Yancey County News

The 23rd annual Hospice Golf Tournament and Fun on the Mountain will be held July 17-18 at Wolf Laurel Country Club.

Work on railroad crossings will limit traffic on two roads in Mitchell County today and Thursday, the state Department of Transportation says.

Former N.C. Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr will join the board of directors of a institute that does research on parks and other protected natural areas.

Rock slides on U.S. 19 near the Madison-Yancey county line continue to slow traffic this afternoon, state transportation workers say.

A rock slide has closed Highway 19 in Madison County near the Yancey County line.

Deputies say a Burnsville man stole a physician's wallet from his office and used stolen credit cards to buy items at area stores.

A Yancey County man will spend more than eight years in prison following his conviction on drug and habitual felon charges.

The prophet Isaiah's idea of the remnant of the just is a moral concept with periodic weight, and I fear its time has come round again.

Weather permitting, work crews in Madison County northeast of Mars Hill may shut one lane of U.S. 19 heading east today.

The Rural Economic Development Institute graduated 32 people this month, including several from Western North Carolina, after an intensive, three-month leadership training program.

The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's help to find a suspect wanted in connection with a weekend break-in on Barnardsville Highway.

When George and Teresita Finch moved into a home in Chunns Cove built by famed Biltmore architect Richard Sharp Smith, they found many things out of sync with its original design.

A Burnsville man will spend 66 years in prison for the rape of a 12-year-old girl.

Authorities have captured an Asheville man who deputies say broke into a residence along with another suspect who later took his own life during a chase.

Spend a couple hours or an entire day with local art at the Toe River Studio Tour in Mitchell and Yancey counties.

A breaking and entering call in Buncombe County led to a cross-county car chase and a suspect hospitalized after apparently shooting himself.

A breaking and entering call in Buncombe County led to a cross-county car chase and a suspect hospitalized after apparently shooting himself.

Unemployment rates fell between March and April in all but two of 18 Western North Carolina counties, according to state figures released Friday, but it appears the shift was mostly because of seasonal factors.

Things have been sweet so far for area farmers markets, despite the sour economy.

A train derailed this morning in Mitchell County, shutting down NC 197. Authorities tell News13 the derailment happened just over the Yancey County line, forcing the closure of the North Toe River Bridge.