At a special called “fiscal” year-end meeting last week, the Mitchell County Board of Commissioners focused mainly on disaster recovery issues: Fire danger caused by the trees knocked down by H ...

If July 4 was a day for family and friends to celebrate together over barbeques and picnic tables, the 5th was reserved for ...

With a new executive director, Mitchell County’s Economic Development Commission is looking to create a foundation that ...

Members of the Mayland Amateur Radio Club met at the Springmaid Mountain Resort in Spruce Pine last weekend to partake in the ...

Responding to concerns that proposed spending cuts will lead to hospital closures, the Mitchell County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution indicating its support for Blue Ridge Regional Hosp ...

The Spruce Pine Town Council and Mitchell County Board of Commissioners both approved a revised agreement establishing the Toe River Regional Library System, allowing local libraries to continue ...

A few weeks into his new position as town manager, Daniel Stines is eager to help Spruce Pine along the road to recovery from Hurricane Helene (downgraded to a tropical storm after slowing down ove ...

Randy Horton Jr., 53, of Spruce Pine has been charged with assault inflicting serious injury following a dispute at the No Kings protest in Burnsville June 14. According to a Thursday ...