The Local Lion Promise guarantees scholarships covering at least half the price of tuition for students from Buncombe, Madison, Mitchell and Yancey counties. Pictured, from left, are school superintendents Tony Baldwin, of Buncombe County, and Will Hoffman, of Madison County; Mars Hill University President Tony Floyd; and school superintendents Chad Calhoun, of Mitchell County, and Kathy Amos, of Yancey County. (Submitted)
Mitchell County received a $97,500 grant to assist in the demolition and removal of 250,000 square-foot damaged and cracked concrete slab from the former Henredon manufacturing plant site. (Submitted)
SEARCH is a community action group founded in the summer of 2017 in response to the announcement that labor and delivery services would be closing at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital (BRRH). Its primary focus during 2018 was on the pending sale of Mission Hospital to HCA, and it successfully fought to ensure that the sales agreement, which was concluded in Feb. of 2019, would guarantee the rural hospitals it owned in WNC would remain open for at least 10 years.
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One of the horses rescued in a recent animal abuse case collapsed this past week, and members of Bakersville Fire and Rescue, the sheriff’s office and Mitchell County Emergency Management used the boom truck belonging to Young’s Fuel to get the horse back on her feet using a harness. (Submitted)
Mitchell junior Ty Pitman (No 5) breaks away from Polk defenders behind lead blocker and senior Lathan Adkinson (No. 77) Friday, Nov. 1, during the Mountaineers’ 33-0 win over the Polk Wolverines in Columbus. Pitman caught one pass for 15 yards and a touchdown in the game. (MNJ/Brandon Roberts)