The Spruce Pine Town Council voted to hire a new auditing firm last week. Town Manager Daniel Stines informed the council that town staff had consulted with the North Carolina League of Municipalities ...

SPRUCE PINE — As America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, Mitchell County residents are getting ready to mark ...

One of the victims of 2024’s storm was Bakersville’s renowned North Carolina Rhododendron Festival, which lost its centrality downtown, due to the damage to the Cane Creek park and the businesses ...

Scottie Williams Smallwood of Spruce Pine was pronounced dead at the scene following a nighttime collision last week. According to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, on June 17 at around 9:49 p.

Even more than a year after Helene devastated Western North Carolina, state and local officials have estimated that hundreds of millions of dollars are still being directed toward recovery efforts in ...

Grassy Creek Golf Course, a cornerstone of the Spruce Pine community, has once again changed hands. In the summer of 2022, the Waterfront Group, a Cornelius, NC-based company, acquired the property ...

Hilary Brooke Inman, 38, of Marion has been cited and charged for inadvertently starting a prominent wildfire in McDowell County that has significantly impacted air quality in Mitchell County in ...

The Spruce Pine Town Council voted last week to accept an almost $5 million grant from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality to help pay for improved water infrastructure. "It's ...

The Town of Spruce Pine witnessed a transition in its local government leadership during the recent council meeting. Phillip Hise was sworn in as mayor, alongside Rocky Buchanan and Wayne Peight, who ...

The old Deyton school building, located at 308 Harris St. in Spruce Pine, has been transformed into the Baptists on Mission Spruce Pine Rebuild Center. The building was purchased in November 2024 to ...

The Mitchell Economic Development Commission (EDC) and the Mitchell County Chamber of Commerce will be working to assist local residents affected by last week’s announcement of a significant workforce ...

Mitchell Middle School Miners Wrestling Team recently won its second consecutive Team NC Junior High State Championship Team Title. The Miners placed 12 wrestlers en route to the championship. • ...