''High Country Press'' is an American, English language daily online, and formerly weekly print, news publication based in
Boone, North Carolina
Boone is a town in and the county seat of Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, Boone is the home of Appalachian State University and the headquarters for the disaster a ...
. The newspaper was founded May 5, 2005 by current editor and publisher Ken Ketchie. The newspaper serves
Watauga County
Watauga County ( ) from the North Carolina Collection's website at the and Avery County in northwestern North Carolina. On Feb. 29, 2012 the newspaper made the transition to the World Wide Web.
The newspaper staff also produces ''High Country Magazine'' seven times per year and the seasonal ''High Country Visitor Guide''.
The staff has won multiple awards in recent years, including first place in the 2010 North Carolina Press Association Journalism Contest for News Coverage – Community Division (circulation over 10,000) and second place in the General Excellence for Web Sites category in that same division.
See also
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List of newspapers in North Carolina
There have been newspapers in North Carolina since the ''North-Carolina Gazette'' began publication in the Province of North Carolina in 1751. As of January 2020, there were approximately 260 newspapers in publication in North Carolina. While pr ...