Press release from the WNC Alliance WNCA offers exclusive clean energy and sustainability tour of the Biltmore Estate ASHEVILLE – The Western North Carolina Alliance is offering an exclusive tour of the Biltmore Estate on March 16 that will showcase Biltmore’s clean energy and sustainability initiatives, as well as provide an opportunity to tour the […]
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Land-of-Sky senior planner joins Credit Union Advisory Council
Press release from the Local Government Federal Credit Union Land-of-Sky senior planner joins Credit Union Advisory Council Kate O’Hara will be an integral part of LGFCU’s volunteer-driven initiative RALEIGH, NC (2/19/13) — Local Government Federal Credit Union (LGFCU) proudly announces the addition of Kate O’Hara to its Biltmore Advisory Council, which comprises Buncombe, Haywood and […]
Asheville gas prices rise significantly in past week, GasBuddy reports
Gas prices in the Asheville area are more than 36 cents higher than a month ago, GasBuddy.com reports. Press release from GasBuddy.com Asheville, February 18- Average retail gasoline prices in Asheville have risen 15.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.70/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 259 gas outlets in Asheville. […]
Mission Children’s Hospital teams with local marketing company for Children in Crisis Fund
Mission Hospital Children’s Hospital teams with local marketing company to support Children in Crisis Fund. Through Asheville’s local deal marketing company, You Get We Give, Asheville businesses have a chance to offer special deals during the 2013 Mission Children’s Hospital Radiothon and help raise funds for children in crisis. What: Charitable donations through on line […]
Birding checklist available for Sandy Mush Game Land
Press release from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission WEAVERVILLE, N.C. (Feb. 14, 2013) — While many sportsmen know Sandy Mush Game Land as an excellent place to hunt turkeys in the spring or mourning dove in the fall, bird watchers flock to the 2,600-acre game land year-round to observe birds not commonly seen in […]
CFWNC supports major expansion of ASAP’s Appalachian Grown program
Press release from The Community Foundation of WNC (February 14, 2013) A $35,000 grant from The Community Foundation’s Food and Farming Focus Area will support a major expansion of Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project’s (ASAP) Appalachian Grown regional food branding and certification program. Appalachian Grown labels and promotes locally-grown farm products in the marketplace to enable […]
DENR: North Carolina meets tougher federal air-quality standard for sulfur dioxide
Press release from the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources RALEIGH – All air quality monitors in North Carolina now comply with the new, more stringent standard for sulfur dioxide, or SO2, that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency adopted for the noxious gas in 2010. The EPA adopted a stricter one-hour standard of […]
Pisgah Legal Services joins groups calling on Gov. McCrory to veto unemployment cuts (HB 4)
Press release from the N.C. Justice Center RALEIGH (February 13, 2013) – In a letter delivered this afternoon, groups representing a wide diversity of interests urged Gov. Pat McCrory to veto House Bill 4, and instead work to craft an alternative solution to North Carolina’s unemployment insurance debt to the federal government. North Carolina has […]
YMCA announces Saturday, April 13, “Healthy Kids Day”
Press release from the WNC YMCA YMCA of Western North Carolina Invites Kids and Parents to Come Play at Healthy Kids Day™, April 13 On Saturday, April 13, 2013, the YMCA of Western North Carolina invites kids and parents in Buncombe County to “Play to Live and Live to Play” at the Y’s Healthy Kids […]
NC News Service: Community Action Association study explores solutions to poverty
News release from the North Carolina News Service STATESVILLE, N.C. – A report released today highlights the ways poverty could be addressed in North Carolina, including suggestions from people who are living on the edge every day. More than 15 percent of North Carolinians are in poverty, a rate higher than the national average. The […]
Look to the skies on Sunday, March 10, when Daylight Savings Time springs forward
Press release from the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (February 13, 2013) – Astronomers at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI) in Rosman remind the public that at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 10 Daylight Saving Time (DST) in the United States begins and we set our clocks forward one hour. Some people get a bit […]
MSD planning committee reviews Phase 2 report on merger with Asheville water system
Today, Feb. 12, at 1 p.m., members of the Metropolitan Sewerage District’s Planning Committee will hear a report on the proposed merger with the Asheville Water System. To dowload a PDF file of the report, click here.
LIVE: President Obama speaks at Linamar in South Asheville
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Trail report completed, available for Nantahala, Pisgah National Forests
Press release from the U.S. Forest Service ASHEVILLE, N.C., Feb. 13, 2013 – The U.S. Forest Service National Forests in North Carolina today unveiled the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests Non-motorized Trail Strategy report. The report is available online at: www.fs.usda.gov/goto/nctrailstrategy. “Thanks to the hard work of numerous partners and Forest Service staffers, the agency […]
LIVE: Asheville City Council talks finances, drive-thrus and signs
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ECO hosts Earth Stewardship Day on Saturday, April 27
Press release from ECO, Environmental and Conservation Organization, of Hendersonville ECO will be hosting its second annual Earth Stewardship Day event on April 27th in honor of Earth Day. In the past, ECO has hosted a fun-filled family day on the campus of Blue Ridge Community College, but last year the environmental non-profit decided to […]
Got broadband? If not, local nonprofit MAIN wants you to map it
Although broadband or high-speed Internet access is fairly common in Asheville, many Western North Carolinians can’t get it if they wanted to, largely because the infrastructure doesn’t exist. Thanks to a grant, MAIN has a mapping tool that could help get access to the nearly 48,000 WNC residents who are missing out on the digital revolution.
Merrill to C-T: “I won the election on Nov. 6”
Buncombe County District 2 candidate Christina G. Merrill Kelley, Republican, tells the Asheville Citizen-Times’ Mark Barrett that she’s continuing her fight to be seated on the Board of Commissioners. Last fall, disputed votes associated with Warren Wilson College tilted the race in favor of Emily Frost, Democrat. Although both the local and the North Carolina […]
UPDATE: 600+ Local residents sign petition calling for CTS to clean up Mills Gap Road site
UPDATE: As of Feb. 7, local residents say they’ve received more than 600 signatures. PREVIOUS REPORT: As of Jan. 26, nearly 250 people have signed an online petition demanding that CTS Corp. pay for a full clean up of the Superfund site on Mills Gap Road near Asheville. The goal is 300 signatures and sending […]
Children First/ Communities In Schools of Buncombe County receives national accreditation
Press release from Children First (Asheville, NC) Children First/ Communities In Schools of Buncombe County recently achieved all Communities In Schools Total Quality System requirements for national accreditation, and has been awarded official designation as a Nationally Accredited Affiliate Organization. The Communities In Schools TQS system is a set of standards, policies and procedures for […]
GoTopless organizers on Moffitt’s bill: “missing the entire point” about “unequal treatment”
The News&Observer’s “Under the Dome” blogger D. Jarvis reports that GoTopless organizers vow to fight Buncombe Republican Rep. Tim Moffitt’s legislation to ban female toplessness: “Though we’ve explained our viewpoint many times during GoTopless rallies over the last two years, politicians are still missing the entire point,” president Nadine Gray said in a news release […]