Alert Featured Editor's Pick Givens Communities purchases Clinchfield Mill building in Marion for affordable housing From the Read all of our coverage Marion's Clinchfield Mill, which is being converted into senior housing series From Staff Reports Dec 23, 2022 Dec 23, 2022 Updated Sep 17, 2026 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Asheville nonprofit organization Givens Communities purchased the former Clinchfield Mill building at 56 Branch St. in Marion on Wednesday.kAm%96 |4s@H6== }6HD 7:CDE k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^>45@H6==?6HD]4@>^?6HD^=@42=^7@C>6C\4=:?497:6=5\A=2?E\2C62\E@\364@>6\D6?:@C\9@FD:?8\D:?8=6\72>:=J\9@>6D\2?5\>@C6^2CE:4=60fe`bce_c\_47c\``65\gf3h\6f663`bh3242]9E>=Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<QmC6A@CE65k^2m @? 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Groundbreaking set for new affordable housing neighborhood in Old Fort. Here's where Catawba Hills will add 13 homes for permanently affordable workforce housing for families in McDowell County.
Hiker plummets from recently reopened trail at popular Linville Falls in Blue Ridge Mountains On social media, Burke Rescue didn’t say how far the hiker fell from the recently reopened Plunge Basin Trail or disclose the hiker's injury.Â
Old Fort man charged with breaking and entering at Marion warehouse A sheriff's deputy saw a man fleeing from the area following a breaking and entering report.Â
Marion man charged with stealing, selling $7,000 lawn mower in McDowell County NC An investigation by Detective Derrick McGinnis with the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Nanney was responsible for the inciden…
NC joins federal lawsuit about deceptive pricing practices by Dollar General “Dollar General has betrayed the trust of millions of American consumers and imposed significant financial harm on communities and consumers."
