With news apps, Instagram stories, and TikTok influencers dominating how young adults consume information, traditional journalism is being replaced by fast, often biased content. The constant stream of information can feel overwhelming, blurring the line between truth and opinion and leaving many anxious and fatigued.

Watauga High School’s hybrid schedule has created difficulties for students in the band. The current schedule the high school follows allows for two types of classes: A/B classes, which are year-long classes that meet every other day, and block classes, which are semester-long classes that meet every day.

The House floor is quiet. The United States of America currently finds itself in the second week of a government shutdown as the Republican and Democratic parties fail to agree on a new congressional budget.

Five years after COVID-19 swept across America, the United States is faced with a new pandemic: one of political polarization, violence, and a lack of compassionate discourse.

Cinco años después de que el COVID-19 arrasó los Estados Unidos, el país enfrenta una nueva pandemia: una de polarización política, violencia y falta de un discurso compasivo.

As students at Watauga High School are welcomed back to a new semester, they are met with more changes than new classes and routines.

Stickboy Bread Company, un querido referente de la comunidad de Boone, Carolina del Norte, ha sido propiedad y operación familiar por más de veinte años.

Stickboy Bread Company, a beloved fixture of the Boone, NC community, has been family-owned and operated for over twenty years.

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As incoming freshmen open the doors of Watauga High School and take their first step inside, they enter into a different world. A world full of FLEX, four lunches, three wings, and 1,600 students. Stepping into this world can be confusing, difficult, and scary. To combat these feelings, the Link Crew program has swooped in.

La inmigración continúa siendo una fuente constante de controversia, debate y confusión en los Estados Unidos. La actual administración presidencial ha centrado su plataforma en la inmigración y en los individuos indocumentados.

Immigration is a constant source of controversy, discussion, and confusion in the United States. The current presidential administration has focused on immigration and undocumented individuals as a central platform.

This year, Watauga High School brought forth a few new policies that have left students with unanswered questions.

What does the Bureau of Labor Statistics do? Though the name Bureau sounds a bit intimidating, it’s pretty self-explanatory.

Though safety is the main goal when making a change like this, the unintended consequences are going to affect certain guests including those with dietary restrictions.

According to local doctor Scott St. Clair, cell phone use can impair healthy social growth for teenagers.

House Bill 959 means schools must choose how to protect instructional time from cell phone use.

We profile some of the new Playmakers for next year.

Our Editor in Chief provides her sign off for the 2024/25 school year.

More tests are moving to digital formats, and Watauga students discuss their experiences.