SPRUCE PINE – Local dentist Dr. Taylor Townsend has offered a $500 scholarship opportunity to local students.
GREEN MOUNTAIN – Mitchell High School senior Jared Pittman has been chosen to receive the Morehead-Cain Scholarship to attend the University of North Carolina.
Note: To ensure all area residents to have important local information about the coronavirus health emergency, the Mitchell News-Journal has lifted its paywall and is providing unlimited ac
SPRUCE PINE – The town of Spruce Pine is asking residents to avoid flushing sanitation wipes even if the package states they are “flushable.”
The Mitchell County Historical Society’s online journal for the COVID-19 pandemic is now active at mitchellnchistory.org/the-corona-times.
Editor’s note: Writer’s answers do not reflect those of the Mitchell News-Journal and are not meant to replace medical or mental health care.
Newspaper journalists have long been told we work in a dying industry. Now it seems we are working during its rebirth.
When I started at the News-Journal nearly a month ago, I was told a lot of what I would be reporting about isn’t “hard-hitting” news.
David Robert Toney passed away on March 2, 2020, from Alzheimer’s disease. Known by many as “Coach,” he lived a full life and left a legacy of generosity, kindness and humor.