19th Annual Spruce Pine Potters Market opens Saturday in Downtown Spruce Pine
SPRUCE PINE – This Saturday and Sunday, October 10 and 11, thirty of Western North Carolina
Oct 10, 2026Open source
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Spruce Pine, North Carolina. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Mitchell. Associated ZIP codes: 28777.
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Spruce Pine BBQ Festival returns October 3
SPRUCE PINE — It is BBQ time again in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina and this year we are changing things up. We will finish up the
Aug 10, 2026Open source
License NC DMV tag office reopens in Spruce Pine
The North Carolina License Plate Agency has reopened in Spruce Pine. The office closed in October due to the retirement of longtime operator Sabra Franklin.
Aug 5, 2026Open source
Water & sewer recovery is ongoing
SPRUCE PINE — Even more than a year after Helene devastated Western North Carolina, state and local officials have estimated that hundreds of millions of d...
Jun 30, 2026Open source
Trio faces multiple drug charges after local joint investigation
A recent joint investigation by the Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office, Spruce Pine Police Department and North Carolina Probation and Parole led to multiple...
Jun 21, 2026Open source
Beam tabbed as Bakersville Clerk
BAKERSVILLE – The Town of Bakersville has a new town clerk. Mitchell County native Kelli Beam started in the position Monday, Jan. 4.
May 3, 2026Open source
Mitchell's Jill Pittman earns first college offer
LEDGER — Mitchell High School’s Jill Pittman has her first offer to play college basketball after graduation courtesy of Division III Agnes Scott College...
May 3, 2026Open source
Miss Emerald Ridge partners with Meals on Wheels, seeks community support
The Miss Emerald Ridge Scholarship Program seeks community involvement as it partners with Mitchell County Meals on Wheels.
May 2, 2026Open source
Local correctional institution enduring COVID outbreak
There has been a large COVID-19 outbreak at Avery-Mitchell Correctional Institution in Spruce Pine.
May 2, 2026Open source
BRPC gets grant to expand Health Families
The Blue Ridge Partnership for Children, or BRPFC, announced in a press release the receipt of an AMY Wellness Foundation grant.
May 2, 2026Open source
Students earn scholarships from local Kiwanis Club
SPRUCE PINE — Local students Hunter Zheng, Kyndal Ringwood, Evan Briggs and Ruth Hurtado Urbina have been awarded college scholarships through the Kiwanis...
May 1, 2026Open source
Driver killed on 226 near Summit Avenue
A man was killed last week while attempting to pass another vehicle on N.C. Highway 226 near Summit Avenue.
May 1, 2026Open source
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Bo Jean Anderson
Former Gillette resident, Bo Jean Anderson, 40, of Shelby, North Carolina, passed away Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, as a pedestrian in a hit-and-run accident.
Nov 7, 2026Open source
The Daily Dispatch Quiz — November 6, 2026
Today's Daily Dispatch Quiz topics include: Maryland voters captivate global attention; party man nabbed in North Carolina; Bay Bridge replacement finally mo...
Nov 7, 2026Open source
Son demands answers after father with dementia released from Jesup nursing home, found in North Carolina
An 82-year-old Glynn County man diagnosed with dementia was found two states away in North Carolina after his nursing home released him to distant relatives...
Nov 6, 2026Open source
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Bo Jean Anderson
Former Gillette resident, Bo Jean Anderson, 40, of Shelby, North Carolina, passed away Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, as a pedestrian in a hit-and-run accident.
Nov 7, 2026Open source
The Daily Dispatch Quiz — November 6, 2026
Today's Daily Dispatch Quiz topics include: Maryland voters captivate global attention; party man nabbed in North Carolina; Bay Bridge replacement finally mo...
Nov 7, 2026Open source
Son demands answers after father with dementia released from Jesup nursing home, found in North Carolina
An 82-year-old Glynn County man diagnosed with dementia was found two states away in North Carolina after his nursing home released him to distant relatives...
Nov 6, 2026Open source
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