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Hayes School of Music celebrating 25th anniversary with faculty concert
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (282+ words) Appalachian State University’s Hayes School of Music is inviting the community to its upcoming concerts! Explore the school’s new calendar to browse concerts, bookmark and share event pages, access maps to the venues, and more. Visit music.appstate.edu/performances…...
Watauga Democrat Events - Erick Baker: A Candlelight Christmas (PRIVATE HOUSE CONCERT)
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (55+ words) Erick Baker: A Candlelight Christmas (PRIVATE HOUSE CONCERT) Watauga Democrat Neuropathy After 50? Specialists Alert Seniors to Stop Doing This Right Now Worst Car Insurance Companies for Overcharging (Is Yours On the List?) How to Beat Spinal Stenosis: The Hidden Cause…...
Registration opens for App State’s 2026–27 Homeschool PE Program
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (326+ words) BOONE — Appalachian State University’s Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education will offer its Homeschool Physical Education Program during the 2026–27 academic year, continuing its longstanding commitment to serving local homeschool families. For more than three decades, the Homeschool PE Program…...
Youth Makers Market gives young entrepreneurs a place to grow
4+ day, 45+ min ago (809+ words) BOONE — Local young artists are selling their work at the Watauga Farmers Market through Watauga Arts Council Youth Makers Markets program on the second and fourth Saturdays, May through October. The program gives young artists a chance to explore entrepreneurship…...
App State Boone campus enrollment sees small dip as online, graduate, transfer numbers hit records
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (603+ words) BOONE — Enrollment on Appalachian State University’s Boone campus fell to 17,063 students this fall, down about 6% from 18,124 a year ago, even as the university posted record highs in online, graduate, transfer and first-generation student numbers. The fall 2025 enrollment total was 21,798. A…...
Fabled Pizza building children’s book nook in honor of Dolly Parton
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (422+ words) BLOWING ROCK — Days after Dolly Parton’s passing on Aug. 25, a local business owner is turning grief into a project for the community’s youngest readers. Andrew Myers, owner of Fabled Pizza, plans to build a take-a-book, leave-a-book nook for children inside…...
Behind the Scenes: The Team Making Art Accessible at the Turchin Center
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (1068+ words) Before exhibitions begin, exhibition assistants Hillary Wagner and Ashley Sinclair start the process. Wagner joined the exhibition team in February. With an undergraduate degree and a master’s degree in studio art, she brought significant artistic credentials but no museum experience....
App State enrollment sees small dip as online, graduate, transfer numbers hit records
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (603+ words) BOONE — Enrollment on Appalachian State University's Boone campus fell to 17,063 students this fall, down about 6% from 18,124 a year ago, even as the university posted record highs in online, graduate, transfer and first-generation student numbers. The fall 2025 enrollment total was 21,798. A…...
Watauga senior earns Helene recovery scholarship to pursue theater education
1+ week, 3+ day ago (498+ words) WATAUGA — The North Carolina Community Foundation has awarded Disaster Relief and Resilience Scholarships to 14 graduating high school seniors from seven western North Carolina counties, helping students whose ability to pursue higher education was directly impacted by Hurricane Helene. The program…...
Hayes School of Music faculty present The Soldier’s Tale on Sept. 9
1+ week, 3+ day ago (276+ words) Appalachian State University’s Hayes School of Music is inviting the community to its upcoming concerts! Explore the school’s new calendar to browse concerts, bookmark and share event pages, access maps to the venues, and more. Visit music.appstate.edu/performances…...