The annual Regional Library Board Meeting will take place at Avery Morrison Public Library on Thursday, August 31 at 5:30pm. The annual Regional Board Meeting is atypical from regular Regional Board Meetings, in that it is primarily an informative meeting. All staff are required to attend, and each library and regional service position give a [...]
In response to public outcry regarding Yancey County Commissioners' Meeting on Monday, August 14, provided by AMY Regional Library Director Amber Westall Briggs * Note: Amber Westall Briggs was not present at this meeting. The Yancey County Board of Commissioners met on Monday, August 14, for their regular monthly meeting. The agenda for this meeting [...]
Carolina Mountains Literary Festival Thursday, Sept 7th-Saturday, September 9th, 2023 Burnsville, NC Featuring Keynote Speaker and Author, Jason Mott Over 50 free author presentations, plus 5 low-cost writing workshops. CLICK HERE to Register for Workshops & Keynote (Selling out fast!) CLICK HERE to View the Complete Festival Schedule. CLICK HERE for Participating Authors. [...]
Ashley English Homesteading Series Click the above link for specific library information.
Our summer reading program All Together Now invites families to come see us for a special presentation of An Extravaganza of Fur & Feathers, and you can meet some beautiful & interesting critters! @ Yancey County Public Library on Thursday, June 22 at 11am @Avery Morrison Public Library on Monday, June 26 at 11am @Mitchell County [...]
Come see us! Grab a snack, register for our raffle, and take a goodie bag. Tell us why the library matters to you and how we can do more for you and your family in the years to come. Wait? You can't come?! Fill out the survey online. We have one for adults and one [...]
Tobacco Barn in Yancey County Tobacco Helped Bring Christmas We look around and realize the landscape is quite different from what it was seventy-five years ago. In driving from Burnsville to Asheville, one could see acres and acres of what was to be one of the big money crops each year: tobacco. Fields [...]
It's messy, it's wet, stuff blows up... That's science! Join Yancey Library's own in-house mad scientist. Psst... it's Librarian Wayne. Great for kids 5 and up! For more info, click on the link below: Outdoor science saturday
