The fifth annual Boone Pride March and Festival took place on June 27. The event, hosted by community organization Boone ...

Nia Orr-Dickens had one magenta cape strapped to her layered bun and about eight other boldly colored ones laid out on the ground. She wore a bright, wide smile that welcomed anyone in the spacious ...

Since NASA’s Perseverance Rover landed on Mars last week, it seems like space has been on everyone’s minds. There’s no doubt about it, space is cool. The idea that we are one tiny speck in the ...

The seventh episode of “Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans” began with the three groups reconvening on the merged beach. They found out which of the three players was sent home in the “Blood Moon” ...

Many Latino individuals have experienced or heard the story of assimilation, to leave your life and all you know behind to start from scratch. Being in a new country with a new culture can be both an ...

Behind a blue ombre curtain in Boone’s Fly Shop sits a new Asian market. Decorated with handmade Asian art and colorful hanging paper lanterns, the market is home to shelves stocked with Kewpie mayo, ...

Over the past academic year, The Appalachian has tracked and collected incidents of antisemitism and hate on App State’s campus and in the Boone community. Some incidents date back to 2020. Examples ...

How am I supposed to sum up three years with The Appalachian into this short farewell column? It’s nearly impossible, but I’ll try. First off, I wish I could say that I wasn’t scared walking into my ...

From packed venues to bands playing on their backyard, unique music for everyone is abundant throughout the High Country. Whether it’s an evening at TApp Room or a concert on Sanford, Boone is always ...

Election Day is Nov. 5. Candidates representing Watauga County are running in national, state and local races. The Appalachian curated responses to questions on policy positions of candidates in the ...

In a weekend series against Troy University, App State baseball went 2-1. Following a 13-7 and 5-0 win, the Mountaineers lost their final game 10-3. Saturday, the Black and Gold played a doubleheader ...

The hillbilly stereotype is prevalent in American pop culture. As early as the 1904 silent movie “The Moonshiner,” stereotypes have been a crutch for lazy writing. The 1972 movie “Deliverance” and ...