Community News

Library hours are Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9a.m. to 5p.m. Tuesday and Thursday 9a.m. to 7p.m. Saturday hours are 10a.m. to 1p.m. The Book Cellar Annex

Downtown Spruce Pine Main Street and The Mitchell Chamber of Commerce would like to say thank you to Derek and Erin Buchanan from Grassy Creek

Join High Peaks on an easy/moderate hike to the summit of Craggy Pinnacle at Craggy Gardens on Sat., Sept. 21. This 1.5 mile hike tops

Jenni Dellinger of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, has been named the local program co-coordinator for Special Olympics Mitchell County effective immediately, according to Special Olympics

Dig In! Yancey Community Garden invites everyone to celebrate another abundant season of growing and sharing together at their annual Empty Bowls fundraiser on Friday,

Djoukil Swingtet will be performing at the Celo Inn on October 6. Djoukil is a group of five fantastic French musicians from Lyon joined by

The Quilt Guild invites the community to join us in honoring our local veterans from Madison, Mitchell and Yancey counties and thanking them for their

It is BBQ time again in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina.  This year is better than ever with a new location, the

Parkway Playhouse is thrilled to welcome patrons to their Second Annual Appalachian Playwriting Festival showing September 21-22, 2024. When Parkway Playhouse was founded in 1947,

Toe River Arts will host an exhibition of work by Jim and Mary Lynn Bowman entitled “Dreamworks and Glassearch”. The exhibition runs Sept. 21 through

Joy is a “supremely talented musician and artist [who] spreads nothing but joy everywhere she goes.” – Brandi Carlile, ten-time Grammy Winner Traditional Voices Group

In September, the American Red Cross stresses the continuing critical need for blood products to ensure patient care. Donors of all blood types are asked

Tickets for our upcoming production of Anastasia Youth Edition are now on sale! Directed by Jenny Martin, with music direction by Melanie Veazey and choreography by Collin

Grandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, recently wrapped up construction on the Ginny Burton Education and Animal Care

Grandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, will host its annual Hawk Watch throughout the entire month of September, included

The NC Rural Center has opened the application period for its Rural Economic Development Institute (REDI), the organization’s flagship leadership development program. Current and emerging leaders across

Grandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, has announced that tickets for the last presentation of the Grandfather Presents

Parkway Playhouse is excitedly preparing for its Second Annual Appalachian Playwriting Festival on September 21-22, 2024! This event is a celebration of Appalachian Culture. It

LINVILLE, N.C. – The long and storied tradition that is the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games returns to MacRae Meadows on Thursday, July 11, continuing through

Rhododendron Queen Contestants: Parker Sterling Age 18 Clogging Randleman Andi Creech Age 20 Vocal Burgaw Kaylyn Fairchild Age 18 Vocal Marion Gracie Houser Age 20