Grandfather News

Gov. Beverly Perdue told legislative leaders Tuesday she wants a 1-cent sales tax increase and a total tax hike package of $1.6 billion to balance the budget .

No, this Army Reservist is continuing to be all he can be, and is heading to Iraq for his fifth tour of duty overseas.

In a couple of weeks, Kevin Blaine should be celebrating the second birthday of a baby boy known as Ethen.

Transylvania County Schools has 29 graduating seniors who qualified for induction into the National Technical Honor Society .

The 85th annual Singing on the Mountain will take place at MacRae Meadows at Grandfather Mountain.

"A big part of [the Watauga Green Business Plan] is respecting this wonderful area we're in and preserving the heritage of this area," said Bryan Johnson, a Plan co-coordinator. "We strongly encourage businesses to look into the program and consider being certified, and also potentially recommending the program to colleagues and community members," ...

You may not know Jeremy Sabo's name, but you likely have eaten his food if you have dined at one of the four Raleigh restaurants he oversees as executive chef for the Urban Food Group.

The state has closed on the purchase of almost 2,500 acres of Grandfather Mountain, officially marking the beginning of North Carolina's newest state park.

By all accounts, this May was the wettest May ever recorded in the High Country.

Local farmer Ned Jestes, 91, died Tuesday afternoon, June 2, from injuries sustained in a tractor accident Saturday at his Grandfather community home in Foscoe.

Watauga Arts Council announces a call for entries for "MEMORY through, from, was, is, to, and, upon, created .

Wildcat Lake was drained in 2005 so that significant cracks in the dam could be repaired.

Flashes of day-glow purple petals are beginning to appear on the lower slopes of Grandfather Mountain and the park's naturalists are busy preparing for the 'Remarkable Rhododendron Ramble' June 1-14. The deep-pink blossoms of the Catawba rhododendron are the herald of the mountain summer, and Grandfather's knowledgeable guides are looking forward ...

For decades, Steve Beauchamp of Advance doubted he would earn his high school diploma.

There were several headliner bills passed in the N.C. General Assembly last week - including a controversial, statewide smoking ban for public and work places, ratified by the House and Senate ; the North Carolina Racial Justice Act to provide for "fair and reliable" imposition of the death sentence, passed by the Senate; and the Healthy Youth Act ...

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By Warren Shiver Reginald Heber was born on April 21, 1783 in Malpas, Cheshire, England.

WEAVERVILLE A Weaverville man was charged with cutting his grandchild with a broken bottle.

The mother of three young boys who died when their car plunged into a lake on a foggy night was trying to tend to her children just before the accident, the boys' grandfather said Tuesday.

Birds of a feather flock together. The High Country Ducks Unlimited and Appalachian State Ducks Unlimited chapters are joining efforts to host the third annual Oyster Roast and Barbecue on Friday, April 24.