Avery Journal-Times Editor Jamie Shell sits down with Avery High School Varsity Football Head Coach Ethan Farmer to look back at last week’s victory and this week’s contest.

Experts have cracked a code to unlock a 400-year-old padlock found in a shipwreck. Researchers say they now have the four-letter code that kept the mysterious lock — found among a hoard of silver ...

Think your favorite airline has the best rewards program? A new global ranking suggests you might want to think again.

Shweta Mishra shweta.mishra@gmail.com Nov 4, 2026 1 hr ago 0 AVERY COUNTY — Down-home neighborliness may have gotten the last vote this Election Day. Before the tentative tallies trickled in, election ...

Many children in the region will not receive a gift for the holidays this year. High Country Caregivers' (HCC) Santa's Angels ...

It feels natural to protect your pet’s health with insurance in the same way you protect your loved ones with health ...

An international research team believes that the release of hydrogen chloride comes from hot magma beneath the surface.

Early Tuesday evening, Nov. 3, dinner was underway inside Avery County's historic courthouse, its white-columned exterior a familiar landmark in downtown Newland.

Robin Griffith, Sugar Mountain Ski Resort’s Ski and Snowboard Patrol Director received the 2026 National Ski Patrol’s ...

Two teams with nearly identical records meet Friday night in the opening round of the NCHSAA 2A West playoffs, and one of ...

Organizers were forced to pull the plug after fire chiefs ruled the site could safely hold only 11,200 people because it had three gated exits.

The data included ER visits related to opioids, stimulants and other addictive substances, along with alcohol and cannabis.