The Watauga girls basketball team returned to the court on Saturday evening after an 11-day hiatus and broke a four-game ...

ASHE COUNTY, N.C. — Heavy rain caused a mudslide that shut down a major highway in the North Carolina High Country. Highway 221 in Ashe County was closed for more than 12 hours Thursday. Wednesday’s ...

Six months after Hurricane Helene devastated parts of Western North Carolina, residents are undertaking the painstaking task of rebuilding their lives by hand. Ashe County officials acknowledge the ...

Helene's devastation was widespread, reaching many western North Carolina communities, including the small town of Lansing in Ashe County. Residents on Tuesday told WRAL News the draw to living in a ...

WEST JEFFERSON, N.C. — An 8-hour standoff between law enforcement and a man in a camper ended with an officer shooting and killing the suspect early Thursday in Ashe County, according to the sheriff.

Farms and towns unfold where they can in this mountainous corner of North Carolina, spreading out in valleys draped between high, forested ridges. Ashe County once was called a “lost province” of ...

Ashe County is one of several Western North Carolina counties hit hard by Hurricane Helene last week. When a WXII crew arrived in the county Tuesday, there was widespread damage to buildings, roads, ...

ASHE COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — An alleged drug trafficker has been sentenced to 15 years, the Ashe County Sheriff’s Office announced. Officials say Autumn Hall Whitaker, 29, of Rural Treat, V.A ...