Big city life never altered the inner soul of Slab Fork-born Bill Withers, says his daughter, Kori Withers. Kori and her brother, Todd Withers, and Kori’s daughter, Lily Dawn, as well as Marcia ...

Murder ballads are a major part of the tradition of bluegrass. These four songs of love, jealousy, and death are among the ...

Stuart Cramer High has hired its next football coach, tabbing a well-traveled "football guy" as its second head man in school ...

The crash was reported just after 8:45 p.m. in the South Lakes neighborhood just off N.C. 55, according to Fuquay-Varina town ...

Appalachian State University’s annual summer arts celebration, An Appalachian Summer presents its 41st season June 28-July 26 with a diverse lineup of music, dance, theatre, visual arts, and film ...

Singer-songwriter Jordan Allen and his band, The Bellwethers, held a “homecoming” show Friday night with a full-band performance at Tomahawks in Corbin, delivering a lively set that packed the house.

Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan, who grew up in Austin, tracks parent's love in 'Bob & Jean ...

Joining New Hanover as an assistant in the early 2000s, John Fuller has worked his way up the ranks, now getting his chance ...

Attendees indulged in rich foods, enjoyed Swiss and Appalachian music, wore homemade masks to ward off Old Man Winter, ...

A photo from the preseason game on Oct. 22, 2022, shows McGuire with his face and clothes covered in dust and soot as he ...

The Bill in Bill's Place was William C. Wakefield, an Everett, Pennsylvania, man whose gimmicky way to attract tourists in ...

In this 1981 narrative from the Backpacker archives, Jeffrey Cogswell relates the story of a family hike up the Appalachian ...