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Spruce Pine approves rezoning for tentative Ingles site

Citizens concerned about license plate camera use

Board of Commissioners meets on county business

County finishes ID theft investigation

State ends burn ban in 81 counties

Spruce Pine gets $4.9 million water infrastructure grant

Mitchell considers GPS tracking for county vehicles

Bomb threat evacuates East Yancey Middle School

County Line Fire temporarily blocks Avery-Mitchell traffic

Parkway repairs will not be finished until December

Four new forest fires reported in WNC

Spruce Pine Council considers downtown revitalization

Burn ban violators will be fined

Recovery funding needed, says Stein

Commissioners discuss tourism, recovery, county services

Marion woman charged for Jumping Branch fire

School board discusses mental health, budget issues

Voluntary annexations: Spruce Pine seeks flexibility from state

Commissioners discuss opioid, school funding

Town working on water pressure problems

$2 million ‘typo’

Carbon monoxide scare leads to evacuation

Glider crashes near Little Switzerland

Private property debris removal stalled

Vance wins sheriff’s seat in primary

Forest Service continues Helene recovery work on Roan Mountain

State still pursuing illegal mine in Poplar

Spruce Pine receives $4 million for water infrastructure upgrade

Two Republicans seek clerk of court seat

A matter of justice

Chamber hosts political forum

Hobson, Vance seek sheriff’s office

Commissioner candidates speak out

Ingles has tentative re-opening plans in Spruce Pine

Mitchell data breach featured in national journal

Fire and ice: Winter weather leads to fires, with fatality

Snowstorm blankets county

Community interested in disaster grant opportunities

Economic update

Surviving a winter wonderland