Due to the large amount of public input, a process that began in 2012 has just now been completed. The release of the proposed management plan for the Nantahala and Pisgah national forests is the culmination of that process. A single plan guides the management of Western North Carolina’s two national forests: Pisgah National Forest and Nantahala National Forest. When the plan for ...(more)
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has suspended all Delayed Harvest trout stockings in the Cane River until further notice, due to a partial equipment failure at the Town of Burnsville Wastewater Treatment Plant in Yancey County. The section of Cane River now closed to stockings is downstream of the plant and fisheries biologists are concerned about the potential for negative impacts to ...(more)
Andrew Eric Presnell, 263 Burnsville School Rd. Burnsville, NC. Deputy Gunter arrested Presnell for Driving after consuming alcohol while less than 21 years of age and consuming alcohol by 19/20 years old. He was issued $1,000.00 bond and scheduled to appear in court on 2/12/2020. Sarah Anne Price, age 29 of Spruce Pine, NC. Lieutenant S. Davis took Price into custody from Buncombe County for ...(more)
The Town of Burnsville had a discharge of untreated wastewater from our wastewater collection system at the OMC Pump Station located at OMC Drive of approximately 360,000 gallons. The discharge occurred on February 6, 2020 to February 7, 2020 for approximately 10 hours. The untreated wastewater entered into Little Crabtree Creek in the French Broad River Basin. The pump station was repaired ...(more)
A McDowell County Sheriff’s deputy saved a family of four from a burning home Thursday morning, February. 6th. Deputy Jordon Frisbee was at the Sheriff’s Office when the call about the blaze went out to emergency workers at 6:29 a.m. Frisbee arrived on the scene at 675 Veterans Drive to find the home engulfed in flames. Scott and Betty Geouge and their 17-year-old and 3-year-old daughters ...(more)
The deadline for regular voter registration in North Carolina in the 2020 primary election is Friday, February 7th. This is also the final day that you can change your party affiliation. Individuals who miss the regular voter registration deadline may still register and vote at any one-stop early voting site in their county during the early voting period, February 13-29. At an early voting ...(more)
The Yancey County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind everyone that this time of year scammers are targeting citizens as they are preparing their tax returns. Ignore answering calls from numbers that you do not recognize, numbers that show up as IRS or from another state or country. If you do answer the call DO NOT SAY THE WORD YES to any of their questions. The real IRS will not call ...(more)
