Representatives and community leaders recently gathered to recognize the $10 million fund that AmeriHealth Caritas, N.C., ...

Judge Matthew Rupp ordered Horizon 30 to stop mining and removing rock from its site on N.C. Highway 197 in Poplar after a hearing at the Watauga County Courthouse Monday morning. The Nor ...

Gloria Thomas of Poplar speaks to the Mitchell Board of Commissioners about her experiences living across from the controversial new Horizon 30 mine. Th ...

MARION, N.C.—Mary Ann Duncan Buchanan, 62, of Marion, NC was called to her eternal home in Glory on Tuesday, February 9, 2021.

The 37th annual Grassy Creek Mineral and Gem Show made its way this past week to the Upper Skyview Circle property behind Spruce Pine Chevy. The free show, which is sponsored by and supports Parkway ...

The Mitchell County Board of Commissioner re-appointed several county officials in its first meeting of the 2025-26 fiscal year recently.

Mitchell High School junior Connor Warren is the 1A individual state golf champion for a second straight year.

SPRUCE PINE, N.C.— John “David” Grindstaff, age 80, of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, passed away on Saturday, December 5th, 2020 at AdventHealth Hendersonville, North Carolina. He was born on September ...

The Glenn and Carol Arthur Planetarium at Mayland’s Earth to Sky Park in Burnsville is now offering laser light shows.