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From Yahoo Financial News: ASHEVILLE, N.C. and GREENVILLE, S.C., May 6, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. ("HomeTrust") (HTBI) and BankGreenville Financial Corporation ("BankGreenville") ...
From All-States Medical Supply: FLETCHER, NC – May 2, 2013. All-States Medical Supply’s staff is more than doubling in size in the next two months ...
From Nest Organics: The Great Cloth Diaper Change is a global event to bring awareness to the sustainability of using cloth diapers instead of disposable ...
From the Asheville Regional Airport: The Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) has joined forces with Thanks Again to offer airport travelers valuable rewards when they park, ...
Press release from the Asheville Regional Airport Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) contributes close to half a billion dollars annually to the western North Carolina region, ...
Press release Aabani Salon Spa in Weaverville, NC, owned by Jim Kitchens and Edward Lee, recently was named to the SALON TODAY 200 by SALON ...
Press release from A-B Technical Community College A-B Tech honored for being a “Model of Efficiency” A-B Tech Community College is one of seven colleges ...
Press release from the Blue Ridge Natural Heritage Area Who: Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership What: Canadian Visitors Come to WNC on Rural Tourism ...
Press release From Mountain BizWorks Vendors are invited to apply to the 14th Annual Business Expo & Children's Day Festival to be held on Sunday, ...
Full announcement from Pollinate Asheville: Asheville, NC, March 19, 2013 – On Tuesday, April 23 from3:30-5:30 p.m., Attorney Alicia Vega, The Vega Law Firm, PLLC, ...
From the Asheville Citizen-Times: ASHEVILLE — The owner of Montford Books has announced that the store at 31 Montford Ave. will close by the end ...
Rutherford Electric Membership Corporation sends crews to Virginia to help restore power after storm
Press release from REMC Rutherford Electric Membership Corporation Sends Line Crews to Virginia to Help Restore Power Line crews from Rutherford EMC are joining forces ...
Press release from Leadership Asheville With broad community support and praise, Leadership Asheville’s Board-Ready program is returning on April 24-25th at the Renaissance Asheville Hotel. ...
Press release from the Natural Products Alliance of N.C. (Asheville, NC) A group of Western North Carolina nonprofit natural products organizations has banded together as ...
Press release from Wheels Through Time Maggie Valley’s Wheels Through Time to be Featured on RFD-TVs "Small Town Big Deal" Thursday March 14th Haywood County, ...
Press release from AdvantageWest Both startups and seasoned business owners in the AdvantageWest region found themselves in the spotlight during a recent annual celebration of ...
Press release from the Local Government Federal Credit Union Land-of-Sky senior planner joins Credit Union Advisory Council Kate O’Hara will be an integral part of ...
Full announcement from the North Carolina Department of Transportation: The North Carolina Department of Transportation (“DOT”) would like to invite you to a public meeting ...
Feb 13 (Reuters) - When the Volvo manufacturing plant shut its doors in Asheville, North Carolina, in 2010 and moved more than 200 jobs out ...
The Asheville Downtown Association (ADA) will host its annual State of Downtown Luncheon on Monday, February 25 at noon in the Banquet Hall of the ...
From the NC Labor and Economic Analysis Division: Civilian Labor Force • North Carolina’s December 2012 smoothed seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, at 9.2 percent, increased ...
Full announcement from Firehouse Subs: WHAT Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation is awarding much needed life-saving equipment to Buncombe County Schools Foundation. WHO Attendees include ...
Press release from AdvantageWest January 16, 2012 – Officials with AdvantageWest and the Biofuels Center of North Carolina announced today that a consortium of Western ...
Full announcement from Spark Tank: There are many non-profit and government-related agencies in communities across the state with the stated purpose of providing “business development ...
Press release from the American Advertising Federation Asheville Asheville AdFed is out to get you. With a Relaunch Party scheduled for January 8 at the ...
Press release Women face numerous challenges managing a career in today’s labor workforce. With women comprising 46 percent of the U.S. workforce, having solutions for ...
Press release From La Noticia On Saturday, December 9 the NC Hispanic Chamber of Commerce held the first Latino Entrepreneur Award Celebration. The event commemorated ...
Press release from the Swannanoa Business Association and Friends & Neighbors of Swannanoa Friends & Neighbors of Swannanoa (FANS) and Swannanoa Business Association (SBA) invite ...
Press release from Defensa Comunitaria Five workers detained last November during a raid by Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) will file a lawsuit today against ...
From WLOS: "A major bank is set to close two of its mountain locations. Suntrust Bank says after the New Year they're closing up a ...
from Triangle Business Journal By Amanda Jones-Hoyle Bye-bye, Twinkies, and bye-bye to nearly 620 Hostess Brands Inc. jobs in North Carolina. Hostess Brands, the maker ...
The Cataloochee Ski Area in Maggie Valley, NC is likely to open for the season on Halloween, Oct. 31. Here's the press release from the ...
Press release From Parameter Generation & Control Parameter Generation & Control has been named a finalist in the 21 Awards sponsored by the North Carolina ...
