The Spruce Pine Town Council voted to approve a new compensation schedule in its meeting last week. Council Member Rocky ...

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 ...

The Spruce Pine Town Council met last week to discuss water and sewer funding, among other town business items. Water/sewer grant The council v ...

Sarah Atkins [email protected] “Our wildlife and communities are not for sale,” said Jeanne Miraglia at a public hear ...

Friday, July 11 was a particularly busy day at Penland’s U.S. Post Office, as artists and instructors leaving the Penland School of Craft’s latest two-week session descended on the building wit ...

The Spruce Pine Town Council voted 3-1 last week to approve the first reading of a new policy on employee compensation.

A resident of the Beech Creek development near Bakersville spoke to the Mitchell County Board of Commissioners last week, seeking help with bridge repair and debris collection.

Mitchell County Finance Officer Mavis Parsley told the Board of Commissioners last week that she is asking department heads to hold back on some budgeted expenses until outstanding disaster recover ...