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Local couple seeking miracle as husband requires kidney transplant

If local resident Terry Jamerson doesn’t receive a kidney soon, he might only have months left to live. After suffering a “widow-maker” heart attack in February, Jamerson found out his high blood pressure had severely damaged his kidneys. “I thought the heart attack was gonna take me,” he said.

Mission chemo services to be centralized in Asheville

SPRUCE PINE — Chemotherapy services from Mission Medical Oncology locations in Brevard, Franklin, Marion and Spruce Pine will be centralized to Asheville, Mission and HCA Healthcare announced this past week.

Mitchell County rumbles with effects of 5.1 magnitude earthquake near Sparta

SPRUCE PINE — People across North Carolina and beyond were shaken by a far-reaching morning earthquake this past weekend. Just after 8 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 9, a 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck near Sparta, North Carolina.

DSS head placed on paid investigative leave

BAKERSVILLE — Mitchell County Department of Social Services Director Sara Ross has been placed under paid investigative leave until Monday, Aug. 24. In the first part of the open DSS session during the regular meeting of the Mitchell County Commissioners on Monday, Aug.