Announcement from the Asheville Downtown Association: The Asheville Downtown Association is partnering with Asheville GreenWorks for Downtown Clean Up Day on Thursday, April 18 as part of Earth Month. The Clean Up will occur from 11am to 1pm, headquartered in Pritchard Park. Participants will be treated to a pizza lunch after their shift and have […]
News Bulletins
Air quality forecast for Asheville, Wednesday, Feb. 20: Moderate (YELLOW)
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, is a code yellow air quality forecast day for the valleys and ridge tops of Asheville and Buncombe County. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor activities. The rating is based on particulate matter in the air and ozone at higher elevations. For more information contact: WNC Regional Air Quality Agency 828-250-6777 […]
Health insurance industry critic Wendell Potter to speak in Asheville April 10
Press release from Healthcare for All WNC: Wendell Potter, a former Cigna Health Insurance Communications Executive, and the author of Deadly Spin, an acclaimed expose of the health insurance industry, will be speaking in Asheville on April 10, Wednesday. Transforming Healthcare in America: The Struggle for Medicare for All will be presented at the Unitarian […]
Prescription drug take back event Thursday, March 21 at Asheville Outlets
Press release from N.C. Department of Insurance: ASHEVILLE – Insurance Commissioner and Safe Kids N.C. Chair Mike Causey invites the public to drop off their unused medication at our Operation Medicine Drop prescription drug take back event so it can be properly disposed of and kept out of the wrong hands. WHO: Chief […]
More REAL ID Express days for North Carolina
Press release from the N.C. Department of Transportation: The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles is giving people more opportunities this spring to get their N.C. REAL IDs quicker. REAL ID Express Days have drawn more than 700 customers to offices in Fayetteville, Jacksonville and Charlotte. Now, the NCDMV will open driver license offices for […]
Lake Junaluska Friends of the Lake 5K to be held April 20, early registration deadline April 5
Press release from Lake Junaluska: The Friends of the Lake 5K Road Race, Walk and Fun Run will take place at Lake Junaluska on Saturday, April 20. The event, which is in its 12th year, is a way for the community to support the Lake Junaluska Walking Trail, one of the most popular privately owned […]
Registration Open for Vacation Rentals 101 Seminar
Press release from Spark Consulting: Spark Consulting and Studio HB Events & Communication are partnering to bring a vacation rental business seminar to Triskelion Brewery in Hendersonville on Thursday, April 11, from 2-5 p.m. The seminar “Vacation Rentals 101: The Basics,” is geared toward Henderson County residents who are considering starting a vacation rental business. […]
Grace Church in the Mountains hosts art exhibition titled “Icons in Transformation” from April 28- June 16.
Press release from Grace Church: Grace Church in the Mountains in Waynesville, North Carolina, is hosting an internationally acclaimed art exhibition titled “Icons in Transformation” from April 28 through June 16. This exhibit toured cathedrals and museums in Europe and the United States and more than 150,000 people witnessed the powerful exhibit. The artist, Russian […]
Buncombe County maintains No. 14 ranking in state health outcomes list
Press release from Buncombe County Health and Human Services Department: Buncombe County, NC – Buncombe County continues to hold its position as one of the healthiest communities in the State of North Carolina, according to national County Health Rankings (CHR) released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the University of Wisconsin Population Health […]
Highland Brewing announces 25th anniversary collaboration beer with Sierra Nevada
Press release from Highland Brewing Co.: Early this morning, Highland Brewing Company mashed in a new collaboration brew – Rustic IPA – alongside Sierra Nevada Brewing Company and independent, family-owned hop and malt suppliers including Riverbend Malthouse, Briess Malting, Crosby Hop Farms, Roy Farms, and CLS Farms. The assembly of brewers and suppliers met at […]
‘STREET/ART’ opens at PUSH Gallery, March 22
