Newland News

The Avery County Agricultural and Horticultural Fair is hosting the inaugural High Country Idol, and auditions begin at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 18, at Avery County Middle School in Newland.

The High Country Caregiver Foundations' Avery Family Caregiver Council will present its 4th annual Caregiver Appreciation Evening on Friday, June 19, at the Avery Senior Center in Newland.

Pete Brown and Gary Fox of Dianne Davant & Associates Interior Design unloaded trucks full of high-end inventory that has been donated by homeowners and decorators from across the south to be sold at the new Paws & Claws Resale Store in Newland.

Plans for a new Avery County Humane Society Shelter have been approved by the group's board of directors, meaning the dream for a bigger, brighter and better facility will come to fruition very soon.

Learn about your local ancestors at the Avery County Heritage Fest at the old Cranberry High School on Saturday, June 6. New York Times best-selling author Sharyn McCrumb is among many writers and experts who will be at the annual Avery County Heritage Fest on Saturday, June 6. The event takes place at the old Cranberry High School, located just ...

Hickory is unlikely to become an alligator haven despite two sightings in Lake Hickory in the past two weeks, said nature expert Bruce Beerbower.

On Friday, May 8, two tornadoes were reported in Alleghany County. One touched down 2.5 miles WNW of Ennice and was an F2 tornado with estimated winds of 110 to 120 mph.

N.C. State University basketball legend Tommy Burleson received the 4-H Lifetime Achievement Award Thursday night at the N.C. Centennial 4-H Lifetime Achievement Awards Celebration.

Newland Communities' Briar Chapel, the Triangle region's largest green community located in Chapel Hill, will observe Earth Day with a week-long series of events, including sponsorships of Earth Action Day and the Green Home Builders of the Triangle's fourth annual Green Home Tour, as well as a public art unveiling and environmental maze.

Haywood County property transfers March 23-27. Beaverdam * Bobcat Trail: W.T. Greene to Allen C. and Julie D. Newland, $37,000. * Spring Street: Haywood Habitat for Humanity Inc.

Rick Conard, Director of Engineering Services for the Biltmore Estate, oversees as crews help install a 35-foot Fraser fir from George Andrews Nursery in Newland, NC in the Banquet Hall of the Biltmore Estate, Wednesday, November 1, 2006.

Code enforcement, building maintenance, social services and the schools would all take budget hits in the latest round of spending cuts approved by the Pasquotank County Finance Committee.

Pasquotank-Camden paramedics Michelle Rudisill and James Davenport stand outside their new headquarters at the Pasquotank-Nixonton Volunteer Fire Department on Four Forks Road, Monday.

Crossnore YO! students and ASU 5th Dimension mentors continue their trip around the world this semester, stopping to create cultural pieces along the way.

The Madison Patriots get a bye in the first round of the Western Highlands 1A/2A Conference tournament, while Polk battles Hendersonville, Mitchell takes on Owen, and Avery tries to move on over Mountain ...

BY NANCY MORRISON nancy.morrison@averyjournal.com Provisional ballots, inclement weather and cell phones contributed to erroneous vote tallies reported on election night, Feb.

Henry Poore , who provided storytelling and song, tries some Mediterranean Soup with soy substituted for ground beef served by Currituck Co-op Extension Family and Consumer Science agent Georgia Kight during ...

It's Bee Season! Last year, Baron Fenwick of Green Valley School won the Watauga County Spelling Bee and advanced to the regional and the national spelling bees.

Snow and ice has canceled or postponed classes for a second day today in some Western North Carolina school districts, and motorists this morning should pay particular attention to black ice.

Overnight snowfall throughout Western North Carolina has closed schools today across much of the area and caused some icy conditions on roads.