Press release from Mission Health: ASHEVILLE, N.C. (November 9, 2016) – Mission Hospital has earned recognition as one of the nation’s Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics, a leading authority on clinical quality. Mission Hospital is one of only two hospitals in the Carolinas to receive the recognition. It marks Mission Hospital’s remarkable eleventh […]
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Owen Middle School to hold holiday craft fair Dec. 10
Press release: Now in its 12th year, the annual Owen Holiday Craft Fair features arts and crafts handmade by professional artisans, likely including pottery, blown glass, doll outfits, toys, jewelry and wearable art, carved wooden items and home decorative items. The Owen Middle School will hold its Holiday Craft Fair at 730 Old US 70, […]
Asheville Habitat ReStore to donate portion of Nov. 17 sales to help Fayetteville homeowners affected by Hurricane Matthew
Press release from Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity: ASHEVILLE, NC (November 10, 2016) – Habitat for Humanity ReStores across North Carolina and including Asheville, will donate a portion of their proceeds from sales on November 17th to help rebuild the 93 Fayetteville Habitat homes that sustained severe damage last month in the flooding from Hurricane […]
Henderson Oil Company gives $8,000 to Henderson County Schools
Press release from Henderson County Public Schools: HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (Nov. 9, 2016) – Henderson Oil Company awarded a total of $8,000 in ExxonMobil Educational Alliance grants to 16 Henderson County Public Schools on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, supplying elementary, middle and high school principals with extra funds for literacy and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics […]
City Council to meet on Election Day, Nov. 8
Asheville City Council will meet at 5 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 8, but the gathering is likely to be a brief one. Council will consider items on its consent agenda and hear public comment.
Asheville metro area ranks in top 20 percent of cities in 2014-2015 GDP growth
From Johnson Price Sprinkle PA: Asheville Metro’s Economic Size & Growth Johnson Price Sprinkle PA (JPS) provides insight into Asheville metro’s economic size and growth. How big is the Asheville metro economy? Is it growing? How do you measure the size of an economy? You could count the resident population, the number of employed persons […]
Appalachian State and UNCA collaborate to research threatened plant species
Press release from UNC Asheville: Professors and student researchers from Appalachian State University’s and UNC Asheville’s Departments of Biology have partnered in a federally funded project to assess several aspects of an imperiled plant in western parts of North Carolina and Virginia. The plant, called Spiraea virginiana, has been on the federal government’s list of threatened […]
Free credit report pull and review event on Nov. 3 in Brevard
Press release from Asheville Savings Bank: Free Credit Report Pull and Review Event by OnTrack Financial Education & Counseling at Asheville Savings Bank Brevard Location Visit ASB’s Brevard banking center on Thursday, Nov. 3 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. WHAT: OnTrack WNC Financial Education & Counseling (OnTrack WNC) will be onsite at Asheville Savings Bank’s […]
Rosebud Video in danger of closing, launches crowdfunding campaign
From the GoFundMe campaign for Rosebud Video: Welcome to Rosebud Video’s GoFundMe! My name is Denise, and many of you know me already as a loyal Rosebud employee for 4 years, and I’ve been a member for 10 years. “There’s no place like home (Rosebud).” – The Wizard of OZ (1939) An Asheville relic, Rosebud has served the […]
Local nature school to travel to Standing Rock Sioux reservation
From the newsletter of Forest Floor, a local nature school: We are organizing a caravan of vehicles to drive to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in ND to deliver much needed winter supplies to the water protectors there. We will additionally stay on site for approx. one week to assist in any way we can. […]
Transgender Day of Remembrance to be observed Nov. 20
Press release from Tranzmission: Asheville, NC – Our community’s observance of the 18th International Transgender Day of Remembrance will be held in downtown Asheville, at Pritchard Park at 6:00 pm on Sunday, November 20th. Last year’s event was attended by over 250 people, with more are expected to attend this year. Organized by Tranzmission and […]
Rural Heritage Museum opens exhibit on barns and building traditions of the Southern Highlands
Press release from The Rural Heritage Museum at Mars Hill University: Shelter on the Mountain: Barns and Building Traditions of the Southern Highlands Exhibition dates: October 23, 2016 – May 28, 2017 MARS HILL, NC. October 20, 2016. The Rural Heritage Museum at Mars Hill University opens a new exhibition beginning October 23, 2016: Shelter on […]
Rosenbergs’ son to present ‘The Case for Exoneration’ on Nov. 10 at UNCA
Press release from UNC Asheville: Michael Meeropol, the son Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage, will present The Case for Exoneration, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10 in UNC Asheville’s Humanities Lecture Hall. This talk is free and open to the public. In one of the most famous cases of […]
UNCA open house scheduled for Nov. 12
Press release from UNC Asheville: UNC Asheville will host its final fall Open House on Saturday, Nov. 12, just days ahead of the deadline for early action applications for admission. The Open House gives college-bound students and their families a chance to talk with current students, meet one-on-one with faculty and staff, and discuss academic […]
South Slope Neighborhood Association to meet Nov. 1
From an email from the South Slope Neighborhood Association: The SSNA meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 5:30 PM. Tomorrow, we will meet in the back bar at Catawba Brewing 32 Banks Ave. The SSNA is for people who live and work on the South Slope. We discuss and report on topics […]
Paralympian keynotes Disability is Diversity Week at UNCA
Press release from UNC Asheville: Paralympian Matt Glowacki will present Able-Bodied Like Me on Monday, Nov. 7 in an event that will keynote and start UNC Asheville’s Disability is Diversity Week 2016. Disability is Diversity Week focuses on disability as an identity of diversity and difference to be not only accepted but celebrated. Glowacki, a highly sought […]
Asheville’s Wyatt Edsel named N.C. Young Engineer of the Year by ASCE
Press release from Altamont Environmental: Asheville, North Carolina—October 26, 2016—Wyatt Edsel, E.I., of Altamont Environmental, Inc. has been named 2016 Young Engineer of the Year for the North Carolina Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Located in Asheville, Altamont provides environmental consulting, engineering, and land planning services. Edsel has worked for Altamont […]
Area high schools recognized by state for high graduation rates
Press release from Henderson County Public Schools: HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (Oct. 27, 2016) – Henderson County Early College, West Henderson High School, and Hendersonville High School were three of 70 North Carolina schools recognized for their exceptionally high 2015-16 cohort graduation rates by State Superintendent June Atkinson on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at a special ceremony in […]
Significant progress made in fighting Sylva wildfire
Press release from U.S. Forest Service: Thursday Update on Wildfire burning near Sylva, NC FRANKLIN, NC, October 27, 2016, 10:00 AM Started: October 23, 2016 Cause: Under Investigation Containment: 80% Location: Southeast of Dicks Creek Road, Sylva, NC Fuel Type: Hardwood, Leaf Litter Terrain: Steep and Rugged Current Size: 374 Acres Summary: Firefighters made significant […]
ART Route S2 detoured today, Oct. 27
Press release from the city of Asheville: Due to lane closures, City of Asheville ART Route S2 will not run on Forest Hill Drive or Warwick Road for the remainder of Thursday, 10/27/2016. The bus will detour on Caledonia Road and will reconnect with the regular S2 route on Kenilworth Road. The following stops are […]
Three local orgs awarded $600,000 USDA Farm Pathways grant
Press release from Southern Appalachians Highlands Conservancy: Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy, Organic Growers School and WNC Farmlink receive federal funding to continue the Farm Pathways collaboration over the next three years. Asheville, NC – The Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy (SAHC), Organic Growers School (OGS), and WNC Farmlink have been awarded a $600,000 federal grant over […]