Press release from PUSH Gallery: STREET/ART at PUSH Gallery -Friday, March 22 from 7-10pm “Finding your line” is an expression used by skateboarders, mountain bikers and trail runners to describe the instantaneous improvisational impulse which mediates the decision-making processes necessary for action. Street Skaters navigate a landscape finding compositions in a similar way an artist approaches the […]
Truck lane restrictions instated on I-26 in Asheville
Press release from N.C. Department of Transportation: A new restriction on a stretch of Interstate 26 in Asheville targets improved safety and reduced congestion. The N.C. Department of Transportation will unveil signs this week restricting trucks from the far left lane between the French Broad River and Long Shoals Road. The lane restriction should improve […]
All Go West festival will not be held in 2019
Press release from festival directors: Dear West Asheville, All Go West sponsors, staff and volunteers, We’ve decided we cannot move forward with All Go West in 2019. It is an incredibly tough decision for us, after putting so much heart and soul into this event for 7 great years. It’s just not in the cards […]
Saluda Volunteers Clean Up Ozone Drive
Press release from Saluda Lifestyles: SALUDA, NC — Ozone Drive in Saluda, the main entryway to downtown from I-26, collects a lot of drink containers, plastic wrappers, and other litter. Volunteers with the Saluda Business Association pick it up every quarter from the roadway as part of the NC Department of Transportation’s Adopt-A-Highway program. Seven volunteers […]
Steve Kemp Writer’s Residency offers Creative Writing Workshop
Press release from Great Smoky Mountains Association: CHEROKEE, NC – Poet, artist and teacher Elise Anderson will lead a Great Smoky Mountains Association creative writing workshop on Wednesday, March 20, from 10 a.m. to noon at Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s Oconaluftee Visitor Center near Cherokee, N.C. Anderson was selected, along with Latria Graham, to be […]
Early Childhood Workshop features NCDHHS Secretary and Sesame Street
Press release from Transylvana County: Get Set Transylvania is excited to announce a workshop featuring Dr. Mandy Cohen, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Director, alongside Dr. Jeanette Betancourt Senior Vice President of United States Social Impact for Sesame Workshop at Brevard College on March 21 from 8:30-2. Dr. Cohen will be presenting […]
Appalachian Photographer and Writer Roger May to Speak at UNCA on March 28
Press release from UNC Asheville: Roger May, whose photographic portraits of Appalachia and its people have been featured in national and international media, will display some of his work and discuss the issues involved in depicting Appalachia, on Thursday, March 28. His presentation begins at 5:30 p.m. in UNC Asheville’s Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum, and is […]
Southern Highland Craft Guild’s annual Glass & Metal day
Press release from Southern Highland Craft Guild: Makers of the Southern Highland Craft Guild are preparing for the launch of their 2019 special event programming at the Folk Art Center with the fourth annual Glass and Metal Day. As a non-profit organization, the Guild provides experiential learning opportunities for the public to cultivate awareness of both […]
UPDATE: Leigh Anna Stewart has been safely located
Press release from Asheville Police Department: UPDATE: Leigh Anna Stewart has been safely located The Asheville Police Department is requesting assistance to locate Leigh Anna Stewart. Stewart was last seen on March 10 in East Asheville. She was wearing a tan, long knit sweater, jeans, and black/pink Nike tennis shoes. She carries a small, rose gold pocketbook. […]
Napa Valley vintner Alycia Mondavi to visit District Wine Bar, March 24
Press release from District Wine Bar: Alycia Mondavi will stop by the District Wine Bar 3-7 p.m. Sunday, March 24, to sign her, highly anticipated and limited wine, Aloft. Only two events are scheduled in North Carolina, and only 18 barrels were made of this beautiful wine. 15- 3-packs/45 bottles are available. Presale is underway […]
Haywood County NAACP pilgrimage to Montgomery
Press release from Haywood County NAACP: Haywood County NAACP plans a pilgrimage to Montgomery to see the Equal Justice Initiative’s new Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration, and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice that commemorates victims of lynching. One of the names there is from Haywood County. On March 4, 1900, in Haywood […]