Saturday April 20th, 2024
Soaky Mountain Waterpark officials today announced its 50-acre waterpark, located at 175 Gists Creek Road, will officially open for the 2024 season on May 11 and 12, and then daily starting May17. A season pass holder celebration is planned for Friday, May 17 from 10 am to 6 pm. All pass holders who purchase a 2024 souvenir cup will receive free Coke product refills for the day. Pass holders ...(more)
Fundraiser for the Beans Creek Church Youth. Tenderloin, Fried Taters, Corn Bread, Pinto Beans, Ramps, Dessert and Drink Pork Tenderloin, Fried taters, Corn Bread, pinto beans, Ramps, dessert and drink. Held at Mammie’s Breakfast Barn ...(more)
Congratulations to the Junior Horse Evaluation team for placing 3rd in the State! Team members included Bastien Clemons, Chayan Capellupo, Brianna Laws and Bailey Whitson. Two of our team members ranked individually in the top 10 in the state and they were Bastien Clemons and Chayan Capellupo. These students will be recognized on stage at FFA State Convention this summer! We are proud of the ...(more)
For Youth Service Month 2024: April 12 – May 12, the Relief Society and the youth of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Western North Carolina teamed up to donate 72 newborn kits to the Abiding Hope Pregnancy Center. The women of the Relief Society gathered supplies for the kits over the course of the last month from congregations in Asheville, Arden, Brevard, Cherokee, Forest ...(more)
Do you have a telescope and would like to learn how to use it? Want to meet others interested in astrophotography, or just want to talk space history? Come and join the Mayland Earth to Sky Park Astronomy Club on May 6th at 8:30 pm. We meet on the telescope pads at the Bare Dark Sky Observatory at 66 Energy Exchange Drive, Burnsville, North Carolina. All ages are welcome, and this is a free ...(more)
Dogwood Health Trust is seeking proposals from counties, municipalities and nonprofit organizations in the 18 counties and Qualla boundary of Western North Carolina that are interested in conducting collaborative planning to establish, refine and/or resource recovery-oriented justice systems. Partners who provide or who are exploring the provision of evidence-based practices such as ...(more)
Burnsville Elementary School recently hosted the first round of training sessions that will incorporate LEGO sets in the classroom. The LEGO sets were purchased through grant funding that was awarded to YCS in the latter part of 2023. Director of Elementary Education Andrea Allen expressed her excitement about this new opportunity for YCS students. “Through a partnership with STEM WEST, ...(more)
On Wednesday, April 10th, Yancey County Schools held Pre K and Kindergarten Registration at the Burnsville Town Center. The event was a smashing success with 120 Kindergarten registrations and over 30 Pre K applications being submitted. We would like to thank the Yancey County Sheriff’s Office, Yancey Health Department, Burnsville Police Department, Burnsville Fire Department, My Healthy ...(more)
