Chuck Edwards presented the Spruce Pine Town Council with a ceremonial $4 million check for water infrastructure last week.

“The show must go on” is a classic theatrical motto conveying that, whatever problems or disasters a troupe confronts, the ...

BAKERSVILLE — After newly-elected Mitchell County Commissioner Harley Masters made history on the night of Tuesday, Nov. 3, her instant reaction was that of surprise.

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.

The Mitchell News-Journal welcomed new editor Mariel Williams to its staff last week. Williams is an experienced journalist with a diverse background. Growing up in Yancey County, William’s ...

(L-R): County Manager Allen Cook, Mitchell County Board of Education Chair Brandon Pitman, North Carolina Senator Ralph Hise, Mitchell County Schools Director of Facilities Kim Hodshon and ...

Mariel Williams editor@mitchellnews.com As Nick Whitson walks through his family’s flood-devastated properties in Green Mountain, a question recurs: Wh ...

At a recent meeting, the Mitchell County Board of Commissioners received an update on hurricane recovery on national forest lands and learned that the county’s audit produced a clean result.

Six candidates will appear on this year’s ballot as options for the Mitchell County Board of Commissioners: Lee Ellis, Jan Hamilton, Bill Hoag, Harley Masters, Ron McKinney and Dale Blevins.

Bill Slagle, executive director of the Mitchell County Economic Development Commission, gave a report on the EDC to the Mitchell County Board of Commissioners last week. Slagle noted that ...

POPLAR — A rafting accident on the Nolichucky River on Saturday, Sept. 12 claimed the life of a Bakersville woman, a state official said.

SPRUCE PINE, N.C.— Wade Glenn Holder, age 87, of Galax Trail in Spruce Pine, passed away on Friday, March 5, 2021 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals in Asheville.