SALUDA -- For the first time in 50 years, Hop Foster didn't announce the grand marshal for the Coon Dog Day parade in Saluda. That's because he was in the lead car on Saturday. Local radio deejay ...

Saluda’s 56 Annual Coon Dog Day festival happens this weekend in Saluda, NC. This is a celebration of the royal pet used for hunting many people still raise these pups here known for their keen sense ...

(WSPA)- The 53rd Annual Coon Dog Day will happen Saturday July 9th in downtown Saluda, NC. Organizers said you can expect food, live music, crafts and plenty of people celebrating their dogs. There is ...

Ronnie Mace doesn't like to brag. But the 43-year-old Rutherford County, N.C., resident knows a thing or two about coon dogs. He's raised hound puppies that became champion coon hunters more than once ...

SALUDA — Rufus the one-eyed wonder dog proudly wore a banner draped over his back proclaiming his status to the world. Owner Barbara Wilkes of Sylva was prepping the blue tick coonhound for the annual ...

There were a whole lot of veterans and current service members at Saluda Trail Middle School on Thursday. The school’s annual veterans event played host to Tuskegee Airmen, one of the last living ...