The Grassy Creek Mineral and Gem Show will run July 27 to Aug. 3, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day on the hill above Skyview ...

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

It began toward the end of the coronavirus pandemic: A rally of food trucks began gathering on Oak Avenue in downtown Spruce ...

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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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.

THE MITCHELL NEWS Mailing Address: PO Box 339 Spruce Pine, NC 28777 Phone: 828-765-7169 Fax: 828-765-1616 ...

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 ...

Six candidates will appear on this year’s ballot as options for the Mitchell County Board of Commissioners: Lee Ellis, Jan Hamilton, Bill Hoag, Harley Masters, Ron McKinney and Dale Blevins.

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: ...