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Local students Rue Rambo-Mohr and Blake Thayer this past July were chosen from a long list of applicants to participate in North Carolina’s School of Science and Math Summer Accelerator Program.

United Way of North Carolina announced this past week that Brittany Pruitt Fletcher is its next president and CEO, effective Oct. 3.

The 2023 Miss Emerald Ridge competitions were held on Aug. 27 at Mitchell High, as seven teen candidates and three Miss candidates competed for titles.

Mitchell County was awarded a $500,000 grant via the North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Fund to go toward its Mitchell Recreational Complex project in Bakersville.

Teressa Neill of Blue Ridge Regional Hospital has earned a special honor.

Bakersville poet and disability advocate Marilyn McVicker has released a new volume of poetry dubbed “As for Life” which was awarded an honorable mention in North Carolina’s 2020 Lena Shull Book Co

The Mountaineers 4-H Shooting Sports Club is headed to the highest level of competition in the state after a strong showing at the 2022 West Region 4-H Shooting Sports Tournament earlier this month

Mitchell-Yancey Habitat for Humanity’s new partner, Deloris Braswell, is looking forward to moving into her new home in Mitchell County in March 2023.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Mayland Community College Cosmetic Arts Center at the Three Peaks Enrichment Center, formerly known as Pine Bridge, was held under sunny skies on Tuesday, Aug.