Emerald Village earns TripAdvisor award
LITTLE SWITZERLAND — Emerald Village, the local mining tourist attraction, is one of TripAdvisor’s 2020 Traveler’s Choice Winners.
LITTLE SWITZERLAND — Emerald Village, the local mining tourist attraction, is one of TripAdvisor’s 2020 Traveler’s Choice Winners.
SPRUCE PINE — Local students Hunter Zheng, Kyndal Ringwood, Evan Briggs and Ruth Hurtado Urbina have been awarded college scholarships through the Kiwanis Club of Spruce Pine, the club announced ea
POPLAR — A rafting accident on the Nolichucky River on Saturday, Sept. 12 claimed the life of a Bakersville woman, a state official said.
JOHNSON CITY — A Mitchell County man has turned himself in to Johnson City Police after being identified as the suspect in the hit-and-run of a Black Lives Matter protester in Johnson City on Satur
GREEN MOUNTAIN — Officers from the Mitchell County Sheriff’s Department seized more than 100 marijuana plants from a Green Mountain residence on Thursday, Sept. 10.
The new community garden at Riverside Park in Spruce Pine is making headway.
LEDGER — With school systems across the state and nation relying more heavily on technology during the ongoing pandemic, cybersecurity is taking on increased importance.
BAKERSVILLE — Bakersville Mayor Charles Vines will soon have his name on a building.
SPRUCE PINE — The 2020 Toe Jam Rocktoberfest Music Festival is canceled, Event Organizer Jimmy Hinshaw said in a Facebook live video on Friday, Sept. 4.
LEDGER — Local middle schoolers will be able to return to in-person instruction earlier than anticipated.