Press release from Asheville Fire Department: Two local high schools are scheduled to host the VIP for a VIP program, Vehicle Injury Prevention for a Very Important Person. A.C. Reynolds H.S. will host the program on October 4th and Asheville H.S. will host it on October 5th. Several agencies are involved to achieve the mission of […]
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Asheville Zombiewalk rises again
Press release from The Resurrected Stepchildren of George Romero: Asheville, prepare to become lunch. Zombies are on the move again! Help us spread the zombie infection during the 11th annual Asheville Zombiewalk in downtown Asheville. The living dead will gather in Aston Park on Sunday, October 9, beginning at 5:30pm. “Put on your most gruesome […]
Hometown bank celebrates eighth decade of community commitment with 80 hours of service initiative
Press release from Asheville Savings Bank: Asheville Savings Bank (ASB) is celebrating 80 years of serving the financial needs of Western North Carolina residents. Founded in 1936 and headquartered in Asheville, ASB has a total of 13 area banking centers located in the counties of Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Madison and Transylvania. ASB’s goal is to […]
Organic Growers School launches coaching and consulting program for home growers
Press release from Organic Growers School: Organic Growers School (OGS) announces the launch of their new Coaching & Consulting program to serve home-owners, farmers, backyard gardeners and sustainability seekers in Western NC. The program is designed as a one-on-one, site-specific, education and support service to help home growers move forward more quickly and easily on their […]
United Way’s Day of Caring recruits volunteers to help local nonprofits
Press release from United Way of Henderson County: On Friday, September 30th United Way of Henderson County is rallying almost 300 volunteers throughout the community for their annual Day of Caring to help make a meaningful impact in the community. Here in Henderson County, volunteers will be working on 36 service projects at 30 local […]
Bus ridership week begins, Buncombe County Schools seek more utilization
Press release from Buncombe County Schools: Today marks the beginning of Bus Ridership Week across North Carolina. All this week, (September 26-30) the state will use total ridership numbers to determine local transportation funding for all school districts. Accordingly, Buncombe County Schools (BCS) is encouraging parents and students to utilize bus transportation-especially this week- as it seeks […]
Luella’s backs marching band fundraiser
Press release from Luella’s BBQ: Luella’s BBQ will be supporting the Asheville High School Marching Band with a special fundraiser at this week’s football game versus A.C. Reynolds High School (Friday, September 30). From 5pm through halftime, Luella’s will be smoking and serving BBQ at the Asheville High School football stadium. A generous portion of […]
Brevard College names residence hall for William and Nancy Stanback
Press release from Brevard College: Brevard College students residing in the newly constructed 84-bed residence hall will soon have a name to go along with their home away from home. On Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 11 a.m., the new residence hall will be officially dedicated as the William C. and Nancy B. Stanback Hall during […]
Culture clash: Facing up to Asheville’s troubled police-community relations
The task of establishing and/or re-establishing trust between vulnerable communities — especially people of color — and the Asheville Police Department will be a challenging one. And especially in the wake of controversial police use of force over the summer, there is vocal criticism of the department. But the way Chief Tammy Hooper sees it, the APD must rise to that challenge.
Small regional newspaper empire sells to Minneapolis based publishing group
A Western N.C and East Tenn. family-owned publishing group, Jones Media changed hands today. It was bought out by family-owned, Adams Publishing Group based in Minneapolis Minn. the sale included at least 14 newspapers scattered across the region including The Avery Times-Journal and three Watauga County papers. From Crib, Green and Cope newsletter on publishing mergers […]
Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education offers 16 workshops in October
Press release from N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission: The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education is offering 16 workshops in October. The workshops are free, with the exception of the Beyond BOW: Fly-Fishing weekend for women on Oct. 21-23. All are open on first-come, first-serve basis and registration is required by registering online. Oct. 1 – Introduction […]
Expo to support minority owned businesses Sept. 29
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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
Free smartphone photography workshop offered at Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education on Oct. 15
Press release from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission: The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is offering a free photography workshop on Oct. 15 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. “Outdoor Smart Phone Photography,” taught by center educator and photographer Jennifer Rowe, will cover the basics of photographing wildlife […]
Three Waynesville residents inducted into N.C. Mountain State Fair Livestock Hall of Fame
Press release from N.C Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler inducted three Waynesville residents, Bill and Patty Cochran and Bill Yarborough, into the N.C. Mountain State Fair Livestock Hall of Fame during a ceremony held Friday. “This year’s inductees are strong supporters of agriculture in Western North Carolina, the Mountain […]
Women’s Business Center introduces business and development training for entrepreneurs in WNC
Press release from the Western Women’s Business Center: The Western Woman’s Business Center at The Support Center (WWBC) introduces business development and training programs for entrepreneurs in Western North Carolina. The programs offered by the WWBC include a business planning class: Rocket Business Planning, and a Business Lending seminar, to complement their training curriculum that already […]