Mitchell County News

Joe Damore, the leader of Western North Carolina's biggest hospital and largest employer, announced Tuesday he will step down from his post as president and CEO of Mission Hospital and Mission Health System effective Jan.

Like most homegrown cuisines, Appalachian cookery is rife with makeshift techniques and food-stretching ingenuity.

Spruce Pine can open a liquor store after the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission signed off today on the store's location.

Mission Health System based in Asheville, North Carolina has retained Witt/Kieffer to assist in the recruitment efforts for a Chief Executive Officer of its affiliate Mission Medical Associates.

A wooden panel painted to resemble a handmade quilt hangs on a house on Toe River Road in Green Mountain.

The Admiral: West Asheville's The Admiral has always had a thriving late-night scene, but it's now a better-fed one: The acclaimed eatery last month debuted a late-night lineup for its DJ-drawn crowd, featuring dishes from the regular dinner menu and smaller snacks, including truffled popcorn and shrimp deviled eggs.

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The unemployment rate continued its steady decrease in four High Country counties in July and held stable in two others, with only Mitchell County posting a slight increase over June's rate according to data released by the N.C. Employment Security Commission.

Plastic bottles are banned from North Carolina's landfills starting Oct. 1. The ban is meant to help satisfy the growing demand for plastic by recycling bottles, said the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

Three North Carolina localities are ready to build, set up or relocate a liquor store and get their alcohol revenue flowing.

Senate Bill 1068 as it has now been amended would effectively ban all significant wind energy development in Western North Carolina while developing a permitting process for its deployment in the rest of the state.

Senate Bill 1068 as it has now been amended would effectively ban all significant wind energy development in Western North Carolina while developing a permitting process for its deployment in the rest of the state.

Senate Bill 1068 as it has now been amended would effectively ban all significant wind energy development in Western North Carolina while developing a permitting process for its deployment in the rest of the state.

Senate Bill 1068 as it has now been amended would effectively ban all significant wind energy development in Western North Carolina while developing a permitting process for its deployment in the rest of the state.

Senate Bill 1068 as it has now been amended would effectively ban all significant wind energy development in Western North Carolina while developing a permitting process for its deployment in the rest of the state.

Summer is over for students in Madison and Mitchell counties. The school districts begin the 2009-10 school year today.

The 2009 N.C. Mineral and Gem Festival will be held July 30-Aug. 2 at The Bridge .

In terms of taxes, Iredell is currently the 17th least-expensive county in the state in which to own property.

Spruce Pine, a modest, charmingly low-key town in the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina, is at the heart of a global billion-dollar industry.

Customers browse the tables at the annual N.C. Mineral & Gem Festival in Spruce Pine.