A free workshop, Strategies for Managing Challenging Behaviors in Young Children, will be held on Thursday, November 1, 2018, at the First Presbyterian Church in Spruce Pine from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. All Caregivers, Parents, Grandparents, Foster Parents, Childcare Providers, School Teachers/Staff, Law Enforcement Officers, Community Agencies, and Community Members from Yancey, Mitchell and Avery ...(more)
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)
A few weeks ago, arts teachers from both Mitchell and Yancey county schools met with artist Susan Garriques in the Toe River Arts Spruce Pine facility to learn the art of paper clay. Each of the participants was given a “glob” of paper clay, which they rolled, molded, and shaped. This community-funded program taught the technique and will provide them with the equipment and clay necessary ...(more)
On Tuesday, October 9th, Mitchell High students enrolled in Agriscience visited Tater Hill Farms owned by Terry and George Moffitt. During this field trip students learned about the diversity of the crops grown at Tater Hill Farms. The farm actually has 18 varieties of potatoes that are being marked and sold at farmers markets and through TRACTOR. There were 16 students on the trip that ...(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)
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)
