- Furniture leads to gunfire, captain says
Authorities say a dispute over furniture Tuesday evening ended in gunfire, leaving one hospitalized and another behind bars.
- N.C. Supreme Court: Burnsville country club didn't violate state buffer requirements
Mountain Air Country Club in Yancey County didn't violate state buffer requirements for trout streams, the state Supreme Court ruled today.
- Women accused of hauling drugs
Two women were arrested last week, accused of trying to smuggle Oxycontin painkillers from South Carolina through Madison County.
- Great Smokies Writing Program announces fall workshops
Local writers once again have an opportunity to hone their skills in the poetry and prose workshops offered by the Great Smokies Writing Program at UNC Asheville.
- Burnsville man charged with statutory rape
Yancey County sheriff's deputies have arrested a Burnsville man on a charge of statutory rape.
- Review: 'Tom Dooley' comes to musical life on Parkway Playhouse stage
BURNSVILLE A bit of North Carolina history comes to life at Parkway Playhouse with the full-fledged musical 'The Ballad of Tom Dooley.' The Kingston Trio gave this tale national, if not global, visibility, but the story of Tom Dooley is based on historical events in Wilkes County.
- Report Card for Aug. 20
The Report Card issues grades A through F, and incompletes where necessary, to a variety of news items in this space.
- Some areas dry, others in WNC see flooding
In the midst of an unusually dry summer, some parts of the mountains are getting soaked.
- Burnsville man arrested on drug charges
Yancey County deputies arrested a Burnsville man on drug charges. Dustin Lee Silver, 34, of Country Meadows Drive, was charged with one count each of possession of cocaine, possession of methamphetamine and possession of oxycodone, Chief Deputy Tom Farmer said.
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- Burnsville man facing larceny charge
Yancey County sheriff's deputies have charged a Burnsville man in connection with the theft of some jewelry.
- GOLF: Mount Mitchell course has it all
Start with a nearly flawless golf course, covered from tee to green in lush bent grass, considered by many players the best nonprivate layout in WNC.
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- Little town's public art works
Published: Friday, August 13, 2010 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 4:56 p.m. Maybe Sarasota could learn something from Yancey County, N.C. I was up there this summer and walked into the Town Center of Burnsville, the county seat.
- Burnsville's Parkway Playhouse to debut musical 'Tom Dooley'
BURNSVILLE Audiences will find a love story both onstage and behind the scenes in the premiere of 'The Ballad of Tom Dooley' at Parkway Playhouse.
- Burnsville man charged with assault of a child
Yancey County Sheriff Deputies have arrested Burnsville man and charged him with one count of assault on a child under 12.
- Mount Mitchell scenic drive designated as statea s newest scenic byway
4 when the N.C. Board of Transportation voted to designate the corridor as the state's newest Scenic Byway.