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I grew up in the South Toe River Valley at the foot of Mt.

BAKERSVILLE – Do you love football? Do you sit watching football on Friday nights, Saturdays and Sunday afternoons wishing to have again a chance to play the game? 

The Toe River Studio Tour is perhaps the largest and the longest-running studio tour in the country; you will find craftspeople and artists in nearly every medium, many tops in their field and seve

The Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two people in connection to a recent animal neglect call and charged with misdemeanor cruelty to animals. 

LEDGER – Mitchell High School’s varsity football team stayed hot by winning 33-0 Friday, Nov. 1, at Polk County. 

BAKERSVILLE – Voter turnout was abysmal in the Tuesday, Nov. 5, municipal elections in Spruce Pine and Bakersville.

BAKERSVILLE – Nearly 20 business owners, elected officials and community leaders attended the first “Who is your customer, 28705?” Business Breakfast Thursday, Oct.

SPRUCE PINE – The WAMY Community Action organization has been awarded grant funding through the AMY Wellness Foundation. 

LEDGER – Changes to Medicaid are coming soon, and the Mitchell County Department of Social Services and Mitchell County Health Department want citizens to be aware.

It seemed rather innocuous at first; a consent agenda item lumped in with several run-of-the-mill items, but it became what could be seen as an egregious abuse of power by some of our elected offic