The county's takeover of the library system stems from a June 2023 Pride display at the Burnsville library. Residents criticized the county commissioners for a lack of transparency and public input ...

The budget public hearing drew a large crowd gathered in support of the local library as the county pulled out of its regional library board.

Burnhaven Library in Burnsville will undergo a renovation that will close the library for about a year beginning next spring.

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 ...

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 ...

The lawsuit aims to prevent the county commissioners from controlling the library for political purposes. BURNSVILLE - After Yancey County exited a longstanding regional library board in response ...

Wayne Edwards, the AMY Regional Library's Burnsville branch manager, said the library's 2024-25 budget was closer to $397,000, a nearly $100,000 deficit from the 2025-26 budget.

In Burnsville, the library’s annual budget is about $48,000. The majority of that funding goes toward paying staff, which costs $29,000 yearly.

BURNSVILLE - After Yancey County exited a longstanding regional library board in response to a June 2023 Pride display at the Burnsville library, some residents say they are planning to sue the ...

BURNSVILLE - The Yancey County Board of Commissioners approved its 2025-26 budget June 9 amid the county commissioners' hotly contested takeover of the public library. According to County Manager Lynn ...

BURNSVILLE - After Yancey County exited a longstanding regional library board in response to a June 2023 Pride display at the Burnsville library, some residents say they are planning to sue the ...

Wayne Edwards, the AMY Regional Library's Burnsville branch manager, said the library's 2024-25 budget was closer to $397,000, a nearly $100,000 deficit from the 2025-26 budget.