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www.yanceycountynews.com vTo be a voice, and to allow the voices of our community to be heard.v Oct. 6, 2011 W Vol. 1, No. 39
Human waste litters UNBELIEVABLE! local farmer’s land
A Yancey County farmer says a crew hired to clear powerline right of way for French Broad Electric left behind at least seven piles of human feces as they trimmed trees, possibly making the ground unfit to grow crops for the market. SEE STORY INSIDE
Ex-Mitchell commissioner: Constitution at odds with Judge Ginn’s security order By Jonathan Austin Yancey County News
Marvin Miller, the chairman of the Mitchell County Board of Commissioners who resigned to protest a judge’s order requiring his county to pay for added security at his courthouse, stood before the Yancey County Board of Commissioners Tuesday to warn them that their acceptance of the order “can’t be reconciled” with the Photo by Jonathan Austin/Yancey County News oath they took when Former Mitchell County Commission Chairman they were sworn in to Marvin Miller speaks with Yancey Commissioner office. Michele Presnell Tuesday night after the monthly See page 2
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Heritage Coach Joey Robinson gives senior Austin Rice a hug Friday after Rice scored the winning touchdown in an unbelievable come-from-behind win over Owen. See more inside!
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Autopsy report released on Timothy Norton By Jonathan Austin Yancey County News
The formal autopsy report for Timothy Norton, whose body was found in the Cane River Sept. 2, has been released. According to the medical examiner a t Wa k e F o r e s t University School of Medicine, Norton, 54,
drowned but also had a blood alcohol level of .18 and suffered heart trouble. He also had contusions on his knees and scalp. Norton had last been seen alive at about noon on Aug. 31. The autopsy did not suggest any foul play.
Police chief: Drug problem is ‘getting epidemic’ By Jonathan Austin Yancey County News Burnsville Police Chief Brian Buchanan said Wednesday that the influx and use of illegal prescription drugs “doesn’t seem to be slowing
down” despite the best efforts by his department and the sheriff’s office to stem the tide. “I think it’s getting epidemic,” Buchanan said. “Of 100 true bills of indictment” handed down recently by the Grand Jury, “97 or so were all drug
related; almost all were pharmacological diversion” cases. “It concerns me,” he said. “We continue to increase our efforts but the problem doesn’t seem to be slowing down.” See Page 10