Valdese News

John Conrad of Powell Co. was installed as the new president of the American Society of Furniture Designers at the group's meeting here late last month.

Sarah Margaret Griffin, of Valdese, has been awarded N.C. State University's 2013 Outstanding Woman Award for Campus Involvement.

North Carolina legislators have introduced a proposal that would require their state to examine national Common Core education standards.

It's been about three months since the closing of Henredon Furniture in Mount Airy was announced, and there's already a plan for another company to occupy its facilities at 109 Mountain View Road.

If you heard a group of high school guys from the mountains was visiting the coast, you'd expect them to be headed straight to the beach.