Katuah Market natural grocer is now open for business in Biltmore Village

From Katuah Market: Katuah Market, Asheville’s newest natural foods grocery store and café, opened its doors for business on Wednesday December 18 at noon. Located in historic Biltmore Station in Biltmore Village, Asheville, the 14,000 square foot store boasts an extensive selection of ready-to-eat foods as well as a wide variety of natural grocery offerings. […]

Henderson County Christmas tree recycling event scheduled at Jackson Park on Saturday, Jan. 4

Press Release From Environmental and Conservation Organization: (HENDERSONVILLE, NC, December 11, 2013) – The Henderson County Annual Christmas Tree Recycling Event is scheduled for Saturday, January 4, 2014 from 9am to 2pm at Jackson Park. At this post-holiday event, Christmas trees will be chipped into mulch and a fragrantly fresh heap of chips will be […]

WLOS: Weekend rain breaks records, cold front looms over WNC

Cold weather clouds loom over downtown Asheville on Monday. (Hayley Benton/ Mountain Xpress) Clouds parted Monday evening to make way for a significant drop in temperature. WLOS reports that 2.8 inches of rain fell Sunday in Asheville, breaking a year-long rainfall total just short of 74 inches. The dreary weather preceded a cold front, leaving […]

PARI: Earth will be at closest distance to sun on the morning of Jan. 4

Press Release From Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute: Rosman, NC (December 4, 2013) – Astronomers at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute announce that at 7 a.m. EST on Saturday, January 4, 2014, the Earth, in its annual orbit around the Sun will be at it closest point to the Sun. Astronomers call this point perihelion. The […]

MANNA FoodBank and Ingles Giving Tree collect holiday meals for 200 WNC families

Press Release From MANNA FoodBank: ASHEVILLE, N.C. (December 23, 2013) — Thanks to a generous donation by Butterball Turkeys and Ingles Markets, the holidays will be a little brighter for two hundred families across WNC. The turkeys will be distributed through local pantries in MANNA’s 16 county service area. It’s not too late to bring […]

Alta Ridge Foot Specialists establish healthcare scholarship at Mars Hill University

Press Release From Mars Hill University: Alta Ridge Foot Specialists (Robert L. van Brederode, DPM and W. Aaron Broyles, DPM) has recently established the Alta Ridge Foot Specialists Healthcare Scholarship at Mars Hill University. This scholarship will be awarded each academic year to a high achieving Mars Hill University junior or senior student with a […]

Life Sciences Company will move to Asheville in January

Press Release From Economic Development Coalition for Asheville – Buncombe County: Asheville, N.C.–The Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County (EDC), Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College and the NC Biotechnology Center jointly announced today that f(x) Immune Company will locate its new company in Asheville. In early January 2014, f(x) Immune Co. will begin operations in the […]

Warren Wilson associate dean named associate editor of faculty development journal

Press Release From Warren Wilson College: Gary Hawkins, Ph.D., associate dean for faculty at Warren Wilson College, has been named associate editor of To Improve the Academy: The International Journal on Faculty Development. He will advance to the position of editor in two years. The journal is published by The Professional and Organizational Development (POD) […]

The Solar Connection manufacturing facility to create 50 jobs at manufacturing facility in McDowell

Press Release From Governor McCrory’s Press Office: Raleigh, NC – Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today The Solar Connection will locate its manufacturing facility in McDowell County. The company plans to create 50 jobs and invest more than $500,000 over the next three years in Marion. “North Carolina will […]

Mission Health streamlines patient record access

Press Release From Mission Health System: ASHEVILLE, N.C.(December 17, 2013) As medical records become increasingly available by electronic means, Mission Health has proactively addressed the need for a safe, secure and robust electronic health information exchange (HIE) platform to serve Western North Carolina. The new platform, Mission Health Connect, is an HIE that allows health […]

AC-T: Bele Chere revival not gaining much attention from private investors

From Asheville Citizen-Times By Mark Barrett: Private groups mostly passed on a city government invitation to come up with an event that might have replaced Bele Chere. The city received only two formal responses to a city request for initial interest from groups to put on what a staff report called “Asheville’s next signature event,” […]

North Carolina Arboretum increases daily parking fee

Press Release From The North Carolina Arboretum ASHEVILLE, NC – The North Carolina Arboretum, a premier public garden and center for education and research, will increase its daily parking fee to $12 per personal vehicle, effective January 2, 2014. Fees for 15-passenger vans and buses/motorcoaches will increase to $50 and $100, respectively. The Arboretum will […]

NCNS: Reading between the lines of affordable health care in NC

Press Release From North Carolina News Service: RALEIGH, N.C. – So far, more than 1,600 North Carolinians have successfully signed up for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, informally known as Obamacare. But there are thousands more still trying to navigate the federal health insurance marketplace, and thousands of others trying to navigate changes […]

WestCare Health System signs memorandum of understanding with Duke LifePoint Healthcare

Press Release From WestCare Health System: Sylva, NC (December 10, 2013) – The WestCare Health System Board of Trustees today announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding to be acquired by Duke LifePoint Healthcare. The potential partnership will provide WestCare’s hospitals, Harris Regional Hospital and Swain County Hospital, additional resources to grow and strengthen […]

ASNC hosts sensory-friendly movie night at Asheville Pizza & Brewing for individuals with autism

Press Release From The Autism Society of North Carolina: November 25, 2013 — Asheville – The Autism Society of North Carolina (ASNC) is partnering with Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company (APBC) for a sensory-friendly showing of “Elf.” Many individuals with autism cannot enjoy films the way their peers do because of the intense sensory input […]