[7] The mascot for NCHS is a grizzly bear, and its school colors are Old Gold and Old Navy.

[8] As a result of flood damage to Richwood High School in June 2016, plans were made to consolidate RHS with NCHS on a new campus.

[10] On June 2, 2020, the Nicholas County Board of Education broke ground on a new campus for NCHS and Summersville Middle School (which was destroyed in the flood of 2016 and had to be placed in a modular setting) at Glade Creek.

The current NCHS campus will be remodeled to house Summersville Elementary School.

The current director is Roger Lee Akers, who has served Nicholas County High School since 2004.