Watauga News

Colonial, British and Native re-enactors will converge at the re-created Fort Watauga at Sycamore Shoals to relive the days when America's first frontier was the land beyond the blue ridge.

Siblings Clay Shipman, 12, Cheyenne Shipman, 10, play in the waters of the Cherokee Reservoir on a drizzly Sunday afternoon on May 13, 2012.

Photo by Brandon Hicks - Thanks to lots of recent rain, Tennessee Valley Authority's lake levels are higher than they have been for several years.

Election Administrator Tracy Harris said the cards are being sent out to notify thousands of registered voters who are being affected by the state legislature's redistricting plan.