Press Release Western Carolina University The Western Carolina University Board of Trustees approved a multi-year contract extension for head men’s basketball coach Larry Hunter. The trustees’ action, which came during the board’s quarterly meeting Friday, June 6, provides a guaranteed extension of Hunter’s contract for three years, with the option of the agreement being extended […]
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AC-T: EPA moves residents from CTS super fund site
From the Asheville Citizen-Times By John Boyle After getting back test results on pollution in air vapor near the CTS site, the EPA is recommending 13 people nearby move from their homes. Evironmental Protection Agency officials visited the home of Terry Rice on Friday evening, telling him test results show unsafe levels of […]
Mountain Xpress and Sherwood’s Music Present: Hannah Kaminer (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 songwriter Hannah Kaminer performs “Acre by Acre.”
Charlotte Street Starbucks sends kids to summer camps
As part of a company’s Global Month of Service campaign, employees and customers at the Starbucks location on Charlotte Street are rallying to raise funds to send Asheville kids from low-income families to summer camp.
Mountain Xpress and Sherwood’s Music Present: Minorcan (Round 2)
Mountain Xpress and Sherwood’s Music are partnering to showcase local musicians through a series of stripped-down performances for the web. This week Minorcan returns to perform “Two Dimes.”
NPR spotlights AVL Beer Week with feature on Sierra Nevada
From National Public Radio By Alastair Bland With more breweries per capita than any U.S. city, Asheville, N.C., has become a sort of Napa Valley of beer. And at the third annual Asheville Beer Week this week, this tight-knit beer community is strutting its stuff with tastings of barrel-aged sour beers and fermented Chinese tea […]
Sandburg Home volunteers receive award from National Park Service
Press Release National Park Service The Southeast Region of the National Park Service awarded two volunteer programs at Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site with the 2013 George and Helen Hartzog Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service. This annual award recognizes contributions from volunteers to national parks who give of their skills, talents and time beyond […]
A-B Tech to host info session on paying for college, June 3
Press Release Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College A-B Tech Community College and Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina are holding a free event to help community members find ways to pay for college from 2 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 3 at the Goodwill Training Center, 1616 Patton Avenue. Fund Your Future will feature multiple workshops […]
WLOS to host food drive for Children First/CIS on June 6
Press Release Children First (Asheville, NC) News 13, Carolina Furniture Concepts, and Two Men & a Truck are hosting the second annual Break the Hunger food drive to help keep kids from going hungry during summer break. The station is asking viewers to bring non-perishable food items on Friday, June 6 to Carolina Furniture Concepts […]
We’re not going anywhere: How a community garden rallied a neighborhood
The Burton Street Community Peace Garden is filled with art installations, metal structures, canopies, reading nooks and tidy rows of vegetables. But this garden is known for growing something more than food — neighbors say this garden works to grow connections in a community with a history of being intersected.
Giving back: Summer at the YWCA
Angel Redmond, outreach coordinator for the YWCA of Asheville, tells us about summer volunteering opportunities at the YWCA of Asheville.
Conscious Party: A girl’s best friend
The Asheville branch of the American Association of University Women will celebrate 12 years of the Gaining Education Momentum fund, which provides undergraduate scholarships to UNC Asheville and AB-Tech for women whose education has been interrupted or delayed.
SAHC announces hikes for June
Press release Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy Land Trust Day Open House and Guided Hike at SAHC’s Community Farm Date: Saturday, June 7 Start Time: 10 am (approximately 2 hours) Difficulty: 3 Leaders: Yael Girard, SAHC Community Farm & Food Assistant and Anna Zanetti, SAHC AmeriCorps PR & Outreach Associate Please bring: Sturdy hiking shoes, camera […]
Moog factory to show ‘Early years of the Moog Synthesizer’ photo exhibit
Press Release Moog Music, Inc. May 23rd – June 23rd, 2014 Open Mon-Fri | 4:00 – 6:00pm 170 Broadway St. Asheville, NC 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the first modular voltage-controlled synthesizer, an instrument that forever changed the course of modern music. Today, on May 23rd, Moog Music celebrates what would have been the […]
Blue Ridge Now: New partnership for Henderson County schools means increased funds
From the Times-News By Molly McGowan Each of Henderson County’s public schools and education centers will receive $1,000 and a community sponsor next school year through a public-private partnership initiated by the Henderson County Education Foundation. Read the full story here.
Sylva Herald: Possibility of natural gas deposits in Jackson County sparks fracking debate
From the Sylva Herald By Quintin Ellison Rock samples collected this summer or fall in the northernmost part of Jackson County will be analyzed to help determine whether natural gas is present here, the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources confirmed today. The geologic formation, called the Great Smoky Mountains Group, starts north of […]
Carolina Public Press: Raleigh judge hears arguments in municipal water system case
From Carolina Public Press By Kirk Ross At the end of nearly two hours of oral arguments, Judge Howard Manning Jr. offered little confirmation of how he would rule. But there was one thing both sides seemed to agree on — any ruling is likely to be appealed and the suit may, eventually, find its […]
WNCA organizes carpools to Coal Ash Lobby Day in Raleigh, June 4
Press Release Western North Carolina Alliance Duke Energy’s Feb. 2 Dan River coal ash spill was yet another horrible wake-up call about how this toxic waste shouldn’t be stored near our precious rivers and waterways.< Across North Carolina, Duke Energy is storing coal ash (the toxic waste left over when coal is burned for energy) in unlined […]
Mountain Xpress and Sherwood’s Music Present: Ten Cent Poetry (Round Two)
Mountain Xpress and Sherwood’s Music are partnering in a series of stripped-down performances for the web. This week, Chelsea Lynn LaBate, a.k.a Ten Cent Poetry, returns to perform another original song.
Privacy not guaranteed: Brian Green ‘frames’ Asheville
Slight of build and dressed in dark, nondescript clothing, Brian Green walks the streets of Asheville looking for images. He takes photographs every day, pretty much everywhere he goes, somedays heading out 9-to-5 as if it were his job, and amassing a collection of captured — some might say stolen — images of strangers.
Conscious Party: Have a heart — and some fun too
In addition to all the music, sporting activities and fun events planned for the Mountain Sports Festival, kids and adults also have the chance to help their uninsured neighbors gain access to health care — by simply playing a game.