Press release from Black Mountain Beautification Committee: The Black Mountain Beautification Committee is now accepting applications for the 2022 Seed Money Award. This award(s) will be given to an applicant or applicants who submit a gardening project that best exemplifies the mission of the Beautification Committee: honoring the natural beauty of the surrounding mountains. . […]
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Career Pipeline offers direct job training for adults with low levels of literacy and/or disabilities
Press release from A-B Tech Community College: Applications are being accepted for the Career Pipeline with classes held at the Goodwill Training Center on Patton Avenue. The Career Pipeline is an apprenticeship program for individuals in the community who have low levels of literacy and/or disabilities. This integrated education and training program prepares individuals for […]
COVID-19 testing sites opens weekends at UNC Asheville, Jan. 21
Press release from University of North Carolina Asheville UNC Asheville in cooperation with Buncombe County, MAHEC and Optum Serve Federal Health Services will host a COVID-19 testing site on campus every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from January 21 through February 20 in the Blue Ridge Room in Highsmith Student Union (2500 University Heights, Asheville, NC […]
Dr. Marsha Justice named 2022 western region principal of the year
Press release from Henderson County Public Schools For the second time in four months, the Edneyville Elementary School Yellow Jackets are buzzing with pride over their principal, Dr. Marsha Justice. Justice has been named the 2022 Western Region Principal of the Year, surprised Friday by state and local leaders, her family, and bagpipes. In October, […]
Great Smoky Mountains National Park sets visitation record with 14.1 million visits in 2021
Press release from National Park Service Great Smoky Mountains National Park experienced the busiest year on record with 14,137,812 visits. Visitation exceeded the 2019 record by 1.5 million visits and 2020 visitation by more than 2 million visits. The park has increasingly become a year-round destination with eight monthly visitation records set during winter and […]
ABCCM kicks off “Safe & Warm” Campaign
Press release from Asheville-Buncombe Community Christian Ministry Asheville-Buncombe Community Christian Ministry (ABCCM) kicks off their annual Safe & Warm Campaign on Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 12 noon and 5 pm at Carolina Furniture Concepts, 100 Airport Road in Arden. The Safe & Warm Campaign raises funds to provide heating assistance and collects blankets, coats, scarves, hats, […]
Buncombe County Planning Board previously advertised as in-person meeting will now be held remotely
Press release from Buncombe County The Notice previously given that the Buncombe County Planning Board will hold a public hearing to consider the application described below on Monday, January 24, 2022 at 9:30 AM, is hereby amended to announce that said meeting (the “Remote Meeting”) will be held remotely and to include the means whereby […]
Reject Raytheon AVL holds local demonstration against nuclear weapons Jan. 22
Press release from Reject Raytheon AVL Reject Raytheon AVL calls on the U.S. to join the UN Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and for Raytheon to stop making these illegal weapons. Date/Time: Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, 2-3 p.m. Location: Pack Square at Biltmore Ave. (formerly Vance Monument) Contact: Ken Jones, 207-233-3087, <kwjj1949@gmail.com> Local coalition Reject Raytheon […]
McMahon will not seek reelection for Buncombe County Board of Education
Press release from Buncombe County Schools Cindy McMahon, Reynolds Representative for the Buncombe County Board of Education, has announced that she will not seek reelection in 2022. “It has been a profound honor to serve the families, teachers, and staff of Buncombe County Schools for the past seven years,” she stated, “and I will always […]
NC Medicaid beneficiaries can receive free at-home tests for COVID-19 from local pharmacies
Press release from North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has taken action to ensure NC Medicaid beneficiaries have access to free at-home tests for COVID-19. In alignment with the Biden administration’s requirement last week to provide free at-home tests for COVID-19, State Health Director and NCDHHS Chief Medical […]
Asheville Outlets to host healthy food drive for MANNA food bank
