The Trump administration has sunk reputational and military costs into the Middle East conflict. But continuing risks ...

Heather Grenier has announced she is stepping aside as president and CEO of HRDC after more than a decade leading the nonprofit, with a leadership change set ...

Archaeologists found hundreds of cannabis seeds in an ancient Siberian tomb belonging to high-ranking members of a society in what is now Russia.

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.

Dave Boliek is a numbers person. He is as sharp and precise as one would imagine a former prosecutor and current state auditor handling the scrupulous budgeting ...

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 ...

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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.

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