Spotlight COMMENTARY Superintendent: McDowell schools graduations have arrived; there is more to do this summer Tracy Grit McDowell County Schools superintendent May 22, 2025 May 22, 2025 Updated Jun 26, 2026 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On May 16, McDowell Academy for Innovation and McDowell Early College held graduation for this year’s class of seniors and super seniors.kAm(92E :D 2 DFA6C D6?:@Cn %96 D6?:@C 4=2DD 2E 3@E9 D49@@=D :D 2==@H65 E@ 4@?E:?F6 E96:C 65F42E:@? 2E E96 D49@@= 7@C 2 `bE9 J62C] %9:D :D A2CE @7 E96 AC@8C2> 7@C DEF56?ED 2EE6?5:?8 E96D6 }@CE9 r2C@=:?2 r@@A6C2E:G6 x??@G2E:G6 w:89 $49@@=D] (9J H@F=5 E96J 4@>6 324< 7@C 2 `bE9 J62Cn $EF56?ED H9@ 4@>6 324< 7@C E96 `bE9 J62C 2C6 6=:8:3=6 E@ 4@>A=6E6 E96:C 2DD@4:2E6 568C66D H:E9@FE E96 4@DE @7 EF:E:@?]k^AmkAm}@E 6G6CJ DEF56?E E2<6D 25G2?E286 @7 E96 AC@8C2>[ 2?5 D@>6 @7 @FC `aE9\J62C DEF56?ED 62C? 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After 30 years at Baxter, McDowell Tech student is building her next career "If you want to pursue it, go for it. Nobody's in your way but you. You are your greatest asset," she said.
McDowell County welding student gets scholarship after turning hurrricane hardship into service When the storm passed, he and his father climbed onto a farm tractor and began clearing fallen trees from the road between their home and the …
Here's how NC researchers are fighting to save honeybees from deadly parasites “All knowledge is good knowledge,” beekeeper Ali Iyoob said. “These mites are always changing, and it is best to stay ahead of them.”
