During the protracted miners’ strike in West Virginia’s Cabin Creek and Paint Creek region in 1913, a company storekeeper and ...

The Spruce Pine Town Council met last week to discuss water and sewer funding, among other town business items. Water/sewer grant The council v ...

Sarah Atkins seatkins05@gmail.com “Our wildlife and communities are not for sale,” said Jeanne Miraglia at a public hear ...

The Mitchell County Board of Commissioners during its regular meeting this past week confirmed Bakersville resident Allen Cook as the county’s newest manager.

BAKESRVILLE — Marian Greenlee McNeill, age 97, of Bakersville, NC, passed away on November 2, 2022 at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine, NC.

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: ...

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 ...

Nestled in the large industrial site off Henredon Road in Spruce Pine is one of the area’s largest employers. Product Remanufacturing Centers (PRC) was founded more than two decades ago, but a ...

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.

Mayland Community College’s Pinebridge hotel and colosseum projects are both steadily progressing, MCC President John Boyd said Tuesday, July 19 during the regular meeting of the Mitchell County Board ...

The Spruce Pine Town Council voted 3-1 last week to approve the first reading of a new policy on employee compensation. The new policy will be subject to a second reading and a second ...