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Yancey County commissioners approved the 2025-26 budget, which includes funding for the newly independent Yancey County Public Library.

The $308,000 library in expenses is roughly $100,000 less than the previous year's regional library budget.

Significant budget expenditures include public schools, EMS operations, and social services.

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 Austin, the 2024-25 revised budget was $40.1 million.

That 2024-25 revised budget was a bit "misleading," according to Austin and Commissioners Chair Jeff Whitson, as that figure includes FEMA reimbursement money. Yancey County was on

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