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Mitchell County Commissioner Matthew “Vern” Grindstaff will soon sit in his last meeting.

The annual Mitchell High Veterans Recognition Ceremony brought together and celebrated 42 veterans and their family members on Wednesday, Nov. 9.

Mitchell County Chamber of Commerce members gathered in the Cross Street Commerce Center on Tuesday, Nov. 1 to eat, mingle and celebrate each other.

Hundreds of trick-or-treaters were in downtown Spruce Pine on Monday, Oct. 31 for the annual Spruce Pine Main Street Downtown Merchants Trick-or-Treat.

Fred Rogers, the man known to generations as Mr.

Three incumbents and three new faces will occupy seats on the Mitchell County Board of Commissioners and the Mitchell County Board of Education, local voters decided in the latest General Election

Mitchell High health science students in Katy Grindstaff’s class recently practiced on simulated patients using the Mission Health Sim Lab Bus, which traveled to the school for the occasion.

There’s a new mascot in town.

Mayland Community College is now officially home to the Mayland Highlanders athletics program.

One-stop voting is open in Mitchell County at the Mitchell County Board of Elections office (11 N.

Mitchell High theatre III honors students have been hard at work the last nine weeks to put together the first production of the season— Medium Rare, an uproarious farce about a very special proble