Steffen Silvis MNJ Correspondent A capacity audience filled the Mitchell High School gymnasium for the class of 2025’s ...

Local families filled Upper Street (Oak Avenue) last Wednesday for the fourth annual Downtown Worship event in Spruce Pine. ...

Lauren E. Ringwood recently committed to play basketball for Salem College following four years of playing for the Mitchell ...

LEDGER – The Mitchell High School varsity girls’ basketball team notched back-to-back wins this past week over Western Highlands Conference opponents. The Class 1A No. 7-ranked Mountaineers (10-4, 3-1 ...

MOUNT AIRY – Mitchell High School wrestlers Dylan Lowery and Samuel Shook are headed to the State 1A Individual Championship after strong efforts this past weekend at the 1A West Regional Finals at ...

THE MITCHELL NEWS Mailing Address: PO Box 339 Spruce Pine, NC 28777 Phone: 828-765-7169 Fax: 828-765-1616 ...

The Mitchell County Board of Commissioners discussed disaster recovery and other county business at its meeting last week.

Anyone who tuned into the 2020 Masters Tournament this past week at Augusta National Golf Club may have noticed the uniquely-colored sand bunkers on the course. Rather than the usual drab, beige sand, ...

POPLAR — The Mitchell County Board of Commissioners held a contentious special meeting at the Poplar Community Building on Tuesday, Aug. 25. The purpose of the meeting was for commissioners to get ...

The Spruce Pine Town Council voted to spend $500,000 on land to house the Public Works Department at its regular meeting last ...

BAKERSVILLE — After newly-elected Mitchell County Commissioner Harley Masters made history on the night of Tuesday, Nov. 3, her instant reaction was that of surprise. Masters finished as the top ...

SPRUCE PINE, N.C.— Renita Grindstaff Stroup, age 64, of Stroup Road in Spruce Pine, passed away peacefully among her family at home on Friday, March 12, 2021 Born on May 22, 1956 in Mitchell County, ...