Multiple departments from Avery, Watauga and other surrounding counties are battling a brush fire in the 1600 block of Banner Elk Hwy near Horney Creek Road, according ...

The helicopter pilot is worried. Any more than 20 minutes in this shattered frontline village and Somalia's Al-Shabaab ...

A blast of Old Man Winter recently arrived in the High Country last week, and local ski slopes are roaring to life for ...

Special Olympians from Avery County returned from the annual fall tournament loaded with medals. The bocce team — the ...

Federal immigration authorities will expand their enforcement action in North Carolina to Raleigh as soon as Tuesday. That’s according to the mayor of the state’s capital city. Mayor Janet Cowell ...

Avery Basketball made the journey off the mountain to Wilkes County on Friday, Nov. 14, to open its regular season with a non ...

Avery County officials, first responders and community members gathered last week to celebrate the completion and ribbon ...

Each morning, 17-year-old Ramati Mangla sets off barefoot with a steel pot in hand, walking several kilometres to fetch water from a distant spring in India's Maharashtra state.

Shares in the South Korean studio behind the ultra-catchy "Baby Shark" -- YouTube's most-viewed video -- surged as much as 60 percent on Tuesday as the company made its market ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder breezed past the New Orleans Pelicans to maintain their lead in the NBA Western Conference on ...

An emotional Dak Prescott threw four touchdowns as the grieving Dallas Cowboys scored a 33-16 victory over the Las Vegas ...

Simply tasting Australia's Vegemite spread might seem like cruel and unusual punishment to some, but one prison inmate from the land down under argues he should be allowed to enjoy ...