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Sep 21, 2024 | 
theappalachianonline.com | Madalyn Edwards |Andrew Rice |Colin Wishneski |Sam Deibler
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.
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Sep 21, 2024 | 
theappalachianonline.com | Madalyn Edwards |Andrew Rice |Sam Deibler |Lorelei Roberts
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 Sept. 16.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
theappalachianonline.com | Omar Alvarez Valencia |Sam Deibler
Traducido por: Annette Sanchez-GutierrezMientras la población hispana crece y florece en el High Country, dos oficiales del condado de Watauga en el departamento del alguacil han trabajado para mejorar la relación entre los cuerpos policiales y la comunidad latina. Los alguaciles Derick Zamora y Tony Marroquin — primos criados en el condado de Wilkes — dominan el español y trabajan rutinariamente con residentes latinos, muchos de los cuales no hablan inglés.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
theappalachianonline.com | Siri Patterson |Sam Deibler
Categories: September 10, 2024 As the High Country’s Hispanic population grows and flourishes, two Watauga County Sheriff’s deputies have worked to improve the relationship between law enforcement and the Latino community. Deputies Derick Zamora and Tony Marroquin — cousins raised in Wilkes County — are fluent in Spanish and routinely work with Latino residents, many of whom do not speak English.
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May 10, 2024 | 
theappalachianonline.com | Siri Patterson |Sam Deibler
May 10, 2024 Students, faculty and community members held a Palestine solidarity gathering on campus from noon to 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, promoting solidarity with recent pro-Palestine student protests and condemning Israel’s military action in Gaza and the West Bank. During the gathering, attendees marched across campus, held two die-ins and listened to speakers during teach-ins and open-mic sessions.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
theappalachianonline.com | Sam Deibler |Abigail Eggers |Anna Adams |Leah Boone
April 9, 2024 Best Side of Campus: WestBy Sam DeiblerWhenever the temperature climbs above 50 degrees, Lydia Sillies and her friends leave their dorms, lay down blankets on the quad and spend time together while finishing homework. If openings appear, they’ll set up hammocks on the green metal posts by the grass’s edge as others kick soccer balls and throw frisbees.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
theappalachianonline.com | Siri Patterson |Sam Deibler
March 18, 2024 The Town of Boone will install textual panels throughout the Boone Cemetery to educate visitors on the cemetery’s history. The project is moving forward despite a monthslong conflict between town officials and a group of locals and descendants of historic families, who claim the original panel drafts included defamatory historical inaccuracies and exaggerated the cemetery’s racial segregation of white and Black burials.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
theappalachianonline.com | Jenna Guzman |Sam Deibler
February 29, 2024 The Boone Town Council approved historic interpretive panels during their meeting Dec. 4 for installation throughout the Boone Cemetery. Two textual panels and one sign, drafted by the Historic Preservation Commission, will be installed to inform visitors of the cemetery’s rules and notable history. Located on Howard Street and behind Summit Hall, the cemetery’s earliest burials date to the 1850s, before the town was incorporated.
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Jan 30, 2024 | 
theappalachianonline.com | Siri Patterson |Sam Deibler
January 30, 2024 The Boone Town Council recognized January as National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, reaffirming the town’s commitment to human trafficking awareness and prevention. The council passed the proclamation during their regular meeting Jan. 24. It defines the practice of human trafficking and encourages the community to proactively engage against it.
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Jan 15, 2024 | 
theappalachianonline.com | Siri Patterson |Sam Deibler
January 15, 2024 For over 150 years, five generations of the Shipley family have raised cattle on the clover-rich, rolling pastures of Vilas, North Carolina. Their cattle matures without steroids, hormones or feedlots, eating only from the surrounding grassy hills. “No shortcuts. We keep the cattle on the pasture and let them do the work,” said Gray Shipley, Shipley Farms Partner. Shipley Farms sold their livestock to other farmers until 2014, when Robert G.
