Yancey County News

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.

A Yancey County man who fatally shot himself in the head after killing his neighbor and seriously wounding his estranged wife had become violent in recent weeks while undergoing cancer treatment, his daughter said.

WAMY [Watauga, Avery, Mitchell and Yancey] Community Action, Inc. has provided a number of services and activities that benefit the entire community, improving the quality of life in its four-county area since July 7, 1964.

A Burnsville man is charged with murder in the slaying of a victim who was missing for more than a week before his body was found Tuesday down a rocky embankment.

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.

North Carolina Democrats have preserved their commitment to ensure high quality education for every child in the state, even during these tough economic times.

The Carolina Mountain Literary Festival will offer a full day of activities for children and parents to celebrate literacy from 9 a.m.-4:15 p.m. on Sept.

The Carolina Mountain Literary Festival will offer a full day of activities for children and parents to celebrate literacy from 9 a.m.-4:15 p.m. on Sept.

Buncombe County Authorities Wednesday arrested a Burnsville man charged with threatening a man and his family.

Workers are hammering away on one of the largest road construction projects in the state north of Asheville, creating sometimes lengthy traffic delays and other headaches for motorists in Madison and Yancey counties.

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

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