High Country Press

High Country Press is an American, English language daily online, and formerly weekly print, news publication based in Boone, North Carolina. The newspaper was founded May 5, 2005 by current editor and publisher Ken Ketchie. The newspaper serves Watauga County and Avery County in northwestern North Carolina. On Feb. 29, 2012 the newspaper made the transition to the World Wide Web.[1]

High Country Press
Typedaily online news publication
PublisherKen Ketchie
EditorKen Ketchie
Staff writersJesse Wood
Founded2005
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters130 North Depot Street
Boone, North Carolina
Websitewww.hcpress.com

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.[2]

See also

References
  1. High County Press. "About Us". Retrieved April 30, 2012.
  2. "Division C". Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2012.


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