Banner Elk News

Willa Finck, well known to area audiences as a member of area Celtic band The Forget-Me-Nots, will present a classical violin recital at 7 p.m. Friday, May 17, in the Recital Hall at the Broyhill Music Center on the campus of Appalachian State University.

At least two High Country towns have reported wastewater spills due to flooding conditions that overwhelmed sewer systems this week.

"Definitely not our typical Monday, we've had a lot of rain and water lines washed out and a few mud slides and power lines down," says Banner Elk Public Works employee Justin Hodges.

NC 184 is closed in Banner Elk-the low point past the old lighting gallery location.

A former Raleigh political candidate and businesswoman who pleaded guilty last year in connection with a real-estate investment scam was sentenced Friday to six-and-a-half years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.

Members of a 121-year-old church in Matney are fighting to remain in their building after the Western North Carolina Conference of United Methodist Churches closed the church on Easter Sunday.