Monday, December 15, 2014, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys of Asheville. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For the ridge tops, it is a code GREEN air quality forecast day. No health impacts are expected when air quality is in this range. WNC […]
From a Dec. 3 post at Appalachian History by Dave Tabler. John Jacob Niles composed the Appalachian influenced Christmas carols The Carol of the Birds, The Flower of Jesse, What Songs were Sung, Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head, and Sweet Little Boy Jesus. I Wonder As I Wander, one of his most popular carols, illustrates […]
Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys of Asheville and surrounding area. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For the ridge tops, it is a code GREEN air quality forecast day. No health impacts are expected when air quality is in […]
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys of Asheville and surrounding area. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For the ridge tops, it is a code GREEN air quality forecast day. No health impacts are expected when air quality is in […]
Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys of Asheville and surrounding area. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For the ridge tops, it is a code GREEN air quality forecast day. No health impacts are expected when air quality is in […]
Never one to let well enough alone, Asheville’s beer-queen and Bruisin’ Ales owner, Julie Atallah, has announced the store’s successful launch of what she’s calling “North Carolina’s first beer-only webstore” at http://www.bruisin-ales.com/shop.php. Atallah says, “Real-time inventory is available online and searchable by country, state, manufacturer and search tags. As an added bonus, we now also […]
Wednesday, November 12, 2014, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys of Asheville and surrounding area. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For the ridge tops, it is a code GREEN air quality forecast day. No health impacts are expected when air quality is in […]
Tuesday, November 11, 2014, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys of Asheville and surrounding area. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For the ridge tops, it is a code GREEN air quality forecast day. No health impacts are expected when air quality is in […]
Monday, November 10, 2014, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys of Asheville and surrounding area. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For the ridge tops, it is a code GREEN air quality forecast day. No health impacts are expected when air quality is in […]
Thursday, November 6, 2014, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys of Asheville and surrounding area. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For the ridge tops, it is a code GREEN air quality forecast day. No health impacts are expected when air quality is in […]
Wednesday, November 5, 2014, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys of Asheville and surrounding area. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For the ridge tops, it is a code GREEN air quality forecast day. No health impacts are expected when air quality is in […]
The Western North Carolina Pilots Association will offer scenic rides to the public during their Scenic Flight weekend, October 25 and 26, 2014, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM at the Asheville Regional Airport. Flights are $40 for adults and $20 for children under 12. For a $5 discount available to those sign up in advance. […]
UNCA announces: UNC Asheville will host its fourth annual Well-A-Bration, celebrating healthful living and wellness, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20. The day-long celebration will feature cooking and exercise programs, health lab open houses, and the fifth annual student-run health fair. Well-a-Bration highlights that are free and open to the public include: […]
According to WBIR TV, “Knoxville’s Metro Pulse alternative weekly newspaper is ceasing operations as of Wednesday afternoon, staff members told 10News.” The paper’s owner, the Knoxville News Sentinel, announced it is laying off 23 employees, according to WBIR. According to the Association of Alternative Newsmedia, “Based in Knoxville, Tenn., Metro Pulse began publishing in 1991 […]
“One of the most common questions I’m asked is whether or not tiny homes are legal in our city or anywhere else around the country,” writes Laura LaVoie in a recent post introducting the Asheville Small Home Advocacy Committee . “Unfortunately, that isn’t a very easy question to answer” LaVoie writes: Asheville SHAC is a […]
Katie Herzog blogs about the Asheville that was, on WFAE – Charlotte’s NPR station’s website. Here are a few excerpts: I lived in Asheville in the early 2000s…The were a lot of freaks back then, with train-hoppers and burnouts sleeping in Pritchard Park and the highest population of dreadlocked didgeridoo players east of Sydney. There […]
Echoview Fiber Mill announces: Estate Ale, a 100% Echoview Farm-grown beer brewed by Fonta Flora in collaboration with Riverbend Malt House is the first Appalachian-grown craft beer certified by the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project, to be released on November 8th. The local beer movement in Asheville, “Beer City USA,” North Carolina just got more […]
Kenan Hopkins reported on Facebook a stabbing Friday night: Hey all – I’m the Founder/President of Valet Gourmet and it was one of our drivers that got stabbed on Elizabeth St last night. He is doing very well, and while the ambulance took him to the hospital, he was released shortly after. He was stabbed […]
This year’s Great American Beer Festival awarded gold medals to three WNC breweries: Black Mountain’s Pisgah Brewing in the chocolate beer category, Asheville’s Wicked Weed Brewing Funkatorium in specialty honey beer, and Morganton’s Fonta Flora in the classic Irish-style dry stout category, according to the U.S. Brewers Association website. Pisgah won with its Chocolatized; Wicked […]
Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys of Asheville. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For the ridge tops, it is a code GREEN air quality forecast day. This means there are no health impacts expected when air quality is in […]
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys of Asheville. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For the ridge tops, it is a code GREEN air quality forecast day. This means there are no health impacts expected when air quality is in […]