Howard Neufeld, 'The Fall Color Guy,' looks for a return of mountain visitors a year after Helene [faculty featured]
Sep 12, 2025
The fall foliage season is an important tourism draw for Blue Ridge Mountain communities. Helene struck just weeks before 2024’s peak, effectively p...
Veterinary Technology program's Rebecca Newman interviewed on The Veterinary Roundtable podcast
Sep 11, 2025
In this episode, the ladies welcome Rebecca Newman, Appalachian State University's Assistant Program Director and Wellbeing Coordinator and Bright Min...
September 16: American Coup Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Sep 11, 2025
American Coup: Wilmington 1898 Film Screening and Panel DiscussionTuesday, September 16, 2025, from 7-9 p.m.Appalachian Theatre of the High Country (5...
Bard with the Beard and underwater archaeology: Unique fall classes
Sep 11, 2025
Step into the 15th century, dive underwater or pick up a calligraphy brush to expand skillsets in various areas of study. App State offers a number of...
Trees are looking 'very good' as return of fall colors nears [faculty featured]
Sep 10, 2025
HIGH COUNTRY — Starting in mid- to late-September, and ramping up in October, visitors from all over the United States flock to the High Country to ...
What made Hurricane Helene a historic storm?
Sep 9, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — In September 2024, Hurricane Helene brought record-breaking rain and wind to the High Country, leaving a lasting impact across the reg...
App State researchers document Helene's impact on forests, streams months after devastation [faculty featured]
Sep 9, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — Months after Hurricane Helene swept through western North Carolina, researchers at Appalachian State University are still documenting ...
21,798 Mountaineers enroll at App State for fall 2025
Sep 5, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — This fall, Appalachian State University reports continued steady growth, welcoming a record-setting enrollment of 21,798 Mountaineer s...
Two Years After Cormac McCarthy’s Death, Rare Access to His Personal Library Reveals the Man Behind the Myth [faculty featured]
Sep 5, 2025
Cormac McCarthy, one of the greatest novelists America has ever produced and one of the most private, had been dead for 13 months when I arrived at hi...
Biology alumna Hannah Woodburn '19 '23 named inaugural Upper New Riverkeeper
Sep 3, 2025
Boone, NC — MountainTrue is proud to announce the appointment of Hannah Woodburn as the first Upper New Riverkeeper, a new full-time position dedica...