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Circulation. 11,500 (as of 2021) [1] Sister newspapers. Watauga Democrat, The Blowing Rocket, The Avery Journal-Times. OCLC number. 33926172. Website. Official website. The Mountain Times is a weekly newspaper that serves Boone and other high-country communities in Ashe and Avery counties in western North Carolina, United States .
The Powers operated the Democrat until 2002, when it was acquired by Jones Media, owner of the rival free weekly Mountain Times. With that sale, Jones Media owned five community news papers in the High Country: Watauga Democrat, The Avery Journal-Times, Mountain Times, Ashe Mountain Times and The Blowing Rocket.
Avery County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,806. [ 1 ] The county seat is Newland. [ 2 ] The county seat was initially established in Elk Park when the county was first formed, but was moved to Newland upon completion of the courthouse in 1912.
A sign offers encouragement along Highway 421 in Boone, N.C. on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, days after Hurricane Helene brought heavy rain and flooding to the North Carolina mountains.
Website. www.wataugacounty.org. Watauga County (/ wəˈtɔːɡə / wuh-TAW-guh) [ 1 ] is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 54,086. [ 2 ] Its county seat and largest community is Boone. [ 3 ][ 4 ] The county is in an exceptionally mountainous region, known as the High Country.
Many of the newspapers in North Carolina have common parent companies, including Adams Publishing Group, Boone Newspapers, Champion Media, Community News Holdings, Inc. (CNHI), Gannett, Lee Enterprises, and McClatchy. Many of the newspapers are also members of the North Carolina Publishing Association. Print frequency varies from daily to monthly.
In 1956 the Rocket was acquired by Rivers Printing Company, which owned the Watauga Democrat in Boone. Today the Rocket is part of Jones Media's High Country Media group, which includes the Watauga Democrat, The Avery Journal and the Mountain Times.
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 of the disaster and medical relief organization Samaritan's Purse. The population was 19,092 at the 2020 census.