Watauga County and three of its towns want the N.C. Supreme Court to reject a lawsuit from Boone. That town challenges Watauga's system for splitting local sales tax revenue.
Published: Saturday, January 21st, 2023 @ 1:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Town of Boone wants the N.C. Supreme Court to take up its sales tax squabble with Watauga County.
Published: Tuesday, January 10th, 2023 @ 1:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Court of Appeals has rejected a drug defendant's argument that hemp legalization in North Carolina should lead judges to throw out his conviction.
Published: Thursday, December 29th, 2022 @ 7:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Approves Nearly $750 Million in School Bonds for Durham, Union, Watauga Counties
Published: Wednesday, October 12th, 2022 @ 11:05 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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It could be me, and I will mess with you.
Published: Thursday, December 12th, 2019 @ 8:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper appointed new members to the State Board of Elections.
Published: Monday, February 4th, 2019 @ 4:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have bunches of images from my travels across North Carolina, many that I have never shared. Often, my travel partner (my wife, Lynn, and I ) like to take hikes to rather remote places and we take pictures: me with my Canon DSLR, and she with her fine phone's camera.
Published: Monday, April 2nd, 2018 @ 1:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The state's highest court on Tuesday took up the issue of whether the N.C. General Assembly exceeded its constitutional limits when it revoked the Town of Boone's extraterritorial zoning powers in 2014
Published: Thursday, March 24th, 2016 @ 12:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This is the nineteenth of a less new series of images from across North Carolina from my travels, and from the long intervals that I have spent with my camera making a record of where I have been.
Published: Friday, February 12th, 2016 @ 2:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This is the eighteenth of a less new series of images from across North Carolina from my travels, and from the long intervals that I have spent with my camera making a record of where I have been.
Published: Monday, January 25th, 2016 @ 4:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Extraterritorial jurisdictions have been a source of controversy for years. Muncipal leaders and their advocates LOVE them. They gain influence over territory and residents who can't even vote for them.
Published: Saturday, February 7th, 2015 @ 9:41 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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We're riding out 2013′s last gasps from The Haymaker's Watauga County outpost.
Published: Saturday, December 28th, 2013 @ 3:09 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The first permanent white settler in what is now Tennessee was William Bean, who settled in 1769 on Boone's Creek, near where it flowed into the Watauga River.
Published: Monday, December 16th, 2013 @ 12:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Born on March 3, 1923, Arthel "Doc" Watson is an icon for folk, bluegrass, and country music due to his mastery of the flat-top guitar.
Published: Thursday, October 24th, 2013 @ 5:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory received a federal disaster declaration today to help 13 counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians recover from this summer's severe flooding.
Published: Thursday, September 26th, 2013 @ 5:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Due to North Carolina's rich resource of both mountains and beaches, tourists and vacationers, as well as medical patients have visited the state for vacation and for well-being.
Published: Sunday, September 1st, 2013 @ 11:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Watauga County Board of Elections met on August 12 and "welcomed" a new board member who was ultimately elected chairman, Luke Eggers , a Republican. He had been sworn in almost one month after the other two board members, Bill Aceto, a Republican, and Kathleen Campbell, a Democrat.
Published: Tuesday, August 27th, 2013 @ 6:41 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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It is expected to take a little more than two years to implement the new voter photo ID law, but it will take a lot longer to change the dysfunctional culture that is entrenched in the state and local boards of elections and their staffs.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 @ 6:50 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Watauga County was established by legislative act in 1849 from parts of Caldwell, Ashe, Wilkes, and Yancey County.
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 @ 1:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Blue Ridge Mountains have remained an iconic natural trait of North Carolina. The most prominent and the highest point on the mountain range is Grandfather Mountain, peaking at 5,964 feet.
Published: Friday, March 29th, 2013 @ 11:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Watauga County mountain man Eustace Conway's passion for teaching primitive living came to a sudden halt in October when local government officials shut down his operation, citing safety and health concerns.
Published: Tuesday, December 18th, 2012 @ 2:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 1899, two brothers, natives of the western mountains of North Carolina, opened Watagua Academy, the precursor of Appalachian State University.
Published: Sunday, December 16th, 2012 @ 12:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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