Yancey County Economic Development Commission and the NC Department of Commerce want to let businesses and non-profits know about Job Retention Grants. If your business or non-profit organization experienced interruption due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the new Job Retention Grant (JRG) Program may be able to offer assistance. On July 1, 2020, Governor Roy Cooper signed into law House ...(more)
Researchers worldwide are currently engaged in a race against time with life and death implications for many of the world’s people. Their aim is to defeat or at least stem the tide against a tiny but powerful enemy, SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19. Jeddidiah W.D. Griffin, assistant professor of biology at Mars Hill University, has joined that fight with research which he hopes ...(more)
Yancey County Emergency Management has reported that Frontier has scheduled maintenance on lines tonight and tomorrow night that will result in interrupted 911 call service. The scheduled outage is from midnight to 2 am. An interruption of this type affects all landlines and most cell phones. Emergency Management has provided an alternate number to call for emergencies. Instead of calling ...(more)
Five million dollar winner in Buncombe County and one million dollar winner in McDowell County–all within the last few days playing the North Carolina Education Lottery. In McDowell County, Stephanie Adams tried her luck on a single Power 10s scratch-off ticket and walked away the winner of a $1 million top prize. Adams and her husband stopped at the Ingles Markets on West Henderson ...(more)
Emergency Management reported they were informed by Frontier of maintenance on lines late last night that would result in interrupted 911 call service in Yancey and Mitchell Counties. The scheduled outage was from 11 pm last night through 3 o’clock this morning. An interruption of this type affects all landlines and most cell phones. Emergency Management provided an alternate number to ...(more)
Toe River Health District Announces Five Confirmed Case of COVID-19 in Yancey County One Confirmed Case of COVID-19 in Mitchell County Two Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Avery County Ledger, NC (August 4, 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 which ...(more)
The 2020 Woolly Worm Festival of Banner Elk has been cancelled due to COVID-19. In a press release the Wooly Worm Festivals Board of Director’s stated, “This is not a decision the Woolly Worm Board of Directors has taken lightly. Every year, profits from the festival are given back to our community to enhance the lives of children and to promote business and tourism in Avery ...(more)
TOE RIVER HEALTH DISTRICT PRESS RELEASE Two Confirmed Case of COVID-19 in Yancey County Four Confirmed Case of COVID-19 in Mitchell County Seven Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Avery County Ledger, NC (August 3, 2020). Toe River Health District, Yancey, Mitchell and Avery Counties, were notified today, about the following positive cases in our district. Avery County had 7 new positives today ...(more)
