The latest influenza-like illness (ILI) report from the state health department shows a decrease in flu-like illnesses in our region. As a result, Infection Prevention, in consultation with Mission Health’s Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Public Health Epidemiologist, has decided to stop the visitor restriction policy and implement the visitor limitation policy. Mission Health ...(more)
Three hikers from South Carolina were rescued off a trail on Grandfather Mountain on Wednesday morning, March 7th. The group was hiking the Profile Trail off Highway 105 to Calloway Peak when bad weather set in. Mitchell, Jonathan and Jaclyn Garland, of South Carolina, camped out on the trail overnight and became stranded by the snowfall. The hikers called 911 around 8 am asking ...(more)
Michael “Mickey” Duvall has been hired as the new Economic Development Director for Mitchell County. Duvall is from Franklin, NC where he was Secretary of Commerce for the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation. Prior to that he has been Executive Director of Region D High Country Council of Governments. He has also been Pender County Manager, Graham County Manager, a professor ...(more)
The words “A bomb is near” scribbled on a bathroom wall forced the evacuation of the Walmart store in Weaverville yesterday morning. The incident was reported to police around 5am and a K-9 unit sniffing for bombs was on the scene 20 minutes later. There were only 10 employees and a few customers in the store at the time of the evacuation. The store was reopened around 8:30am. The Weaverville Police Department is investigating the threat, and will file charges if they find the person responsible. There are no suspects at this point and the investigation is continuing.
Multiple fire departments were called out to altec around 3 pm this afternoon to respond to a fire. The fire apparently started in a paint booth. After arriving on the scene the fire departments were able to quickly extinguish the fire. ...(more)
