Beginning September 3rd there will be one less option for cancer patients in our area. Mission Health has announced that they will no longer provide chemotherapy infusions at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine. HCA/Mission made the decision to centralize chemotherapy services from Brevard, Franklin, Marion, and Spruce Pine to the Asheville clinic and move non-chemotherapy infusion ...(more)
TOE RIVER HEALTH DISTRICT PRESS RELEASE Seven Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Yancey County One Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Mitchell County Eight Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Avery County Ledger, NC (August 10, 2020). Toe River Health District, Yancey, Mitchell and Avery Counties, were notified today, about the following positive cases in our district. Avery County had 8 new positives today ...(more)
A bicyclist was struck and killed by a driver Saturday night, August 8th on US-70 West near Major Conley Road in McDowell County. According to Emergency Services Director William Kehler, emergency personnel were called to the scene. Upon arriving they found one person pinned under a car. EMS paramedics pronounced that person dead at the scene. The accident happened just before 9 p.m. The driver ...(more)
Anyone who may have seen this person on July 31 or August 1 at the Black Mountain trail head in Yancey County to contact the Yancey County Sheriff’s Office at 828-682-2124 ...(more)
A widespread power outage occurred Friday afternoon at 6:08 pm. The outage affected over 15,000 of the 38,000 French Broad Electric customers in a 6 county area. Many Duke Energy Customers were also without power. French Broad Electric said the interruption was caused by a feed line coming into their system. Power was restored around 7:35pm. The USGS reported, a significant earthquake took ...(more)
Toe River Health District Announces Zero Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Yancey County Zero Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Mitchell County Two Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Avery County Ledger, NC (August 9, 2020). Toe River Health District, Yancey, Mitchell and Avery Counties, were notified today, about the following positive cases in our district. Avery County had 2 new positives today ...(more)
The USGS reports, a significant earthquake took place near Sparta, North Carolina around 8:07 am Sunday morning, August 9th. The quake registered at 5.1 on the Richter Scale, one of the stronger to occur in this region in decades. Reports of feeling the earthquake were reported from all across Western North Carolina, and as far south as Atlanta, Georgia and Columbia, South Carolina. The ...(more)
