Steve Ohnesorge

At Watauga High School on Wednesday, students and families were encouraged to show up and be vaccinated.

Dozens of vets showed up for the event, including some who are homeless.

They live as larvae deep underground for 13 or 17 years, depending on the brood, before coming to the surface and becoming Cicadas.

Both had expected to use the Johnson & Johnson vaccine because it only requires one dose.

Easter weekend weather was not kind to many farmers in Lincoln County. Those who grow peaches felt the sting of freezing weather.

COVID-19 vaccine clinics have been held in many unusual locations in North Carolina recently.

Another round of frost is expected Saturday and Sunday mornings.

The crop can take some freezing weather but not extended for hours. The key will be how cold it gets and for how long.

President Biden has suggested that a solution to stop mass shootings would be to ban the sale of assault weapons.

The archway is a centerpiece in the two-mile long City Walk that spans the city with the downtown’s Union Square in the middle.

The clinic on Friday was made possible after another county gave Avery County a supply of Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Science Center officials are already talking of putting up a dinosaur exhibit in the spring of 2022.

Fans have returned to college basketball.

The plant manufactures tiny glass vials that hold six doses each.

No one knew at that time how long it would be before crowds and the games could come back.

The store received 200 doses of vaccine Tuesday morning and by Wednesday afternoon they were giving shots in a store aisle.

The box arrived Tuesday morning and vaccinations will begin Wednesday afternoon.

Teachers and school staff in Avery County finally got their chance to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

It was the first-day staff and teachers were eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine shot.

Officials adjusted some appointments to fit two days worth of shots into one. It worked.

What was expected to be a major ice storm turned into something much less in Avery County.

Chain saws were a major item to have on hand, said officials, after predictions of as much as half an inch of ice could come.

The entire student body will be in the building just as they were pre-COVID-19.

While most areas of the Carolinas got rain overnight, many sections of the mountains were coated with freezing rain at daybreak.

WBTV's longtime reporter Steve Ohnesorge is sharing his experience of receiving the first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Some think the bear may have been the victim of poachers trying to catch it with a steel bear trap.

Drivers are urged to use caution from Saturday afternoon until Sunday afternoon and pay attention to forecasts and current conditions.

The governor had asked for a five-day schedule but Burke County Officials decided having Wednesdays to clean facilities would also give teachers a chance to help any student that needs extra help.

With vaccines on the horizon, the group felt the prudent thing was to acquire special trailers to use to take vaccines to the rural areas and could also be used for other health issues.

Hundreds of people were able to get their first doses.