NEWLAND — Avery County Commissioners selected three candidates from a field of eight individual applicants for positions with the county plann…
RALEIGH — The North Carolina House of Representatives unanimously passed House Bill 370: No Veteran Left Behind. on April 21. This legislation…
HIGH COUNTRY — To say that summertime in the High Country is one the most important times of the year for the local economy would be an unders…
SUGAR MOUNTAIN — Village Manager Susan Phillips updated the council on two bills in the General Assembly that would reduce the village’s abili…
WASHINGTON — North Carolina is one of six states that will gain at least one United States House of Representative based on the first public r…
SEVEN DEVILS — Seven Devils Town Council clarified in no uncertain terms that it was not in support of a bill currently moving through the Nor…
BEECH MOUNTAIN — Throughout 2021, The Town of Beech Mountain is celebrating 40 years as a municipality. The highest town in eastern America wa…
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NEWLAND — The Avery County Board of Education received an update on the school’s summer learning program at its Tuesday, April 13, meeting.
AVERY COUNTY — The Avery County Board of Commissioners is pursuing the implementation of a county-wide occupancy tax after similar measures we…
NEWLAND — The Avery County Sheriff’s Office, VAYA Health and Daymark Recovery Services unveiled an innovative new program on Tuesday, April 13…
BEECH MOUNTAIN — Beech Mountain Town Council discussed details in preparation for its upcoming budget workshop later in the month during its s…
BANNER ELK — During its Monday, April 12, meeting, Banner Elk Town Council met in person for the first time in a year, although public attenda…
NEWLAND — The Newland Board of Aldermen convened for its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, April 6, in which it moved through a packed m…
AVERY COUNTY — Since Congress passed the American Rescue Plan in early March, local governments in Avery County have been waiting for directio…
RALEIGH — Chief Justice Paul Newby issued an order on April 9 extending emergency directives an additional 30 days in response to the COVID-19…
From bills that affect large groups of people to the naming of a state raptor, hundreds of bills are in the state legislature including bills …
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper released a recommended budget for FY 2021-23 that includes investments in schools, pay increase for teachers, streng…
ELK PARK — Upcoming projects around town, summer holiday plans and insurance discussion highlighted the April 5 Elk Park Board of Aldermen’s m…
NEWLAND — The Avery County Board of Commissioners reconvened for their monthly meeting on Monday, April 5, in which the board received present…
NEWLAND — On Friday, March 26, members of the Avery County Board of Commissioners, Board of Education and the county manager toured the Avery …
NEWLAND — The Avery County Republican Party held its annual convention at the Avery Extension Center Community Building on Saturday, March 27.…
RALEIGH — The state’s seasonally adjusted February unemployment rate was 5.7 percent, decreasing 0.2 points from January’s revised rate. The n…
SUGAR MOUNTAIN — The Sugar Mountain Village Council convened for its monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 16, in which the council swiftly approv…
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper announced a new executive order at a press conference March 23 that allows 75 percent capacity for many businesses i…
BEECH MOUNTAIN — The Beech Mountain Town Council convened for its monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 9, in which council members discussed opti…
NEWLAND — The Avery County Fire Commission addressed the state of the Elk Park Volunteer Fire Department building during its monthly meeting o…
NEWLAND — The Avery County Board of Education received updates on student test scores during its monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 9. The scor…
BANNER ELK — The Banner Elk Town Council convened for its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, March 8, in which Councilman Allen Bolick ann…
