- City cuts carbon with vanpool program
Wayne Sheldon used to spend $60 a week driving from his Burnsville home to his job in the city's public works department.
- Return of The Dirt
Editor's note: This column marks the return of our gardening and agriculture feature, The Dirt, which was hibernating during the winter.
- Burnsville couple charged with animal cruelty
A man and woman were arrested after they let horses and dogs starve and the woman kept her 2-year-old daughter in a house filled with trash and animal waste, according to the Yancey County Sheriff's Office.
- Many vie for state, county offices
Candidates have until Feb. 26 to file for public office, and several more have announced their desire to serve.
- Riverlink details work on Buttermilk Creek in West Asheville
Our first neighborhood project was the "Name that Creek" contest and through it we discovered the history of what now is officially Buttermilk Creek on the USGS maps.
- RiddleFest honors country music pioneer
The third annual RiddleFest is Saturday at the Burnsville Town Center. RiddleFest is a musical tribute to Lesley Riddle, a Yancey County native and African-American musician who traveled the country with the Carter Family in the mid 1900s and documented and recorded the earliest forms of country music.
- Asheville, WNC's snow aftermath blog
Our reporter Nanci Bompey says the main roads through downtown are driveable. She said Biltmore Avenue is clear.
- Madison cracking down on Yancey drug links
Madison County law enforcement is trying to throttle suspected illegal prescription drug runners traveling between South Carolina and Burnsville, and the latest roundup resulted in the arrest of seven people.
- Quilt Trails of Western North Carolina wins state award
Barbara Webster, executive director of Quilt Trails of Western North Carolina, accepted a first-place award in the category "promotions" for the Burnsville Quilt Trail at the recent Small Town Main Street 2010 Awards.
- TRAC presents ceramics exhibit
The Toe River Arts Council's Burnsville Gallery has an exhibition of student and faculty art from the Yancey Center for Ceramic Arts in Burnsville on display through Feb.
- Man Faces Murder Charges In Parents' Deaths
Yancey County sheriff's deputies arrested a North Carolina man in connection with his parents' slayings.
- Burnsville man charged with killing parents
A Yancey County man has been charged with murdering his parents. Edward Montgomery 'Monty' Colyer, 49, of Prices Creek Road, Burnsville, was charged with two counts of murder.
- Yancey man killed in I-26 wreck
A Yancey County man was killed Sunday night after his Ford Mustang veered off future Interstate 26 and crashed into a tree.
- Burnsville considers allowing alcohol sales
Residents will soon revisit whether their traditionally dry town will get a lot wetter.
- Deaths for Dec. 29
Erick Barton Baucom 86, of Polkton died Sunday, December 27, 2009 at CMC-Union in Monroe.
- Anson County begins recycling program
For years, Anson County has been working to implement a recycling program, an initiative that became more urgent on Oct.
- Holiday travel is expected to be busy
Tom Deloach had 90 minutes remaining on a trip to North Carolina Tuesday, when he pulled into the Interstate 81 Tennessee welcome center.
- Volvo reflection: Most NC job grants stumble
When Volvo Construction Equipment announced this month it would shutter its Skyland plant, just three years after deciding to expand the plant with the help of millions of dollars from state taxpayers, the about-face was abrupt - but not unusual.
- UNCA's Great Smokies Writing Program offers writing workshops
Local writers will have the opportunity to hone their skills with UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program's winter workshop series.