Press release from AAA Carolinas The average gas price in North Carolina today is 11 cents less than seven days ago, marking the greatest price ...
Press release from GRFS GRFS is adding 100 new positions in its call center in Arden, the company announced today. The new positions are being ...
Press releae from the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County Asheville, NC- The Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County (EDC) received a Silver Excellence in ...
Press release From the Asheville Regional Airport The Greater Asheville Regional Airport Authority (GARAA) is holding a public open house on October 16, 2012 from ...
Press release from AshevilleGasPrices.com Asheville, October 1- Average retail gasoline prices in Asheville have fallen 4.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.75/g ...
OnTrack WNC’s Women’s Financial Empowerment Center (WFEC) will host its first Women and Money Conference titled: “What’s in your Financial Toolbox?” on October 6, 2012 ...
From the Asheville Mothers of Multiples Club: Why pay retail for kids' clothing, toys, and gear? Come to this enormous rummage sale, and find what ...
Press release from the NC Department of Commerce More than 300 business owners, entrepreneurs, community leaders and economic developers will gather in Asheville, beginning Monday, ...
Press release from the Henderson County Partnership for Economic Development Today [Sept. 17], senior leadership from the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration ...
Full announcement from AAF Asheville: AAF Asheville, the Western North Carolina affiliate of the American Advertising Federation, will host an open reception for all current ...
Here's the press release from the Better Business Bureau: Asheville, NC – September 11, 2012 – 215 vehicles descended on the Asheville, North Carolina site ...
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Everyone has a story, and now the U.S. Small Business Administration is giving entrepreneurs a new online platform to share their stories and showcase their ...
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES: Steve Cooksey eats what he calls a cave man diet — lots of meat and greens, no bread or pasta. ...
Fifteen separate federal lawsuits are reported to be filed against Bank of America involving the defunct Grey Rock subdivision in the Lake Lure area. Plaintiffs ...
PRESS RELEASE (From the office of the North Carolina governor) Southern Business & Development, a leading publication covering and promoting economic development in the American ...
Here's the press release from TSAChoice: Technology integrator TSAChoice, Inc., with offices in Asheville, NC and Greenville, SC, is proud to announce that August 2012 ...
PRESS RELEASE Grand Bohemian Hotel Asheville — a Kessler Collection boutique hideaway in Biltmore Village — was recently honored with a 2012 Travel + Leisure ...
from the Asheville Chamber of Commerce: Steve Hill received the 2012 William A.V. Cecil Tourism Leadership Award for his work of nearly 35 years at ...
Here's the message via the Buncombe County email newsletter: North Carolina's tax free weekend is August 3 - 5. If you shop for the following ...
from the McDowell News: What started as an idea to create a set of personalized cornhole boards for her family trip to the beach turned ...
From the Asheville Citizen-Times: Biltmore Estate will hold a Culinary Career Day next month at the Biltmore Staffing Center. The event will be held 10 ...
After the controversial and reportedly forced resignation of Progress Energy CEO Bill Johnson earlier this year, shakeup and dissent continue in the company's merger with ...
Earlier today, July 26, former Mountain Xpress ad man James Fisher announced via Twitter and Facebook that he's been hired by the Asheville Citizen-Times, a ...
FROM THE CHEROKEE ONE FEATHER (press release from Harrah's) Recent job fairs at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel are proving to show great success in ...
PRESS RELEASE Unemployment rate stays steady at 9.4 as labor force shrinks for third month in a row. The state’s jobless rate stayed steady at ...
PRESS RELEASE Office of the Governor, North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue announced today that Valley Fine Foods, a consumer food manufacturer of high quality international ...
PRESS RELEASE from the North Carolina Economic Developers Association The North Carolina Economic Developers Association selected Sam Powers, Director of Economic Development for the City ...
From BlueRidgeNow.com (Hendersonville's Times-News): Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. officials say the employment process for the first jobs at its future facility in Mills River should ...
On Thursday, July 6, 2012, Beijing Review ‘s Ms. Wei Huang, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the North American Bureau based in New York City, toured Asheville ...
The North Carolina Utilities Commission recently approved the merger of Progress Energy and Duke Energy. But the surprise July 2 dismissal of Progress CEO Bill ...
PRESS RELEASE Asheville Savings Bank has gone mobile. Now Asheville Savings Bank customers can view account balances, search recent account activity, transfer funds, pay bills, ...
Local publishing house and bookstore Grateful Steps celebrated its eighth year of business on Sunday, July 1. According to a pres release, "The company initially ...
FROM VETCETERA Looking for state-of-the-art conventional veterinary medicine combined with a holistic practice? Look no further. Jeff Smith, DVM CVA, welcomes new patients to visit ...
FROM VETCETERA Looking for state-of-the-art conventional veterinary medicine combined with a holistic practice? Look no further. Jeff Smith, DVM CVA, welcomes new patients to visit ...
