Boone News

Weldon Critcher of Boone is known throughout the country for his unique auto collection and for his vast knowledge of the Studebaker - and especially the Avanti line.

A man is loaded into an ambulance after a motorcycle wreck Sunday on U.S. 221 South six miles from Blowing Rock.

With a sunny weather forecast, relatively low gas prices, and varied attractions statewide, many Scotland County residents will be tempted to travel out of town over this Memorial Day weekend.

In this photo provided by Mast General Store, flowers adorn a statue of Arthel "Doc" Watson in downtown Boone, N.C., on Friday, May 25, 2012.

In this March 15, 2000 file photo, master flatpicker Doc Watson, talks about his long and successful musical career at his home in Deep Gap, N.C. Watson was in critical condition Thursday, May 24, 2012, at a North Carolina hospital after falling at his home in Deep Gap earlier this week.

Yadkin Valley Financial Corporation board chairman Nolan Brown, left, and CEO Joe Towell, right, recognize Kenneth Wilcox of Boone for his years of service to the bank.

New Assistant Principal Lavonne Fortner, left, and Principal Annette Johnson, right, are excited about 2010 at Boonville Elementary School.

A Mountain City, Tenn., woman was killed and three others injured in a head-on collision Thursday night in Zionville.

More than 1.5 million Carolinas residents are traveling this Memorial Day weekend, mostly on the roads, thanks to gasoline prices that are among the lowest in the nation.

Ketch and Critter, aka Ketch Secor and Critter Fuqua, are founding members of the band Old Crow Medicine Show.

Motorists across North Carolina will find the going easy for the Memorial Day weekend.

Bidding is continuing on two Boone properties owned by New River Behavioral HealthCare.

The N.C. Department of Transportation will begin a bridge preservation project on Bethel Road west of Boone in Sugar Grove at 7 a.m. Saturday, May 26, weather permitting.

A decline in global crude oil prices is driving gasoline prices downward - a welcome relief for Memorial Day weekend travelers.

The Weatherization Assistance Program at WAMY Community Action is a nonprofit running at full capacity in Watauga County, and it's completed all pending jobs and is looking for new applicants.

The High Country's largest and loudest biker extravaganza returns, and it's bigger and better than ever.

"Country, Gospel and Piano Classics" will be presented by Mountain Home Music on Sunday, May 27, at the Blowing Rock School Auditorium in downtown Blowing Rock.

The winners of this year's Every Drop Counts poster contest are, front row, from left, Lily Brown, Grace Presnell, Katimac Greene and Makayla Barnes.

ASU student Joshua Kelley will research the use of electrostatic precipitators to remove Martian dust from gas intakes on equipment that collects oxygen from the Martian atmsophere.

An 11-hour standoff near Poplar Hill Drive in Boone ended peacefully Wednesday morning.