The Mitchell County Board of Commissioners discussed disaster recovery and other county business at its meeting last week.

There will be a public hearing on a proposed $28 million Mitchell County budget Monday, June 2 during the Board of Commissioners’ meeting at 6:30 p.m. A planned 1 cent increase in the f... Premium ...

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POPLAR — The Mitchell County Board of Commissioners held a contentious special meeting at the Poplar Community Building on Tuesday, Aug. 25. The purpose of the meeting was for commissioners to get ...

Anyone who tuned into the 2020 Masters Tournament this past week at Augusta National Golf Club may have noticed the uniquely-colored sand bunkers on the course. Rather than the usual drab, beige sand, ...

The Spruce Pine Town Council voted to spend $500,000 on land to house the Public Works Department at its regular meeting last ...

BAKERSVILLE —Visitors and vendors packed Bakersville Saturday, Sept. 18 for the second annual North Carolina Mountaineer Festival. The festival featured food and craft vendors, live music and ...

Johnson City, TN— John “Jimmy” Hughes, age 82, of Johnson City, TN, died Oct. 16, 2021, at the James H. Quillen VA Community Living Center. He was born in Bakersville, North Carolina on Aug. 1, 1939.

SPRUCE PINE – A recent post on the Mitchell County Animal Rescue’s Facebook page has quickly become an international news sensation. Within days of the post going public, newspapers, websites and ...

The annual Run for Holland charity race was back in full force on Saturday, May 6. Run for Holland, presented by the non-profit Run for Holland Foundation, raises money for Down syndrome awareness ...