WAMY Community Action’s annual Denim & Diamonds gala welcomed more than 250 guests and raised $119,000 to aid families in ...

On May 22, the High Country community gathered at The White Crow Farm in Banner Elk for WAMY Community Action’s annual Denim & Diamonds gala. The enchanting evening welcomed over 250 guests and raised ...

A Hurricane Helene Benefit concert will be held at the Hayes Auditorium on the campus of Lees-McRae College on Friday, June 6 ...

BANNER ELK — The Banner House Museum is excited to announce hours, tours, and tickets for Summer 2025. Experience 19th-century life in Banner Elk and the High Country in the home of Samuel Henry ...

BANNER ELK — The Banner House Museum in announcing its hours, tours and tickets for summer 2025 also rolled out plans for an oral history project focused on Hurricane Helene’s impact on the ...

Helene grew to a tropical storm on Sept ... Its highest gust was 92 knots, just over 105 mph. At Banner Elk in Watauga County, the second-highest gust in the state was reported to be 88 knots ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Banner Elk woman says she'll use part of her huge lottery win to help her Avery County neighbors who were impacted by Hurricane Helene. Tracy Bell won a $466,415 jackpot ...

Tropical Helene affected the sale of the home, Vincent said. The home was not damaged but the closing date had to be delayed until electricity and power were restored in Banner Elk, he said.

A bedroom of the mansion at 120 Summit Park Drive in Banner Elk looks out to the surrounding mountains. RYAN THEEDE RYAN THEEDE The home went under contract as Hurricane Helene reached Florida in ...

Gardener says she previously lived on a campground in Elk Park located southwest of Banner Elk. When Helene made its way through western North Carolina in late September, she says it was a storm ...

Despite the destruction caused by Tropical Storm Helene, Western North Carolina ... including Sylva, Bryson City, Banner Elk and Blowing Rock. WorldAtlas called Sylva a "charming getaway." ...

Helene also decimated more than two dozen water ... who have gone nearly two months without reliable water. People in Banner Elk, a community of 1,000 or so that had to rebuild a road before ...