As part of Minority Enterprise Development Week, the WNC organization will host a special business expo for minority owned businesses next Thursday Sept. 29. They will also be distributing awards to recognize special businesses at a ceremony spotlighting Best Emerging and Best Existing Minority Business of 2016. It will be catered by a regional minority business, […]
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VA program helps vets manage Tinitus
Press Release from VA Medical Center: Over 1.1 Million Veterans have service-connected tinnitus, around 25% of the total number of Veterans with service connected disabilities. Tinnitus is a constant perceptible ringing in the ears that affects about one in five people. Doctors say many things can cause or aggravate tinnitus including hearing damage, heredity, stress, […]
Asheville Vaudeville returns Oct. 8 with political shows
PRESS RELEASE FROM ASHEVILLE VAUDEVILLE: Asheville Vaudeville is going to get a little bit political with our next two shows on Saturday, October 8th, 2016 at Toy Boat Community Artspace in Biltmore Village. Allow us to entertain you! Your host for this show is the mesmerizing master of motion and amazements – Walter Beals of […]
Fall 2016 music series begins on October 3rd at Brevard College
Press Release from Brevard Music Center: Brevard Music Center (BMC), in partnership with Brevard College, is pleased to announce the return of its First Mondays series of free BMC Community Concerts in Brevard. On Monday, October 3rd at 12:30 PM, celebrated French hornists Elizabeth Freimuth and Hazel Dean Davis will be joined by pianist Koeun […]
Drill for mass shooting response planned at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital
PRESS RELEASE: Blue Ridge Regional Hospital is teaming with local law enforcement in a drill to practice responding to a mass shooting inside the hospital. The active assailant drill will be held Oct. 4. A man pretending to be the shooter will enter the lobby of the hospital and go to the second-floor medical-surgical area. He […]
City of Asheville and Land of Sky REALTORS host second housing fair
Press release from The City of Asheville and Land of the Sky Association of REALTORS: The City of Asheville and Land of the Sky Association of REALTORS® announce the 2nd Annual 2016 Asheville Housing Fair, to take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. October 8th at the Stephens Lee Center, 30 George Washington Carver Ave. […]
Weekend of Women’s Wisdom at Southeast Wise Women’s Herbal Conference, Oct. 14-16
PRESS RELEASE: The Southeast Wise Women’s Herbal Conference began a dozen years ago as a gathering of 200 women who came together to immerse themselves in the study of herbal medicine and the Wise Woman tradition of Earth-based healing. This year, organizers expect over a thousand women, of all ages and ethnicities, to attend the weekend […]
N.C. Marvin Collins Award, in the Large Community/ Comprehensive Planning category awarded to the City of Asheville for transportation plan
Press release from American Planning Association, North Carolina Chapter: This award recognizes plans, programs, or processes of unusually high merit adopted or enacted in the current or past two calendar years by a community with over 25,000 residents. The Awards Committee found Asheville in Motion, or AIM, to be an outstanding example of a multimodal transportation plan. […]
Thomas Wolfe Memorial Celebrates the 116th Birthday of Thomas Wolfe with October Series
Press release from N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources: Thomas Wolfe, one of the greatest American novelists of the early 20th century, was born in Asheville Oct. 3, 1900. He was, he wrote in “Look Homeward Angel,” – “the tiny acorn from which the mighty oak must grow, the heir of all ages, the inheritor of […]
Asheville Police Department actively tracking suspicious person in East Asheville
Alert from Asheville Police Department: This morning the Asheville Police Department responded to reports of a suspicious person on I-40W near exit 55. After further investigation the suspicious person meets the description of Blake Rochester, who escaped from the Livesay Correctional Institution in Greenville, South Carolina Tuesday morning. The Asheville Police Department, with the assistance of […]
Plaintiffs file appeal of SB2 ruling to 4th Circuit Court of Appeals
