UNCA students will present varied research at Research and Community Engagement Symposium

Press Release From UNCA: UNC Asheville students will present more than 200 research projects at the university’s Fall Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement Symposium, 8 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2. Also that day, UNC Asheville students will showcase their work in community service projects and internships at a celebration with community partners from 4:30-6 p.m., […]

Action for Children North Carolina receives $150,000 grant from Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust

Press Release From Action for Children North Carolina RALEIGH–Action for Children North Carolina announced today that it has received a multi-year grant for $150,000 from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for general operating support of its work to improve the health, safety, education and economic security of children in North […]

Local writer and botanical artist Peter Loewer designs Sow True Seed’s annual catalog cover

Press Release From Sow True Seed: Sow True Seed, based in Asheville, offers exclusively open-pollinated, non-hybrid, untreated seed that remains true-to-type when saved and replanted. For their annual catalog Sow True Seed collaborates with a local artist and this year’s cover art is based on the incredible pen and ink illustrations of Peter Loewer. Peter […]

WCU names two students top presenters at Discovery Forum for innovative ideas

Press Release From Western Carolina University: CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University students Austin Brown and Nicholas Charles Heim were recognized as having the best presentations during WCU’s second Discovery Forum, an event designed to encourage young people to share innovative ideas for making their communities better places to live, held Saturday, Nov. 9. Brown and […]

JCC to host ‘Homo for the Holidays’ discussion and potluck on Nov. 26

From Asheville Jewish Community Center: Date: November 26, 2013 Time: 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Location: JCC (Seminar Rooms) 236 Charlotte Street Asheville, NC 28801 Our LGBTQ community collaborative event for National Coming Out Day was amazing! It was incredible seeing so many diverse LGBTQ voices and agencies represented in one room. JCC GLOW wants […]

Agriculture discussion to be held over local breakfast Tuesday morning

From BuncombeCounty.org: Buncombe County Friends of Ag Breakfast Tuesday, November 19 – 7 a.m. WNC Ag Center, Virginia Boone Building 1301 Fanning Bridge Road Come join us for the Buncombe County Friends of Ag Breakfast. Enjoy a complimentary country breakfast including local products. Guest Speaker: Cameron Farlow, Land Access Coordinator for WNC Farm Link who […]

Oakley Elementary locks down after an unidentified man makes verbal threat to students

Press Release From Buncombe County Schools: Thursday, November 14, 2013…..At approximately 12:20pm today, several students on the playground at Oakley Elementary told their teacher that a man driving by made a verbal threat to them. One student thought the man might have had a weapon. The school went into lockdown and Asheville Police Department arrived […]

‘Girls on the Run’ 5k seeks volunteers to help with set-up, food, water and more

Press Release From Girls on the Run of WNC: ASHEVILLE, NC, November 14, 2013 – Girls on the Run® of WNC seeks volunteers to help at our Fall 2013 GOTR 5K celebration on Saturday, December 7th at Fletcher Community Park. Volunteers are crucial to putting on a successful event and can help with set-up, registration, […]

Eat like a caveman

For many locals, healthy eating means thinking back before the age of processed, imported foods and scouting out only the freshest local, organic ingredients to transfer from farm or garden to plate. One might think the concept of minimally processed, local food runs rampant throughout this environmentally conscious town — it’s Asheville, right? But some […]

Cradle of Forestry is the next recipient of Oskar Blues’ fundraiser ‘Makin’ a Difference Monday’

Press Release From Cradle of Forestry in America Interpretive Association: Brevard, N.C., November 12, 2013 – Since the new brewery’s doors opened to the public in December, 2012, Oskar Blues has been giving back to the community. In addition to sponsoring many local events, on the third Monday each month, Oskar Blues donates 10 percent […]

Culinary creations put Asheville on the map once again for Carolina Rising Stars awards

Press Release From The Reynolds Group: CHARLESTON, SC (November 12, 2013) – StarChefs.com™, the award-winning online magazine for culinary insiders, announces its 2013 Carolina Rising Stars Awards honoring up-and-coming chefs and culinary professionals who represent the vanguard of the contemporary American dining scene. From Charleston to Raleigh and Asheville, the StarChefs team visited chefs and […]