppos...

9:57 pm, 01/28/2022
MommaB42

Traveling for the holidays
Those of you that are traveling for the holidays know that you must take a Rapid COVID test within 2 days of travel. There's an at home t...

8:48 pm, 12/22/2021
Patriot7

Please don't behave this way
https://www.wbtv.com/2021/1...side vent/ This person put a phone in a vent in an Appalachian dorm women's bathroom!! Not cool at all, Jer...

6:41 pm, 11/15/2021
henryii

Remember when
I thought it might be fun to revisit some stories of yesteryear that would just blow the minds of kids today I'll go first. My first time...

12:50 am, 11/15/2021
antithesis

What's for dinner??
Always a popular topic. I just shoved a onion up a chickens butt. Gonna cook it at 350 for about ...

4:13 pm, 10/12/2021
antithesis