Glenwood Elementary School hosted a "Snowmen at Work" Parent Night on Thursday, Jan. 27, with a focus on careers. Each class picked a different career to research, and decorated their class snowman in attire based on that chosen career. Students also had the opportunity to decorate an indivi…
The McDowell County Board of Education will meet on Monday at the boardroom of the Central Office to discuss ongoing projects and take action on several items.
Morgan Whittemore of Marion earned the distinction of Faculty Honors for Spring 2021 at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This designation is awarded to undergraduate students who have earned a 4.0 academic average for the semester.
Recent school years have brought many changes for students and staff. One major change for 2021-2022 is the new McDowell County Virtual Academy opening this coming school year.
The McDowell County Board of Commissioners met with the county Board of Education on April 16 to talk about how local schools responded to the COVID-19 situation and the budget for next fiscal year.
The Career and College Promise (CCP) is a program with one simple goal — to allow eligible high school students to dually enroll in high school and community college classes where they can earn a certificate, diploma, degree or a state or industry-recognized credential and entry-level job skills.
It’s hard to get folks to agree on much of anything these days, but we’ve found one thing that everyone seems to agree on: Free tuition and the chance to get a jump start on college credits when you enroll in the Career and College Promise (CCP) Program at McDowell Tech are two of the best t…
Cadets and students named to The Citadel’s fall 2020 dean’s list
The McDowell County Board of Education recognized outgoing board members Patrick Ellis, Doug McCraw and Chad Marsh at its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday.
The Board of Trustees of McDowell Technical Community College named three finalists Friday for the position of college president.
The Board of Trustees of McDowell Technical Community College named three finalists Friday for the position of college president.
McDowell County Schools has launched a micro-endorsement program across its 14 schools to help more than 400 teachers gain the credentials and best practices they need to better communicate with, teach, and support K-12 students in a blended learning environment.
The McDowell County Board of Education on Monday recognized teachers who retired during the past school year.
The McDowell County Board of Education approved the revised 2020-2021 calendar at Monday night’s regular meeting for McDowell Academy for Innovation, McDowell Early College and Eastfield Global Magnet School.
If you didn’t find all you needed on Black Friday for those on your shopping list, here’s a suggestion. The Lee and Lois Herndon Chapter of Tennessee Ornithological Society, also known as the Elizabethton Bird Club, has produced its annual calendar featuring bird photographs by its members a…
Browse through recently listed homes in the Marion real estate market and find your next home!
On Thursday, Santa Claus will be the special guest for the Christmas tree lighting ceremony at McDowell Technical Community College’s Universal Advanced Manufacturing Center.
To help fight hunger in our local community, GO Grocery Outlet in Marion recently held a food drive for the Sharing Food Pantry located at Cross United Methodist Church. The food drive was held from Nov. 2-15, and a total of 259 nonperishable food items were collected.
A man who a Walmart employee said threatened to blow the store up the day before Thanksgiving ended up with a felony charge.
VALDESE — Stepping up to a butcher and asking for a particular cut of meat is something that’s been missing in Valdese for more than a decade.
A pilot and meteorologist with the WBTV news station in Charlotte died in a helicopter crash around noon Tuesday in Charlotte, off Interstate 77 South.
The WBTV meteorologist who died in a helicopter crash on Tuesday had ties to Catawba County.
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New co-host Nat Cardona joins the program for a new season that looks at North Carolina serial killer Robert Sylvester Alston.
A Nebo man will spend the rest of his life in prison for the shooting death of an 85-year-old U.S. Army veteran in his home.
Listen to the fifth and final episode of the current season of Late Edition: Crime Beat Chronicles that reviews the Sydney Loofe murder case.
🎧 The hosts debate various policing tactics and how best to balance privacy concerns with public safety.
Based on unofficial results, the McDowell County Board of Education appears to have gained three new members in the 2022 election. But the makeup of the board could depend on one contested seat where only six votes separated the challengers.
N.C. House District 85, Democratic candidate.
N.C. Senate District 46, Republican candidate.
Note: Incumbent Commissioner Tony Brown chose not to participate.
