See the schedule of North Carolina high school football games in Western North Carolina in Week 9 of the NCHSAA, NCISAA ...

The Woolly Worm Festival is crawling its way into Avery County classrooms this week in a big way, as organizers and educators ...

Mnt. Heritage and Avery County will match up on Friday, Oct. 10 at 7:30 p.m. ET. Don't miss out on any of the action with NFHS Network. The NFHS Network gives you access to live high school sports ...

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission recently released 12 rehabilitated black bear cubs back to the wild, with ...

When Hurricane Helene swept through Avery County, it left behind more than washed-out roads and broken homes; it left a void that only people could fill. The destruction was immediate and overwhelming ...

AVERY COUNTY, N.C. — In the months after her mother, Kim Ashby, disappeared in the floodwaters of Helene, Jessica Meidinger went up to the Avery County land where Ashby was last seen. The healing of ...

When Helene slammed Avery County, one man found himself in the fight of his life. First, raging floodwaters washed away the only bridge connecting him to the outside world, but then something even ...