Yancey County News

Yancey County public schools are operating on a two-hour delay this morning because of ice on some roads.

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Beginning Thursday, the Samuel L. Phillips Center at Mayland Community College will be lined with Christmas trees in Mayland's 'Perfect Christmas Tree' contest.

The French Broad Electric Membership Corporation announced the Western North Carolina recipients of its 2009-10 Bright Ideas Grant program.

In a legal decision hailed by environmentalists, the N.C. Court of Appeals ruled against the state's Department of Environment and Natural Resources regarding stream protection.

Carolina Newswire reports: BURNSVILLE, N.C. - The Toe River Studio Tour showcases the work of artists and crafts people across two mountain counties from Dec.

News from around the region lands in the Xpress inbox via various routes each week, from old-fashioned e-mail to TweetDeck to a message from a BlackBerry-toting concerned citizen.

Environmentalists declare victory for trout streams Published: 8:43 AM, 11/20/2009 by staff reports The N.C. Court of Appeals this week upheld the state's protective buffer for trout streams in a victory for North Carolina's water quality, according to the Southern Environmental Law Center.

State officials should not have given Mountain Air Country Club an exception to state rules protecting trout streams in order to build a golf course along Banks Creek, the state Court of Appeals ruled this week.

SPRUCE PINE - Mayor Ralph Hise is running for a seat in the state Senate. Hise announced his bid Thursday, joining a crowded field in the May Republican primary to take on Sen.

Veterans from all branches of the military gathered at Sherrills Ford Elementary on Tuesday morning for a homemade breakfast with a handful of students at the school.

Western North Carolina, a region that has long needed high-speed Internet into its rural and mountainous communities to provide vital information, services, and employment, has placed itself in line for federal stimulus funds for broadband.

Here's the link to the DailyWireless.org post: The federal government will soon start handing out the first $4 billion in stimulus funds for broadband Internet connections, reports the Associated Press .

The sixth annual Town Square Scamper and Fall Foliage Stroll starts at 9 a.m. Oct.

New Caldwell County Manager Stan Kiser participated in his first county commission meeting, and Broyhill Furniture President Jeff Cook provided an update on the company's operations Monday night at the City-County Chambers in Lenoir.

The North Carolina Department of Commercea s Annual United Kingdom Press Trip visited Ashe County and downtown West Jefferson Thursday to help promote the Blue Ridge Parkwaya s upcoming 75th anniversary as well as some other local travel destinations.

Yancey County social worker Tamera Frank announced plans Monday to run in 2010 for the 47th district state senate seat held by state Sen.

The daughter of a North Carolina man who killed himself after fatally shooting his neighbor and wounding his estranged wife says her father became violent after cancer treatment.

A woman shot at least twice by her husband who killed another man before taking his own life remained hospitalized in fair condition Friday.

The daughter of a North Carolina man who killed himself after fatally shooting his neighbor and wounding his estranged wife says her father became violent after cancer treatment.