Press release from Campaign for Southern Equality: Plaintiffs challenging SB2, an anti-LGBT law in North Carolina, have immediately filed an appeal to the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in response to a federal district court ruling dismissing their case. Judge Max Cogburn dismissed the lawsuit on issues related to standing. Senate Bill 2 was […]
Asheville VA to unveil sculpture dedicated to medal of honor recipient
Press release from Charles George VA Medical Center: On Saturday September 24, 2016 at 11 a.m., Charles George VA Medical Center will host an unveiling ceremony for a sculpture of the facility’s namesake, Private First Class Charles George, a native of Western North Carolina and member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. George was posthumously […]
Libertarians, Greens, Independents Discuss America at the Crossroads
PRESS RELEASE: Representatives of the Libertarian and Green parties, and non- partisan grassroots activities will take part in a panel discussion on the relevance of third parties in America Sept. 22. The event will start at 7 p.m. in The Weinhaus, 86 Patton Ave, Asheville. The topic will be “America at the Crossroads: What does […]
A Craftsman’s Legacy Debuts Third Season on UNC-TV
PRESS RELEASE: A Craftsman’s Legacy returns to UNC-TV on Saturday, October 1 at 3:30 pm with a new season of 13, 30-minute episodes to inspire television audiences with the power of craft and American ingenuity. Season three of the popular series spotlights North Carolina makers in one third of the episodes, including Native American flute […]
Red Cross urges blood and platelet donations during National Preparedness Month
PRESS RELEASE: The American Red Cross urges eligible donors to give blood and platelets this fall to help restock the shelves following a significant summer shortage to ensure an adequate blood supply for patients in need. Through the first two weeks of September, the Red Cross is down more than 10,000 donations from what is […]
Poll reveals bipartisan support for Smart Start
“Our local investments in young children, their families and the early childhood system in Buncombe County are essential to the long-term success of our children,” said Amy Barry, Executive Director, Buncombe Partnership for Children, a partner in the Smart Start network.
Isaiah Rice photograph collection, titled “The Way We Were,” will be on display at WCQS
PRESS RELEASE: A selection from the Isaiah Rice Photograph Collection, titled “The Way We Were,” will be on display at WCQS, Western North Carolina Public Radio, starting Oct. 7, 2016, with an opening reception at 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 7. The photos will be on display through November at WCQS, located at 73 Broadway, […]
Oskar Blues Brewery and NAACP to host voter registration drive
PRESS RELEASE: WHAT: Oskar Blues Brewery and Transylvania County NAACP have teamed up to host a voter registration drive at the brewery in Brevard, NC. The event will include live music from Under Great Lights and Kasey Williams, food from the Oskar Blues CHUBwagon food truck, and coffee sampling from Hotbox Roasters. Oskar Blues beer […]
Brother Wolf’s Howl-O-Ween Walkathon and Fall Festival
PRESS RELEASE: Halloween is enjoyed by children, the young at heart, and, this year, your canine friends as well. Brother Wolf Animal Rescue is holding their second annual HowlOWeen Walkathon on Saturday, October 29th at the Eliada Corn Maze from 12-4pm. The HowlOWeen Wakathon will include games for kids and pets, food and drink vendors, […]
Asheville ranked #19 on list of most affordable places to buy a car in NC
PRESS RELEASE: The automotive buyer intelligence firm Autolist.com today released its second quarter 2016 Most Affordable Areas Analysis and ranked Asheville the #19 most affordable place to buy a car in North Carolina. The study, which drew on over 72 million vehicles and 4.5 billion unique data points across vehicles of all makes and models nationwide, showed that used […]
Drummer Nikki Glaspie releases Skill Set workshop through IamAVL
PRESS RELEASE FROM EVENT ORGANIZERS: Professional drummer Nikki Glaspie of The Nth Power has teamed up with Independent Arts and Music of Asheville (IamAVL) to create an online tutorial designed to offer aspiring percussionists tips, techniques, and tricks of the trade. The instructional drum workshop, presented by Echo Mountain Recording Studios and Guitar Center, is […]