A food drive fueled by a Krispy Kreme fundraiser, donations from area businesses and three determined Mitchell High freshmen helped 66 local families during the holiday season.
The Miss Emerald Ridge Scholarship Program seeks community involvement as it partners with Mitchell County Meals on Wheels.
It’s the time of year when online travel guides name their top destinations and attractions and Little Switzerland is getting recognized.
Mitchell County will be guided by a new county manager after the retirement of Tim Greene, effective Friday, Dec. 31.
A public hearing on Monday, Dec.
A large fundraising effort culminated this past month when 352 Mitchell County children experienced a Merry Christmas and received gifts through the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program.
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Walk the halls of Gouge Elementary and you’ll smell sugar, frosting and cookies.
Nothing is baking. That smell is construction materials.
Kevin Glenn, a North Carolina state trooper assigned to Mitchell County, was shot in Yancey County during a chase just before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 14.
The Williams YMCA of Avery County will receive $4.5 million from the state budget to support the development of a new 18,000 square foot branch in Spruce Pine.