1+ hour, 9+ min ago  (611+ words) The Best Oculoplastic Surgeon in Raleigh is Dr. Jindal A Specialized Path Few Surgeons Take Oculoplastic surgery sits at a rare intersection of ophthalmology and facial plastic surgery. Practitioners must complete an ophthalmology residency and additional fellowship training focused specifically…...

2+ hour, 13+ min ago  (599+ words) Jonathan Graybeal and David Gora celebrate a win after a Watauga High School tennis match in April 1990. Nine-month-old Cody Trivette was ready to go for baseball season, as shown in the May 1987 edition of the Watauga Democrat newspaper. W. S. Edmisten whittles…...

2+ hour, 13+ min ago  (400+ words) The following information is courtesy of the Boone Police Department. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. ARREST: Puneeth K. Gade, 21, of Boone, was arrested on a warrant service non BPD warrant. Gade was issued…...

13+ hour, 11+ min ago  (111+ words) Restaurant Week 2026 Watauga Democrat There was a problem reporting this. Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language. You're on the list! " You may want to whitelist emails from Sorry, an error occurred. Account processing issue…...

5+ hour, 58+ min ago  (859+ words) Ayley Crawford was diagnosed with leukemia. (Leukaemia UK via SWNS) A young woman who had symptoms of a cold discovered it was a deadly form of cancer. Ayley Crawford, 21, had started a nursing degree at Glasgow Caledonian University at age…...

14+ hour, 11+ min ago  (277+ words) Rachel Ingram helped surprise Miller with the honor." BOONE " Retiring Watauga High School theatre teacher Sarah Miller has received one of North Carolina's highest civilian honors. Fellow theatre teacher Zach surprised Miller with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (230+ words) A robot has beamed back an impressive new selfie from Mars. NASA's Perseverance rover took a self-portrait against a sweeping backdrop of ancient Martian terrain at a location the science team calls "Lac de Charmes." Assembled from 61 individual images, the…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (370+ words) Conservationists are celebrating the arrival of four endangered Barbary macaques that were born in the treetops at the United Kingdom's only monkey forest. The adorable African monkeys'usually native to Morocco and Algeria'arrived at Trentham Monkey Forest in Staffordshire at the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (744+ words) An Israeli strike hits a building adjacent to the highway leading to Beirut's international airport An Israeli military truck carries a tank in the Upper Galilee region of northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon The site of an Israeli…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (14+ words) Watauga Democrat (Coco's family via SWNS)...