Eblen Charities asks community to participate in Tools for Schools 2013 on Aug. 8

Press release From Eblen Charities: Join Tools for Schools 2013 Thursday, August 8th Ingles Tunnel Rd. (across from Outback Steakhouse) 4:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. Participate in Tools for Schools! Summer is winding down which means thousands of students will again be filing through the hallways of schools all across our community. Refreshed, students and […]

Angel Medical Center invites public to honor hopsice patients at butterfly release ceremony

Press release From Angel Medical Center: (Franklin, NC) The community is invited to attend a Memorial Butterfly Release ceremony at Angel Medical Center. This event is scheduled for Thursday, August 8, 2013, beginning at 10:30 in the morning on the hospital campus. “Our annual butterfly release honors the memory of our hospice patients,” said Jim […]

UNCA ranks 20th in nation as one of Forbes Magazine’s ‘Best Value Colleges’

Press release From UNCA News Services: UNC Asheville Ranks 20th Nationally among Forbes Magazine’s “Best Value Colleges” UNC Asheville has been ranked 20th in the nation in Forbes magazine’s “Top Colleges 2013: Best Value Colleges” list released today. UNC Asheville moved up from 21st place last year and 26th in 2011. The “Best Value” ranking […]

Fundraiser by B&B Tobacconists raises $3,500 for The North Carolina Premium Cigar Association

To learn more about B&B Tobacconists, check out the photo essay “The Unusual Suspects” by staff photographer Max Cooper. Press release From B&B Tobacconists: Asheville, NC – Sitting on a busy street just outside of downtown Asheville, NC is B&B Tobacconists “Western North Carolina’s original old-time tobacco shop.” On Friday July 19, 2013 the staff […]

UNCA will offer GRE classes beginning Aug. 12, last day to register is Aug. 7

Press release From UNCA News Services: UNC Asheville Offers GRE Prep Course Beginning August 12 Registration is now open for the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) prep classes offered by the Asheville Graduate Center. Classes will meet on the UNC Asheville campus beginning August 12. The GRE Prep course will meet from 6-8:30 p.m. on Mondays […]

Never mind

Plans for a partnership between Rutherford Regional Health System and Mission Health no longer exist. The July 19 announcement came nearly six months after the two organizations entered into a memorandum of understanding — a nonbinding agreement that signaled the beginning of negotiations. The culmination of that process would have concluded with Rutherford Regional becoming […]

The complexiti­es of care

When Don and Betty decided to spend their golden years in Asheville, their eldest daughter Linda Hemstreet says her organized parents only overlooked one part of their retirement plan: their longevity. At 98, her father has vascular dementia and her 95-year-old mother suffers from osteoarthritis. Though the former nurse understands what it means to take […]

Primary care physician Dr. Elsie Osei-Nkansah joins Vista Family Health in Arden

Press release From Mission Health: ARDEN, N.C. (July 22, 2013) – Vista Family Health, a member of Mission Medical Associates, announces the appointment of Elsie Osei-Nkansah, MD, as a primary care physician in Arden, NC. Dr. Osei- Nkansah’s certifications in Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Basic Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support and Advanced Life […]

Smoky Mountain News: Cherokee bears find new home in Texas

From the Smoky Mountain News: By Caitlin Bowling: Eleven bears once confined to concrete pits at Chief Saunooke Bear Park in Cherokee have found greener pastures in Texas after the bear park was shut down following repeated federal violations. An anonymous donor from California gave $450,000 to construct eight separate enclosures at the International Exotic […]

Children First/ Communities In Schools of Buncombe County receives $30,000 grant

Press release From Children First/ Communities In Schools of Buncombe County Asheville, N.C. – Trustees of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation recently awarded a project grant to Children First/ Communities In Schools of Buncombe County to support its Success Equation initiative – a local movement to reduce poverty and its impact on children in Buncombe […]

Eblen Charities asks community to participate in Tools for Schools 2013

Press release From Eblen Charities: Join Tools for Schools 2013 Thursday, August 8th Ingles Tunnel Rd. (across from Outback Steakhouse) 4:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. Participate in Tools for Schools! Summer is winding down which means thousands of students will again be filing through the hallways of schools all across our community. Refreshed, students and […]