Spruce Pine News

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One local organization dedicated to providing assistance to those in need in the community will be giving away everything they have collected in their thrift store in an effort to help area residents and to make room for more donations.

A Spruce Pine man who was injured in a four-wheeler accident on Wednesday is listed as being in fair condition at Huntsville Hospital, officials said.

If it makes a father proud to see his child follow in his footsteps, local accountant Glen Strickland was a proud man in 1981 when his daughter, Donna Barksdale, followed in his footsteps by becoming a certified public accountant.