Press release from Asheville Outlets Asheville Outlets will again team with MANNA FoodBank to hold a Healthy Food Drive from Tuesday, Feb. 1 through Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. The drive will focus on collecting healthy nonperishable foods for distribution to those in need in western North Carolina. “We are pleased to again partner with Asheville Outlets on […]
AdventHealth Hendersonville hosts blood drive – timing crucial to help meet critical need for blood donations
Press release from AdventHealth Hendersonville The start of the new year has a critical call going out for blood donations. AdventHealth Hendersonville invites you to help meet this critical need at its upcoming blood drive on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. The Blood Connection recently announced that critically low blood supplies are affecting local hospital orders. […]
COVID-19 at-home test kits available during Omicron surge, additional testing options available
Press release from Buncombe County: In response to a high demand for testing and a surge in COVID-19 cases, more testing opportunities are opening up in Buncombe County. Buncombe County Health and Human Services (BCHHS) Public Health has purchased a limited number of at-home rapid COVID-19 test kits to distribute throughout the community to bridge testing needs while […]
Asheville City Schools will be operating on two-hour delay on Thursday, Jan. 20th
Press release from Asheville City Schools: In order to give our buses, high school drivers, staff and families extra time to travel on potentially icy roads, Asheville City Schools will be operating on a two-hour delay for students and staff members tomorrow, Thursday, January 20th. We appreciate our custodians and maintenance staff who spent today salting […]
Henderson County Tourism to premiere new and improved tourism grant program
Press release from The Henderson County Tourism Development Authority: HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. – The Henderson County Tourism Development Authority (HCTDA) is excited to announce that its tourism grant program is returning, with a goal of awarding several hundred thousand dollars to as many tourism-related Henderson County for-profit and nonprofit organizations who apply for funding as possible. […]
Brevard Music Center presents “Piano Perfection” on Tuesday, Feb. 1 at Parker Concert Hall
Press release from Brevard Music Center: Brevard, NC, January 19, 2022 — Brevard Music Center (BMC) presents Piano Perfection with pianist Zee Zee in recital on Tuesday, February 1, at 7:30pm in the inaugural season of the recently opened Parker Concert Hall on Brevard Music Center’s NC campus. The recital will include delightful and challenging […]
UNC Asheville awards more than $1.7 million in HEERF funding to clear student balances
Press release from UNC Asheville: UNC Asheville has allocated more than $1,360,000 in funding from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) to clear student balances from the fall 2021 semester. A total of 813 UNC Asheville students received funding to clear their outstanding balances, including any current students with an account balance, as well […]
Asheville Police seeking public help in identifying sidewalk stabbing suspect
Press release from Asheville Police Department: Asheville, NC (Jan. 19, 2022): Asheville Police responded to a verbal altercation between two men at the 40 block of Merrimon Tuesday that resulted in one man stabbed in the leg and the other man fleeing the scene. APD officers responded to the report of an assault with […]
Join MountainTrue for virtual screening of The Story of Plastic
Press release from MountainTrue: Join MountainTrue and partners Asheville GreenWorks, Environment NC, and WENOCA Group of the NC Sierra Club for a virtual film screening of The Story of Plastic, followed by a live Q&A on January 26 at 7 p.m. The film is a seething expose uncovering the ugly truth behind the current global […]
Asheville leaders elected to statewide YMCA board
Press release from the NC Alliance of YMCAs: Raleigh, N.C., January 19, 2022 – The North Carolina Alliance of YMCAs has elected YMCA of Western North Carolina (WNC) President and CEO Paul Vest to chair its board of directors for a one-year term. In addition, Charles Frederick, Market Head-North Carolina for TD Bank, has been elected […]
City of Asheville Capital Projects Department wants your thoughts about permitting changes to the upcoming sidewalk improvements
Press release from city of Asheville: The City of Asheville would like to invite residents to comment on recent changes to permitting for the Johnston Boulevard sidewalk project. The project, which will span Johnston Blvd. between Patton Avenue and Iona Circle, has had changes to permitting for the project in the vicinity of Roger Farmer […]