Mountain Community Health Partnership held a groundbreaking Friday for its new development on a 105-acre lot in Grassy Creek.

The Mitchell County Board of Commissioner re-appointed several county officials in its first meeting of the 2025-26 fiscal year recently. The commissioners also discussed a number of issu ...

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A rally of food trucks began gathering on Oak Avenue in downtown Spruce Pine, which provided a chance for people to meet and ...

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public hearing to discuss a proposed mine in the ...

A Texas man was arrested in Avery County on July 7 after allegedly leading law-enforcement officers on a three-county chase that began in Burnsville.

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Anyone who tuned into the 2020 Masters Tournament this past week at Augusta National Golf Club may have noticed the uniquely-colored sand bunkers on the course. Rather than the usual drab, beige sand, ...

Mitchell County Recreation Director Brock Duncan (center in purple) goes over the details of the proposed recreation complex in Bakersville as a crowd listens intently Tuesday, May 31 at the ...

BAKERSVILLE – The following arrests took place between Saturday, Nov. 2, and Monday, Nov. 11, according to reports on file at the Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office: ...

Those looking to purchase a handgun in North Carolina will no longer have to obtain a purchase permit from a sheriff’s office in the state, a Senate Bill passed into law this past week says. Senate ...