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Kings Mountain Walmart celebrates newly renovated store
Kings Mountain shoppers were welcomed to a newly renovated Walmart last week. Following months of work, the Walmart Neighborhood Market, located at 1011 Shelby Road, held a ribbon cutting and community celebration last week. ...
Yancey County votes to pull out of regional library system in response to Pride display
BURNSVILLE - Yancey County commissioners voted in June to pull out of the AMY Regional Library Board consisting of Avery, Mitchell and Yancey counties, the commission's latest move in a more than yearlong battle in response to a June 2023 LGBTQ+ Pride Month display at the Burnsville library, which library leaders say leaves them in limbo as to funding and other operations. ...
Total SC college enrollment remains flat this fall, ‘nowhere near the cliff’
COLUMBIA – South Carolina college enrollment remains relatively stable, according to preliminary data from the state’s higher education agency. About 158,000 students enrolled in four-year universities in the state this fall, a similar number to 2023. Those numbers reflect years of growth at the state’s two largest research universities – the University of South Carolina […]
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