From A-B Tech: A-B Tech Community College’s 2015-16 Student Culinary Team is making its bid to participate at the national competition level for the 10th time starting with the state level contest on Saturday, December 5 at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte. The winner of the competition will advance to the American Culinary Federation’s […]
News and events from Venture Asheville: NEWS: USA Today Spotlights AVL’s Food Connection: Feeding the Hungry An astounding 1/3 of America’s food supply goes to the landfill; meanwhile nearly 30 million Americans are at risk of hunger. Local startup Food Connection takes this problem to heart, working with local restaurants to deliver leftover meals (about […]
At the Tuesday, Dec. 1 Buncombe County Board of Commissioners meeting, Commissioner Brownie Newman was elected vice chair of the board by a 4-3 vote.
The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for 18 Western North Carolina counties, beginning Tuesday afternoon and lasting until Wednesday evening.
At the Tuesday, Dec. 1 Buncombe County Board of Commissioners meeting, the commissioners will vote for a new vice chair of the Board — and also decide whether to amend the county zoning map by adding zoning to unincorporated areas.
After more than two decades, the NCDOT is getting the ball rolling on the I-26 connector project. And though actual construction is still years away, the next few weeks are the public’s best chance to influence the route of a massive infrastructure project that, regardless of which option is chosen, will cost hundreds of millions of dollars, displace dozens of homes and businesses, and change the face of Asheville.
From National Park Service: (Asheville, NC) – As of 6:30 am Tuesday November 24th, 2015 the section of the Blue Ridge Parkway from Milepost 455 to the southern terminus at Milepost 469 was closed until further notice, due to a rockslide. When rangers arrived on scene at the slide, near Milepost 467 early Tuesday morning, […]
From MANNA FoodBank: Asheville, NC (November 24, 2015) – MANNA FoodBank is thrilled to announce a 6,000 gallon donation of fresh milk, thanks to Ingles Markets, Ingles Markets shoppers, and Milkco, Inc. The Great American Milk Drive is a national campaign to increase the amount of fresh milk available to food banks across the country. […]
From Governor Pat McCrory: Raleigh, N.C. – North Carolina has been ranked the seventh most business-friendly state by the Pollina Corporate/AEDI (American Economic Development Institute) Top Ten Pro-Business States Report released this month. The report details how well states have or have not positioned themselves to retain and create jobs. This is the twelfth edition of the […]
From the National Park Service: (Asheville, NC) – Blue Ridge Parkway officials announce two tunnel repair projects occurring this winter to the north and south of the Asheville corridor. Both closures will be in effect from December 1, 2015 through spring of 2016. Repairs to Tanbark Tunnel at Milepost 374.4 will require a closure from […]
From Asheville Regional Airport: Phase Two of Project SOAR, the airfield redevelopment project at AVL, is nearly complete. The new temporary runway (west of the existing runway) will be commissioned in December, and the existing runway will be permanently taken out of commission. A temporary runway had to be constructed in order for the existing […]
From Diana Wortham Theatre: The Diana Wortham Theatre in downtown Asheville announces the Y.E.S. Emerging Artists Fund, a new program to support young performers by providing scholarships for graduating high school seniors pursuing a career in the performing arts. A limited number of Emerging Artists Fund scholarships beginning at $1,000 each will be awarded to […]
After more than two decades of discussion, the North Carolina Department of Transportation is getting the ball rolling on the long-debated Interstate 26 Connector project, intended to improve traffic flow and bring the Asheville highway system up to current Interstate standards.
Standing on top of Mt. Katahdin, with more than 2,000 miles of trail behind him, local Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Gary Sizer already knew his journey wasn’t yet over. A little over a year after his return from Maine, his reflective novel Where’s the Next Shelter? is now available.
Don’t expect to be cruising the troposphere, “Jetsons” style, any time soon, but transportation technology is gradually moving closer to what science fiction predicted long ago — and Asheville is part of that futuristic wave.
The Inland Real Estate Corporation announced last week that grocery chain Publix Super Markets has signed a lease at Weaverville Plaza shopping center, for the development of a new 49,000-square-foot location at that property.
From Asheville City Source: The City is rolling out a new tool to help people safely navigate crosswalks in high-traffic areas. In a pilot program, City Transportation staff installed bright yellow pedestrian flags on Edwin Place in north Asheville Tuesday. The idea is for pedestrians to grab a flag as they go across the marked […]
From Parsec Financial: ASHEVILLE, NC – Parsec Financial will honor this years recipients of the 2015 Parsec Prize at a reception in their office at 6 Wall Street in Asheville. The reception will be this evening from 5pm to 7pm and the media is invited. This year, seven organizations will share a total of $110,000, […]
The 2015 Asheville City Council election was a nail-biter until the very end — but, ultimately, Keith Young, Brian Haynes and Julie Mayfield came out on top.
In the coming weeks, as Ashevilleans mourn the loss of two missing women found this week in the French Broad, two vigils are planned in remembrance of Alexandra King, 22, and Tatianna Diz, 20.
From WLOS: ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Friday brought closure to to the families of two missing Asheville women. Both of their bodies have now been recovered from the French Broad River. Police will not say how Alexandra King and Tatianna Diz died. Police found Diz’s body Friday morning. Searchers recovered King’s body Thursday afternoon. They had […]