Full announcement from Edna's of Asheville: [ASHEVILLE, NC] The Friends of the WNC Nature Center received a generous donation from Edna’s of Asheville (Formerly Mountain ...
Thirty years is quite an accomplishment. More than Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin or Hank Williams had on the planet. Thirty years ago, Ronald Reagan was ...
From the press release from Mountain BizWorks: Asheville, NC – May 7, 2012: Mountain BizWorks announces the launch of Shifting Gears, a series of business ...
Blueridgenow.com (the Hendersonville Times-News website) reports: Business is so good for Legacy Paddlesports, the kayak manufacturer is hiring twice as many workers as originally anticipated ...
Announcement from the Economic Development Coalition and the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce: Asheville, NC – In conjunction with the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville ...
Gabe Aucott is a local woodworker who operates out of a studio in the River Arts District. This video profile of him is embeded here ...
From a press release: Tech After Five, a networking event company for tech professionals with events hosted in South Carolina and North Carolina, announced its ...
FROM WLOS: The North Carolina Chapter of the American Planning Association named Lexington Avenue in downtown Asheville one of the top five Great Main Streets ...
From the Asheville Citizen-Times: "The city of Asheville has issued a request for proposals seeking an experienced food service provider to lease and operate a ...
PRESS RELEASE Facebook’s Forest City Data Center celebrated its grand opening in Rutherford County on Thursday, after completing the site’s first building and beginning to ...
PRESS RELEASE: Carolina Mornings, Western North Carolina’s luxury vacation rental and property management provider, has received the designation of NC Green Travel Partner from the ...
Roadway widening for bike lanes and sidewalks, a greenway and a low-impact development parking lot — the city of Asheville is calling for landscape architects ...
"Oak Hill Capital Partners has bought about an 80 percent interest in [Earth Fare] from Cambridge, Massachusetts based Monitor Clipper Partners. The transaction is valued ...
Here's the press release: ALLEGRA PRINT, MAIL & SIGN’S FOOTPRINT FUND® TO AWARD PRINT SERVICES TO LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS The Allegra Print, Mail & Marketing ...
UPDATE: This morning, city officials, crews unloading hay bales, state troopers and Asheville Police were swarming the Craven Street property rumored to be under contract ...
Here's the press release from TSAChoice: ASHEVILLE AND GREENVILLE TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATOR TSACHOICE ANNOUNCES MIKE HARMON AND MATT SMITH EARN VCP CERTIFICATIONS FROM VMWARE Technology integrator ...
According to WLOS, High Vista Country Club, through its Board of Governors,has announced the sale of the Club to High Vista Finance, LLC. This group ...
From a press-release, The North Carolina Military Business Center (NCMBC) announces the graduation of 41 North Carolina businesses from the 2012 Spring Defense Contractor Academy ...
Announcement from Matt Mittan's Facebook page: Uh-Oh... "We had trouble getting an affiliate in Asheville, so we went and got a station." Agnes and I ...
FROM THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES (Clarke Morrison): "Oscar Wong, a former nuclear plant engineer who opened the city’s first microbrewery [Highland Brewing Co.] in 1995, is ...
PRESS RELEASE FROM OnTrack: State Farm announced 2012 grant support for OnTrack WNC’s Money Matters Radio program. The State Farm Good Neighbor Citizenship grant recognizes ...
FROM THE STATE NEWS WIRE service: The International Trade Administration (ITA) recently announced new data that show North Carolina merchandise exports increased 8 percent in ...
There's an internet turf war being fought by two local game stores, and it's starting to get national attention. Here's the gist, provided by ENWorld.com. ...
According to the Hendersonville Times-News, Even with a market already glutted with every stripe of sports energy drinks, Frank Trombetta knew he could build a ...
First Restoration Services specializes in restoring properties after disasters, including fire damage, smoke damage, water damage, bio-hazard, crime scene cleanup, and mold remediation. The Fletcher-based ...
FROM THE ASHEVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE National Entrepreneurship Week gives nationwide recognition of the heritage of entrepreneurial leadership in America and encourages support for the ...
FULL PRESS RELEASE FROM AGI-Shorewood AGI-Shorewood today announced it is ceasing operations at its Weaverville, N.C., plant by the end of April. Company executives said ...
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United releases a report about gender inequity in the food industry
On the heels of Valentine's Day, one of the biggest days of the year for restaurants, we have this unsettling report, which we wish everyone ...
FROM THE HENDERSONVILLE TIMES-NEWS (excerpt) The Mills River Planning Board has approved a commercial subdivision request for Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.'s facility in Ferncliff Industrial ...
FROM ADVANTAGE WEST (full release) The AdvantageWest board of directors will meet for its regular bimonthly meeting on Thursday, Feb. 16, at 2 p.m. at ...
FROM THE HENDERSONVILLE TIMES-NEWS online (excerpt) The opportunity to buy a six-pack of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, a bottle of Biltmore wine or a glass ...
From Wee Trade: Wee Trade may be WNC's most anticipated childrens' consignment sale, where over 1400 families consign goods gathered under one roof for a ...
