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2 months ago | 
theappalachianonline.com | Madalyn Edwards |Colin Wishneski
App State’s Legends is set to be demolished following damage from Hurricane Helene, Interim Chancellor Heather Norris announced in an email Friday morning. The UNC Board of Governors voted to demolish the condemned building. During Hurricane Helene in late September of last year, a sinkhole opened under Legends that collapsed much of the parking lot and severely damaged the building. Legends was closed in September 2023 as a result of structural concerns.
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2 months ago | 
theappalachianonline.com | Madalyn Edwards |Colin Wishneski
App State admits 2,000 transfer students on average yearly, according to “Appalachian Today.” Furthermore, 25% of the university’s undergraduate population is made up of transfer students, with 70% of transfer students coming from community colleges. “It’s cheaper to go to community college at first,” said Cooper Holbrook, a junior management major who transferred from Guilford Tech.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
theappalachianonline.com | Madalyn Edwards |Colin Wishneski
On Friday, the Appalachian Theatre of the High Country held a Hurricane Helene benefit concert for the High Country’s art community. The event was produced by Mountain Home Music, Carolina Ramble Productions, Kattagast and several other local artists. The event was nearly sold out, with over 500 tickets purchased. All proceeds went directly to the North Carolina Arts Disaster Relief Fund, which will benefit the art community.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
theappalachianonline.com | Madalyn Edwards |Colin Wishneski
On Wednesday from 7-9 p.m., the Greenbriar Theatre in the Plemmons Student Union hosted a documentary and panel discussion about FARM Cafe, a restaurant and community center on King Street that has been at the core of downtown Boone’s culture since its opening in 2012. The documentary was directed and produced by Beth Davison, a professor of interdisciplinary studies at App State. It originally premiered in 2022 at the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum to celebrate the cafe’s tenth anniversary.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
theappalachianonline.com | Andrew Rice |Madalyn Edwards |Haley DiFruscio |Colin Wishneski |Meg Frantz |Abby Buckner | +3 more
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
theappalachianonline.com | Andrew Rice |Colin Wishneski
On the evening of Nov. 5, voters around the country will tune in to reports of election results. The process of counting votes and projecting a winner takes place over the night of Election Day and up to a few days after the election. Some results take longer than others. In 2020, Joe Biden was certified as president-elect three days after he was projected to win. The North Carolina State Board of Elections provides a for when voters can expect unofficial results to be tabulated in North Carolina.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
theappalachianonline.com | Madalyn Edwards |Colin Wishneski
Among the devastation of Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina in September, Watauga County and the High Country were hit hard. High winds, floods, mudslides and numerous circumstances made a wreck of the land. The Town of Boone and App State have some sense of normalcy over a month out, but rural areas of the county are still reeling. Although homes and roads can be rebuilt, reviving the agricultural economy in the rural parts of the county could be more complicated.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
theappalachianonline.com | Siri Patterson |Colin Wishneski
The food scene in downtown Boone has long been a source of pride for the town. As Boone has been rocked by major changes such as the population growth of the town, the rapid growth of App State and the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, restaurants in Boone have had to adapt. “The size of the college has grown tremendously,” said Michael Bosse, the manager at Macado’s, a chain restaurant based in Salem, Virginia, that opened a location on King Street in 1989.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
theappalachianonline.com | Madalyn Edwards |Colin Wishneski
Categories: September 23, 2024 As students make their way to classes, obstacles typically include stairs, crowds, crosswalks and traffic. More and more in recent years, construction has been added into the mix. This year at Peacock Circle, the frequently used bus stop and walkway for students navigating the north side of Rivers Street has been marked by fences, mounds of dirt and walkwaysThe construction began in summer of 2024.
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Sep 22, 2024 | 
theappalachianonline.com | Madalyn Edwards |Andrew Rice |Colin Wishneski |Mia Seligman
Election Day is Nov. 5. Candidates representing Watauga County are running in national, state and local races. The Appalachian curated responses to questions on policy positions of candidates in the various offices. The questions and responses below are curated from the Boone and Blowing Rock Chambers of Commerce “Meet the Candidates” forum held in the Appalachian Theatre of the High Country on Monday.
