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 ...

With a new executive director, Mitchell County’s Economic Development Commission is looking to create a foundation that ensures the success of the county’s business sector and furthers the comm ...

Responding to concerns that proposed spending cuts will lead to hospital closures, the Mitchell County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution indicating its support for Blue Ridge Regional Hosp ...

The Spruce Pine Town Council unanimously passed the second reading of its 2025-26 budget in its last June meeting.