From Blue Ridge Now By Nathaniel Axtell A Hendersonville police sergeant was stabbed Sunday while responding to a sexual assault call on Third Avenue, followed by an officer-involved shooting in which the assailant was shot and killed. Sgt. Kenny Hipps and K-9 Officer Jennifer Drake were responding to a report of a sexual assault at […]
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AC-T: Haywood County’s public hospital sold to private company
From the Asheville Citizen-Times Clarke Morrison A deal has been reached for the sale of Haywood County’s long-struggling public hospital to a private company for $26 million. The agreement on the terms for the acquisition of MedWest Haywood by Duke LifePoint Healthcare calls for the company spending $36 million on capital improvements to the facility […]
School of Integrated Living to offer summer courses at Earthaven
Press Release School of Integrated Living School of Integrated Living (SOIL) will be hosting a series of classes at Earthaven Ecovillage this summer. Called the Building Resiliency Series the 4 day-long education seminars will be held at the a 20-year old intentional community an hour outside of Asheville, North Carolina. SOIL is wanting all who want to participate […]
Mountain Xpress and Sherwood’s Music present: Comet West (round two)
Mountain Xpress and Sherwood’s Music are partnering to showcase local musicians through a series of stripped-down performances for the web. This week Comet West performs “Ground Floor.”
Giving back: A colorful opportunity
The Color Run is coming to Asheville on Saturday, July 26 — bringing a chance to run for a good cause as a portion of proceeds will benefit the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation. For those looking for a colorful and fun chance to help out, the foundation needs volunteers to help with the paint race.
Video: Plant enthusiasts assemble for the Native Plants Conference
Brace yourselves — the plant enthusiasts are coming. From Tuesday, July 15 through Saturday, July 19, Western North Carolina will once again play host to the Cullowhee Native Plants Conference, an annual event with workshops and field trips exploring many aspects of native plants. Get a feel for the conference with a video tour of the plants of Black Balsam Ridge.
Conscious Party: Dinner and dancing with REACH
What’s better than getting all dolled-up for dinner and dancing? Dinner and dancing for a good cause, of course! REACH of Haywood will hold a Dancing Through the Decades fundraiser on July 11.
In photos: Costume Drama brings high-fashion DIY to ACT
Asheville Community Theatre reprised their fundraiser Costume Drama: A Fashion Show for a third year on Monday, July 7. Designers and models from throughout the Southeast participated in the DIY runway event where they were challenged to create wearable art in themed categories: paper, nature, upcycled/recycled or — new this year— transformation.
Web Bites: Wild edible pesto with Marc Williams
Ethnobotanist and educator Marc Williams recently joined Xpress in the test kitchen at Selina Naturally, home of Celtic Sea Salt, to discuss wild edible plants and demonstrate how to make a healthy, delicious wild-plant pesto out of things many of us are used to thinking of as annoying weeds.
Blue Ridge Now: Flat Rock man charged with felony child abuse
From Blue Ridge Now Staff reports A Henderson County 3-year-old is in critical condition at Mission Hospital, and his caregiver has been charged with felony child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury. Read the full story here.
Sylva Herald: ECU dental clinic to serve uninsured area residents
From The Sylva Herald By Nick Breedlove East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine held an open house Friday (June 27) for its new service learning center in Sylva. The 16-chair clinic will provide training for ECU dental students while providing dental care to underserved and uninsured area residents. Read the full story here.
AC-T: Duke ordered to install monitoring wells near Lake Julian
From the Asheville Citizen-Times By Mitch Weiss and Michael Biesecker North Carolina’s environmental agency has ordered Duke Energy to install monitoring wells in a residential neighborhood near Lake Julian to determine whether toxic chemicals from the company’s coal ash pits are contaminating homeowners’ drinking water. During tests at five homes last fall, traces of thallium […]
Mountain Xpress and Sherwood’s Music present: Warm the Bell (round two)
Mountain Xpress and Sherwood’s Music are partnering to showcase local musicians through a series of stripped-down performances for the web. This week Warm the Bell perform “Edge of Night.”
Carolina Public Press offers APD evidence room audit online
From Carolina Public Press By Angie Newsome After rejecting earlier requests for its release, Buncombe County District Attorney Ron Moore made the audit public in June, two days after a federal judge sentenced former room manager Lee Smith to 10 months in prison followed by a year’s probation for stealing drugs from the evidence room. The evidence room manager […]
Asheville Outlets donates to greenway crowdfunding campaign
Press Release Friends of Connect Buncombe Friends of Connect Buncombe is proactively trying to advance a strong vision for the Brevard Road Corridor which hosts many regional attractions (WNC Farmer’s Market, Bent Creek, NC Arboretum, the new Asheville Outlets, and is an entryway to the Blue Ridge Parkway). This is one of the richest destination […]
AC-T: A-B Tech Trustees names new college president
From the Asheville Citizen-Times Julie Ball In a split vote Monday, members of the A-B Tech Board of Trustees named Dennis King as the college’s new president. King, 67, has been serving as interim president since the departure of former president Hank Dunn. He was one of four finalists for the job who took part […]
Leaving fairyland: Wamboldtopia’s creators say goodbye to their garden home
Since 1999, Wamboldtopia has been the ever-growing home and garden of artists Damaris and Ricki Pierce. It began as a steep, shady hillside covered in grass, but after 15 years of transformation, Wamboldtopia is a West Asheville institution — a fairyland covered in stone. But for Damaris and Ricki, this is the last season in the garden before they place the home on the market and prepare to move on to new and separate lives.
WNCAP honors National HIV Testing Day with wellness events
Press Release Western North Carolina Aids Project In recognition of National HIV Testing Day, WNCAP has been busy all week holding HIV testing events throughout the community. Today, we will be at the “Prevention is Caring” health fair on Oconaluftee Island in Cherokee, NC from 10am – 2pm, tonight at the “Community Shout Out” health […]
Founder of JB Media Group honored as chamber’s Entrepreneur of the Year
Press release Venture Asheville The Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce and Venture Asheville honored Justin Belleme as Entrepreneur of the Year at the Chamber’s annual meeting on June 26 at the U.S. Cellular Center. Justin Belleme founded JB Media Group, LLC, a full service online marketing agency, in spring 2011 and has grown the company […]
AC-T: Buried debris leads to bigger hole and greater cost at Isaac Dickson
From the Asheville Citizen-Times By Julie Ball Removing decades-old buried debris found at the site of Isaac Dickson Elementary School could add $3.1 million to the project’s cost and delay the new school’s opening. School officials don’t know for sure when the debris was buried or where it came from. They suspect a large building […]
Mountain Xpress & Sherwood’s Music present: Matt Townsend & the Wonder of the World (round two)
Mountain Xpress and Sherwood’s Music are partnering to showcase local musicians through a series of stripped-down performances for the web. This week Matt Townsend and the Wonder of the World perform “Carry On.”