On Friday, October 22nd between 8-10 am, The Yancey County Sheriff’s Office, Yancey County Schools, and Heritage EMS will be conducting a full-scale exercise at Blue Ridge Elementary. This exercise will involve Law Enforcement, paramedics as well as school faculty and staff. School will not be in session that day and students will not be involved. The patrol cars with lights flashing ...(more)
The 44th edition of the Wooly Worm Festival was held this past weekend, drawing big crowds to Banner Elk for two days of crafts, music, food, wooly worm racing and a prediction of a cold start to winter. Wooly worms raced in groups of 25 until the winners advanced to the grand finale on Sunday evening. This year’s winning woolly worm was named Let’s Go Brandon. According to the sections ...(more)
A former Mitchell County renowned artist passed away on October 12th. Billie Ruth Sudduth, was well-known in this area, the state and nation for her basket-making. Billie Ruth and her husband Doug were living in New Bern, NC when she passed. Describing her life she said, “I think that my legacy is that I opened a new world for basket-makers by getting baskets off the floor and onto ...(more)
Veterans can now fish free in any designated Mountain Heritage Trout Water. These trout waters run through 17 counties in western North Carolina with Bakersville, Beech Mountain, Burnsville, Newland and Spruce Pine among 17 designated Mountain Heritage Trout Cities. Each of these cities provides public access to a trout stream that runs through or is adjacent to the city. Typically, anglers ...(more)
PRESS RELEASE: RALEIGH – In support of Operation Stop Arm week, the State Highway Patrol will be aggressively enforcing stop arm and other traffic violations in and around school zones and school bus stops. The operation will run daily from 6:00 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 18 through 5:00 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 22 and runs in conjunction with National School Bus Safety Week. The Patrol ...(more)
The Yancey County Sheriff’s Department, in recognition of the importance of drug education for our area, has completed the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program, commonly known of as D.A. R. E. for the 5th graders in Yancey County. The fifth-graders at Micaville Elementary, South Toe Elementary, Burnsville Elementary , Blue Ridge Elementary and Yancey County Christian School graduated ...(more)
Moana JR is showing November 12, 13, 19 & 20 at 6:30 pm and November 14 & 21 at 3:00 pm at Parkway Playhouse located at 202 Green Mountain Drive, Burnsville, NC 28714. This thrilling and heartwarming coming-of-age story follows the strong-willed Moana as she sets sail across the Pacific to save her village and discover the truth about her heritage. Moana and the legendary demigod Maui ...(more)
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina is pleased to announce that Laura Herndon, an attorney and skilled advancement officer, will join the staff as Vice President, Development, on November 1, 2021. Since 2013, Herndon has worked for UNC Asheville in a variety of roles, most recently serving as Associate Vice Chancellor, External and University Relations, a leadership position with ...(more)
Blue Ridge Regional Hospital is hosting a drive-thru medication disposal event on Saturday, October 23 from 10:00 am to noon. Follow the event signs on the campus of the hospital. If anyone is available to volunteer with this event, please be in touch with Colby Boston: Colby.Boston@HCAHealthcare.com. Event details can be shared on Facebook from the pages of Blue Ridge Regional ...(more)
The Tri-County Pregnancy Center at 112 Mercy Street in Burnsville is offering Free Limited OB Ultrasounds (for those 8-20 weeks pregnant). Each Ultrasound gets a raffle ticket and entered in a drawing for a free Safety 1st Guide 65 convertible car seat (good from infant to booster plus can be used for multiple children) on October 27th. For more information call 828-536-0073 or email ...(more)
The month of September has flown by, just like the many migrating raptors that passed over Grandfather Mountain during their annual journey to warmer climates. Throughout the month, dozens of volunteers participated in a vast citizen-science project with the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, the nonprofit organization that owns and operates the Grandfather Mountain nature park, to ...(more)
The library is now open to the public. Library hours are Monday through Friday 9a.m. to 5p.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. We also strongly recommend that patrons of our library wear a mask or face covering for their safety and the safety of ...(more)
On October 7th, a total of 26 Mitchell High School students enrolled in the CTE Health Science II course, taught by Mrs. Katy Grindstaff, completed their CPR BLS certification. These students completed First Aid during the spring of 2021 in Health Science I and are adding CPR BLS certification during their Health Science II course. The Health Science II students had to learn infant/child and ...(more)
PRESS RELEASE: RALEIGH – In support of Operation Stop Arm week, the State Highway Patrol will be aggressively enforcing stop arm and other traffic violations in and around school zones and school bus stops. The operation will run daily from 6:00 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 18 through 5:00 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 22 and runs in conjunction with National School Bus Safety Week. The Patrol ...(more)
The Yancey County Sheriff’s Department, in recognition of the importance of drug education for our area, has completed the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program, commonly known of as D.A. R. E. for the 5th graders in Yancey County. The fifth-graders at Micaville Elementary, South Toe Elementary, Burnsville Elementary , Blue Ridge Elementary and Yancey County Christian School graduated ...(more)
Congratulations to Ali Talebi on the purchase of Spruce Pine Chevrolet Buick GMC in Spruce Pine, NC! Ali is shown here (from left) with Jay Palassis with GM Financial, General Motors Zone Manager Edward Bailey (Ali) and Ralph Vines, President of Advanced DMS who Co-Brokered the transaction. ...(more)
The Duke Energy Foundation has distributed $750,000 in grants to help local businesses across North Carolina adapt to the unprecedented challenges caused by the pandemic. Mitchell County is the recipient of a $25,000 grant to support local small businesses. “Since the Spring of 2020, our local businesses have been doing everything they can to survive the effects of the pandemic and have ...(more)
The Orchard at Altapass announced that it has been recognized by a TripAdvisor 2021 Travelers’ Choice award for Things to Do. “This award celebrates businesses that consistently deliver fantastic experiences to visitors, having earned great reviews on TripAdvisor over the last 12 months. As challenging as the past year was, the Orchard stood out by continuously delighting visitors,” said ...(more)
