The 2025-26 Mountain City total budget for all funds is $7,706,848.00. The approval also included the new fee schedule for ...

With the backing of the first boat into Watauga Lake on a hot and sunny day, the Sink Mountain Boat Ramp is now open to the ...

A first reading vote on the removal of fluoride failed at the town of Mountain City special called meeting on June 24, 2025. The vote failed 3-2.

Acknowledging that a Bitcoin mine could pop up in unincorporated Johnson County without warning, the county commissioners aim ...

The Sheriff Eddie Tester Memorial Bridge, photographed here, along Lakeview Drive at the northernmost point of the Watauga ...

TEMA announces waterway debris cleanup from Helene nears completion with nearly 5 million cubic yards of debris collected ...

State and national representatives were in Johnson County this past week for the resumption of a former tradition.

Johnson County's outdoor recreation opportunities are expanding with the addition of a major new facility: a $4.2 million ...

Richard Thomas of Erwin stands next to his 1967 Chevy SS.

Six inches of rain and mud covered Mountain City's American Legion building during Helene. A chance meeting got work started.

The peak blooms at the top of Roan Mountain are taking place right now, which is reason for the Cloudland Gardens to be open ...