Spruce Pine News

Buncombe County sheriff's deputies charged two people with possession of methamphetamine.

Boy, a guy wins a couple of national championships and suddenly everybody wants to claim him as their own.

If success in business is about who you know, then it's no surprise that Bob Barringer's community college presidential search firm has stayed on the cutting edge of his profession.

See artists at work during the River Arts District Studio Stroll from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Published: Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 12:36 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 12:36 p.m. The Transylvania Regional Hospital Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to explore potential partnerships between the 76-year-old Brevard hospital and larger health systems.

Two Mitchell County towns, Spruce Pine and Bakersville, will jointly host Troutacular!, a trout festival, simultaneously in both towns on Saturday .

By all accounts, this May was the wettest May ever recorded in the High Country.

The bright lights of Hollywood came to town - well, almost. There may not have been klieg lights sweeping across the night skies of the Parkway but two different crews from CNN came to Spruce Pine recently, first in March, then in May.

A small North Carolina furniture maker plans to suspend production in a few weeks while it waits for business to improve.

A steady stream of visitors made their way to Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park on Saturday for "Riverfest," an event focusing on the Nolichucky River that flows past the park.

Prison closures and other public-safety budget cuts rejected by the state Senate are back on the table as the House moves closer to passing a plan to deal with a $4.5 billion budget shortfall without raising taxes.

Twenty cars on a CSX train derailed a little before dawn Wednesday in a rural area west of Bakersville, with some toppling to within feet of the North Toe River.

I called my cousin with news, "It has become necessary for me to have a hysterectomy." We hadn't spoken for almost a month, which must have been a record, as close as we grew up.

RiverLink and the Nantahala Outdoor Center Nolichucky River Outpost in Erwin are hosting a Whitewater Film Festival next Tuesday, May 26.

Asheville area gardeners and farmers may have dodged a bullet overnight as temperatures dipped into the 30s but appear to have been slightly too warm for frost to develop.

On Friday, May 8, two tornadoes were reported in Alleghany County. One touched down 2.5 miles WNW of Ennice and was an F2 tornado with estimated winds of 110 to 120 mph.

Mayland Community College graduated over two hundred and seventy students during the college's 2008 curriculum graduation ceremony on May 10, which was held at the Abundant Life Outreach in Spruce Pine.

RiverLink and the Nantahala Outdoor Center Outpost on the Nolichucky River are hosting a white water film festival to showcase the adventure whitewater films from professional kayakers and filmmakers at Rapid Transit Video.

Like most parents, Vickie and Keith Murdock worry about providing for their family.

Western Carolina University will offer a new series of workshops for active seniors, beginning with 'Senior Expressions: Ceramics' and 'Senior Expressions: Watercolor Paintings.' The first session, on ceramics, will be held 9 a.m.-noon May 18-22. Participants will have the opportunity to create ceramic pieces and learn various techniques used in ...