Mountain Times
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Mountain Times is a weekly newspaper based in Boone, North Carolina
covering Watauga, Ashe, Avery Counties.The newspaper placed first in 2000 and 2nd in 2002 in the National Newspaper Association's Better Newspaper Contest and 1st in the North Carolina Press Association's best website in 2003.
Founded in 1978 by Ken Ketchie, the Mountain Times began life as the Sundown Times. Ketchie would later sell the Mountain Times brand to Jones Media, owners of the Watauga Democrat, in 2002.
Boone, North Carolina
Boone is a town located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, United States. Boone's population was reported as 17,122, as of 2010...
covering Watauga, Ashe, Avery Counties.The newspaper placed first in 2000 and 2nd in 2002 in the National Newspaper Association's Better Newspaper Contest and 1st in the North Carolina Press Association's best website in 2003.
Founded in 1978 by Ken Ketchie, the Mountain Times began life as the Sundown Times. Ketchie would later sell the Mountain Times brand to Jones Media, owners of the Watauga Democrat, in 2002.