With the Christmas season quickly approaching, we would like to help the victims of Hurricane Florence. Please look through your homes to find gently used children’s clothes and toys you would be willing to donate. These items need to be dropped off to Lucy Wilson at Maxim Healthcare Services, located beside The Subway in Burnsville, by December 3rd. Members of Camp Funshine and our ...(more)
The Yancey History Association invites you to join them for a free Spooky Tour through downtown Burnsville Sunday, October 28th at 2:00pm beginning at the Lloyd Bailey Annex at 3 Academy Street in Burnsville. They’ll be looking into the murder of Mont Ray on North Main Street and the last hours in the life of John Wilson at the Old Jail before he was hanged and will walk around town to ...(more)
The Spruce Pine Kiwanis Club will be hosting their 33rd Annual Fish Fry Friday, October 19th from 5:00-7:30pm at Harris Middle School. Tickets are $10 and are available from any Kiwanis Club Member or by calling 828-385-2401. ...(more)
The Pensacola Fall Festival will be held Saturday, October 27th from 5:30pm-7:30pm at the Pensacola Fire Department. There will be lots of fun for all ages including cake walks, games and snacks. Costumes are optional. ...(more)
The need for skilled welders continues to grow in Mitchell, Avery, Yancey and surrounding areas. Mayland Community College offers welding curriculum and continuing education training programs to help meet this employment need. MCC’s Welding Technology curriculum includes learning consumable and non-consumable electrode welding and cutting processes. Courses in math, blueprint reading, ...(more)
Student’s enrolled in Mrs. McClellan’s Food and Nutrition II course this fall had the opportunity to take part in ServSafe Certification testing. The ServSafe Certification is a nationally accredited program for food and beverage safety training administered by the National Restaurant Association. Testing for the certification is paid for by the Career and Technical Education ...(more)
On Monday, October 15th, Yancey County Superintendent Dr. Tony Tipton released the following information: After 34 years working in public education, it is time for me to retire and make room for someone new. I will be retiring on March 1, 2019. Over the years I have been blessed to work with students from the fifth grade up to the twelfth grade as a teacher, coach, and administrator. The past ...(more)
Two Mayland Community College (MCC) students received valuable on-the-job experience when they were the recipients of paid internships at Altec Industries, which is the leading manufacturer of truck bodies and lift utility equipment in North America. Electronic Engineering students Daniel Neff and C. J. Jobe progressed from state of the art classroom and laboratory simulations to actual real ...(more)
This week Yancey County Commissioners presented Mercy Urgent Care CEO Tim Johnson and Chief Financial Officer Leah Singleton with a check for $50,000 in grant funds received by Yancey County from the North Carolina Department of Commerce. Grant funds are made available to counties through the state’s rural healthcare building reuse program. Yancey County successfully applied for and ...(more)
