“I think any action prompted by homophobia is bound to have ill effects.”
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“I think any action prompted by homophobia is bound to have ill effects.”
“The Yancey County administration may be unaware of advantages gained by being in a three-county system, such as interlibrary loans of materials that a single system is unable to afford.”
“It is our next generation who is being underserved by the blatant ignorance of bigots in their homes, their schools, their political offices.”
The Yancey County Board of Commissioners voted June 28 to remove the Yancey County library from the regional library system. The potential impact on services is unknown.
Federal Treasury data shows that about half of the American Rescue Plan Act funds spent in WNC counties has been used on staff salaries. Nearly $98 million is still available to be allocated.
“My cousins and I believe Martha and Jane were smiling when Mel received a MacArthur award.”
Writer Kiesa Kay provides an update on how people in Yancey County are managing to stay connected and well during the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“On Dec. 8, 1941, after hearing the news about Pearl Harbor, childhood friend Elsie Edwards wrote a two-page, heartbreaking letter to Burlison, hoping that he was safe and alive.”