Cassidy McHone (left) and Karlee Sanderford were crowned NC Rhododendron Queens at the annual pageant at Bowman Middle, part of the NC Rhododendron Festival.
Mitchell County teachers Neva Winters (Mayland Early College), Britney Carver and Molly Crowder (Greenlee) and Kellie Chapman (Deyton) are recipients of North Carolina Farm Bureau’s annual Ag in th
The Alien Festival was in Spruce Pine on Saturday, June 10.
Planning has already begun for the 12th Spruce Pine BBQ & Bluegrass Festival, set for Oct. 7 from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Riverside Park in Spruce Pine.
The Spruce Pine Hardee’s has reopened and operated without incident since a temporary, voluntary closure on Tuesday, May 30 that extended into the morning of Wednesday, May 31.
The 2023 Carolina Mountains Literary Festival’s 29 authors of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, memoir, children’s and young adult books will come to Burnsville Sept. 7-9.
Monica Carpenter, Mayland Community College’s associate vice president of workforce development, was part of Leadership North Carolina’s recent graduation ceremony for its 30th class.
A Bakersville man who garnered attention on Monday, June 5 for throwing eggs at cars now faces several charges.
Nine local businesses in the north end of Mitchell County were recently awarded grants through the Mitchell County Economic Development Commission and the Bakersville Area Merchants Association.
Mitchell County’s proposed budget is finalized for the fiscal year 2023-24, totaling $24,538,302 to meet the projected needs of the county while keeping the property tax rate of 56 cents per $100 o