Avery County Schools is reaching out as a community to strive to assist one of its students. The district will be hosting a special “Hat Day” as a ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is stepping up his race for the U.S. Senate with early voting about to begin in his state. On Monday night the Republican headlines his ...

Michigan is No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll for the first time in 13 years, ending Arizona’s nine-week reign. The Wolverines claimed 60 of 61 first-place ...

European stock markets traded mixed and the dollar advanced in thin holiday trading Monday following a subdued showing for Asian equities ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday and after ...

French authorities have opened a murder probe into the death of a far-right activist last week, a public prosecutor said Monday, in a killing the government has blamed partly on ...

American travelers are increasingly prioritizing the Caribbean as beach demand accelerates heading into 2026. A recent travel report found that 70% of U.S. travelers plan to take at least one ...

Visitors to St Peter's Basilica will be able to follow mass in 60 languages and enjoy a coffee on a newly opened terrace as part of plans unveiled Monday by ...

King Liu, the founder of Taiwanese bicycle maker Giant and a self-described "missionary" for cycling culture, died on Monday at the age of 91, the company said.

Flooding and fierce winds have pushed Madagascar's death toll from Cyclone Gezani to 59, with more than a dozen people still unaccounted for, the country's disaster agency said on Monday.

Avery Tire & Automotive General Manager Dakota Hill moves with a kind of inherited kinetic intelligence, motor-oil-blackened hands reading metal the way others read grain, braille or page.

Avery Long-Term Recovery Group recognizes that, as with all natural disasters, the reverberations from Helene may persist for years or even decades, far exceeding the initial, short-term ...

Gragg is a surname found among mountain orchards, blossoming and budding as the heirloom Gragg or Winter Queen apple. From this same family tree branches the maiden ...