Join us as we kickoff the holiday season with a fun-filled day supporting local merchants! Spend the day downtown grabbing those holiday gifts and enjoying holiday activities in the park. Special sales and merchant goodies await. Be sure to stop by the Welcome Station to grab a cup of cocoa and register for the Frasier Fir Tree giveaway before you begin your day. Finish your shopping with the ...(more)
AMS Scholarship Benefit is Friday, November 22, 2019 at the Burnsville Town Center starting at 6 pm. Some highlights of the event include: The Holiday Marketplace with over 170 art objects priced under $100, plus certificates for dining, outings, theater, etc. Silently auctioned student/staff work crews. A Flash Mob performance to signal the transition to the farm-to-table dinner. And, a Live ...(more)
The Annual Farm City Awards Breakfast will be held, Thursday, December 5th at 7am at the Burnsville Town Center. The breakfast celebrates those individuals, farmers, educators, youth and businesses that make Yancey County a wonderful place. This year the breakfast will feature local products from local farmers and businesses. The menu will feature local eggs, sausage, grits, potatoes and ...(more)
Yancey County Schools is holding a book drive to grow classroom libraries and media centers. We want to create an even stronger literacy rich environment and encourage students to find a love of reading by giving them choice in their reading options. As author Kelly Gallagher says in his book Readicide, “…if we are to have any chance of developing a reading habit in our students, they ...(more)
On Friday November 1st Brian Bullis, parent of Food and Nutrition II student Garrett Bullis visited the class to demonstrate making yeast bread. Mr. Bullis talked to the kids about why making bread from scratch was so worth the time and effort. Brian shared with the students his passion for making homemade breads and learning new recipes. He demonstrated the correct technique to measure and ...(more)
School superintendents from four Western North Carolina counties visited Mars Hill University on Monday, November 4, 2019, to formalize a new scholarship program. The Local Lion Promise guarantees scholarships covering at least half the price of tuition for students from Buncombe, Madison, Mitchell, and Yancey counties. Buncombe County Superintendent Tony Baldwin, Madison County Superintendent ...(more)
As of October 2019, HCA Healthcare will be implementing an enterprise-wide minimum wage of $12.50/hr. At Mission Health, this will be an increase from our current division-wide minimum wage of $11.00/hr. At this time, only employees who are below the new range minimums will be adjusted. The Federal minimum wage is $7.25. “At Mission Health, we value our colleagues and will continue to invest ...(more)
Aldridge Eye Institute welcomes Dr. Thuc Moore, who will be joining Dr. Charles Aldridge and Dr. Jennifer Smith in providing excellent eye care for their valued patients! Dr. Thuc Moore was born in Melbourne, Australia and grew up in the town of Fort Mill, SC. She received her undergraduate degree at the College of Charleston in 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. She graduated summa ...(more)
