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The Yancey County Resource Center is slated to begin construction in the coming weeks. It will be the culmination of a partnership between Yancey County government, Yancey EDC, and Appalachian State University’s IDEX Lab program which began...Read More
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced the state is expanding availability of its at-home COVID-19 test collection. Any North Carolina resident may receive a Pixel by Labcorp® COVID-19 PCR Test Home Collection Kit that...Read More
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Mountain Air Community Fund and the Mountain Air Pilots Association have made final decisions on 2021 grant awards and the amount totals nearly $100,000. According to Community Fund grant chair Lonnie Ross, “It was a difficult decision...Read More
Country Cablevision currently has a line down on State Highway 80 North just below the rock yard due to a tree falling. Service all along the main highway and along roads served by this main line will...Read More
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Arrest: Shannon Buchanan, 35 of 11 White Oak Crossing, Bakersville, NC. Deputy D. LaPlante arrested Buchanan misdemeanor resisting arrest, misdemeanor assault and communicating threats. He was issued $2,500.00 bond and scheduled to appear in court on 6/16/2021....Read More
If you live in the Mount Mitchell or Celo area you can expect to see a low flying plane within the next few weeks as North Carolina Agriculture and Consumer Services begins spraying due to a gypsy...Read More
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The Yancey County Board of Education is proud to announce that Sarah Laws has been selected as the YCS 2022 Teacher of the Year! (pictured above: MHHS Science Department Sallie Sensensy, Cindy King, Teacher of the Year...Read More
The North Carolina Main Street & Rural Planning Center at the North Carolina Department of Commerce has announced that 52 North Carolina communities have been designated as a 2021 Accredited Main Street America™ program. Spruce Pine and Marion have...Read More
Yancey County Sheriff’s Office, Yancey County Probation Office, and Burnsville Police Department are searching for a male subject who ran Wednesday morning. jJoseph Wayne Riddle, age 37, had been meeting with his probation officer when he was...Read More
Monday, June 14 at 6 p.m. there will be a public hearing to receive comments before Yancey County commissioners vote on adopting a budget for fiscal year 2021-22. The proposed budget totals $25,959,167. The 60 cents per...Read More
Tracey Patterson, age 56 of Rogersville, TN was driving a motor home off the mountain on Hwy 226 to Marion on Friday, June 4th when the brakes failed. The incident happened near the Mitchell County line just...Read More
On Monday, June 7th, Chief Deputy Shane Hilliard, presented the Life Saving award to Yancey county Sheriff’s Detention Sergeant Nicholas Hensley. This was in response to an incident that happened on April 5th when, Sgt. Hensley responded...Read More
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The North Carolina Department of Public Safety is holding hiring events today with the possibility of same-day job offers. The hours are from 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. at four western prison facilities, including Craggy Correctional Center...Read More
Arrest: Lee Hoilman, 51 of 858 Saylor Lake Rd., Bakersville, NC. Lieutenant J. Holmes arrested Hoilman for misdemeanor simple assault. He was issued $1,500.00 bond and scheduled to appear in court on 6/16/2021. Anthony Taylor Fox, 21...Read More
The State Library of North Carolina announces the 2021-2022 Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awardees. This year’s almost $5 million federal allotment will be distributed among 47 NC libraries. Avery-Mitchell-Yancey Regional Library’s “Take the Library...Read More
Brandon Kyle McNeill, 44 of Marion was arrested on 05/06/2021 and charged with (3) Counts Failure to Appear on Felony and (3) Counts Failure to Appear on Misdemeanor. Wesley Smith, Jr, 55 of Green Mountain was arrested...Read More
Linville Gorge has again become the scene of a tragic accident. According to reports, Michael Patrick Ryva of Forest Park, Illinois, fell about 80 feet in the gorge and died at the scene. Apparently the fall happened...Read More
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Longtime former Mitchell County Sheriff and former Spruce Pine Police Chief Coy Daniel Hollifield, passed away on Sunday, May 30th. Hollifield, age 72, of Greenberry Road, Bakersville, served as a respected member of the law enforcement community...Read More
On Thursday, May 27th, after several months’ delay due to a backlog in the courts due to COVID, Jared Benjamin Lafer, of Bakersville, was in court for an incident that happened in September of 2019. Lafer has...Read More
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Arrest: Shelby Lynn Schafer, 26 of 355 Lakeside Dr., Bakersville, NC. Deputy N. Bowman arrested Schafer for misdemeanor possession of SCH IV controlled substance and possession of marijuana paraphernalia. She was issued $1,000.00 bond and scheduled to...Read More
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