The Mitchell County Board of Commissioners honored local power company employees at a meeting last week in recognition of ...

RALEIGH – The N.C. Governor’s Highway Safety Program (GHSP) is reminding drivers that speeding has life-threatening consequences, according to a recent release. Now through April 20, ...

The Mitchell Mountaineers varsity baseball team pulled off a comeback win over the Owen Warhorses Friday, with a final score ...

The Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information in relation a reported break-in in Bakersville last week. At around 7:30 a.m. Thursday a man reportedly kicked in the door of ...

Constructions crews are currently finishing up the interior of the YMCA facility connected to the Pinebridge Coliseum in Spruce Pine. No firm date has been set for opening the facility, b ...

U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards sent staff members to a Mitchell County Board of Commissioners meeting recently to review ways in which the federal government can help Mitchell residents continue to recove ...

According to the Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office, two raccoons euthanized and tested last week were rabies-negative. Sheriff’s deputies have responded to 11 reports of raccoons behav ...

One of Spruce Pine’s warmest days this year welcomed Oliver Anthony Music to Lower Street (Locust Avenue) for the first concert of the Rural Revival Tour. “I’ve been looking forward ...

Sarah Atkins [email protected] In the wake of Hurricane Helene (downgraded to a tropical storm after slowing down over land) M ...