The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is expanding the number of locations providing $25 Summer Cards to offset the time and transportation costs of getting vaccinated. Beginning this week, participating vaccination sites in 38 counties will offer the cards to anyone 18 and older who gets their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine — or drives someone to their ...(more)
RALEIGH – The North Carolina State Highway Patrol will be joining forces with fellow law enforcement partners in adjoining states to conduct quarterly, concentrated highway traffic enforcement periods this year as part of SafeDRIVE (Distracted Reckless Impaired Visibility Enforcement). Operation efforts aim to eliminate commercial motor vehicle (CMV) traffic collisions through periods of ...(more)
Arrest: Andrew Paul Jackson, 21 of 10 Grindstaff Lane, Bakersville, NC. Deputy M. Hylemon arrested Jackson for 2nd failure to appear in court on felony probation violations. He was issued $45,000.00 bond and scheduled to appear in court on 8/3/2021. Amber Nicole Black, 29 of 20 octave Heights, Marion, NC. Deputy M. Mylemon arrested Black for misdemeanor defraud an alcohol/drug test. She was ...(more)
The 74th Annual North Carolina Rhododendron Festival pageant was held this past weekend in Bakersville. The Pageant was held at Bowman Middle School Friday and Saturday. Saturday night featured the crowning of the 2022 Queens. In the Junior Queen Division the Congeniality award went to Ava Grace Effler of Marion. 2nd Runner up was Sophia Garland of Bakersville. The 1st runner up and talent ...(more)
The Yancey County Resource Center is slated to begin construction in the coming weeks. It will be the culmination of a partnership between Yancey County government, Yancey EDC, and Appalachian State University’s IDEX Lab program which began in spring of 2020. The new facility will serve as the permanent home of the Yancey Farmers Market as well a community vendor market, meeting venue ...(more)
Get your monologues ready! Parkway Playhouse will be presenting a 2021 Fall Season which will include A Good Day written and directed by Kristen Livengood, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow written by John Heimbuch and directed by Daniel Moore. Auditions for these shows will take place on Saturday, July 10th, from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm at The Mountain Heritage Center at 113 Green Mountain Dr, ...(more)
Summer camps at Parkway Playhouse are filling up quickly, don’t wait to register! Spaces are still available in Acting for Kids July 12-16, for ages 8-11, taught by Erika Tyner; Parkway Puppeteering July 26-30, for ages 8-18, taught by Jenny Martin; Acting for Adults July 11th, 25th, August 1st, 8th, for ages 18+, taught by Jenny Martin; and Acting for Teens July 26-30, for ages 12-18, taught ...(more)
The library is now open to the public. Library hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday 9a.m. to 7p.m. Saturday hours are 10a.m. to 1p.m. If you are feeling sick in any way, please do not use our in person library services; curbside services are still available upon request. The library is accepting book donations but please limit the books to clean ...(more)
A Concealed Weapon Permit Class will be held at Bear Creek Baptist Church, located at 327 Bear Creek Church Road in Bakersville, Saturday June 26th from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm. Class will include book training and shooting on range. You need to bring your own pistol and 50 rounds of ammo. Lunch will be provided. Cost of class is $80.00. Please call 828-688-4331 . We have 10 spots left. Call ...(more)
Theatre returns! After a long intermission, Parkway Playhouse is excited to announce their fall mainstage show lineup which will include A Good Day written and directed by Kristen Livengood, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow written by John Heimbuch and directed by Daniel Moore. Auditions for these shows will take place on Saturday, July 10th, from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm at The Mountain ...(more)
The Yancey County Board of Education is proud to announce that Sarah Laws has been selected as the YCS 2022 Teacher of the Year! (pictured above: MHHS Science Department Sallie Sensensy, Cindy King, Teacher of the Year 2022Sarah Laws, Shannon Oesch, Tressa Hartsell) An Earth and Environmental Sciences teacher at Mountain Heritage High School, Laws stated, “It wasn’t so long ago that I was ...(more)
The Mitchell County Chamber of Commerce presented the Shirley Hise Memorial Scholarship for the second year to three Mitchell High School graduates, Adam Gortney, Alexandria McEntire and Sarah Renfro. The Chamber established the scholarship in the Fall of 2019 after the passing of its longtime director Shirley Hise. “Shirley was the Director of the Chamber for nearly 20 years,” said ...(more)
Mercy Urgent Care President and Chief Executive Officer Tim Johnston is retiring after 27 years of service with the Sisters of Mercy organization. Rachel Sossoman will take over as President and CEO of Mercy Urgent Care and the Catherine McAuley Mercy Foundation as of July 1, 2021. Johnston began working with Sisters of Mercy in 1987 as the Imaging and Special Services Director at St. ...(more)
Coldwell Banker King held a celebration of their new location in Burnsville on Wednesday, May 19th. The real estate office is now located at 56 Stardust Rd, Ste. 5, Burnsville. The location is next to Barn Charm, near Blossman on the Asheville Highway. Ginger Gregory is the Manager/Agent, Bridget O’Hara, Wild Freeborn and Bill Steigerwald are also agents. Amber Wyatt is the friendly face ...(more)
Samantha Robinson receiving her grant check from Jamie McMahan. The Yancey Economic Development Commission announces the first 2021 grant award made under the Burnsville Downtown Entrepreneurship Assistance Program. “I’m pleased to announce a grant made through Yancey EDC’s Downtown Entrepreneurship Assistance Program was awarded to Lamp Post Vintage Market, a new business located on ...(more)
