From the press release: Asheville, N.C. – 37 youth from Buncombe County joined more than 300 youth tobacco use prevention advocates in Raleigh on Thursday, Feb. 16th to celebrate successes in reducing youth tobacco use over the past decade. The celebration highlighted the successes achieved since North Carolina first began spending a portion of the […]
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Local events planned for National Eating Disorders Week
From the press release: The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) is launching its 25th annual National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (NEDAwareness Week) in an ongoing mission to bring public attention to the critical need to raise awareness and funding to battle eating disorders in the U.S. During NEDAwareness Week, thousands of people come together in […]
League of Women Voters hosting Feb. 22 forum on redistricting
League of Women Voters to hold forum on Redistricting: Voting Rights & Voting Wrongs The Asheville-Buncombe County League of Women Voters will hold a public forum on North Carolina’s decennial redistricting on Wednesday, February 22, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center at 236 Charlotte Street. Like all League-sponsored forums, this event will be […]
Buncombe GOP urges people to attend Feb. 23 water forum
Here’s the message from the Buncombe County Republican Party via the group’s email newsletter: Friends, Below is information on the public forum regarding important issues in the Buncombe County area. Republicans are continually lacking representation at these public forums and we encourage you to come out learn about the issues lending your voice to the […]
Recruiting Sierra Nevada to WNC: The legislative role
N.C. Rep. Chuck McGrady (who represents the Henderson County region) wrote this piece for ChicoER.com: Residents in Henderson County, and even western North Carolina, are cheering the recent announcement that Chico, California-based Sierra Nevada, a large brewer, has chosen to locate its new brewery on the east coast in the Ferncliff Industrial Park in Mills […]
Lone Free: Freelancing and SAHM-ing (A Sticky Situation)
Being a stay-at-home mom is challenging, but trying to juggle child-raising with freelance writing is like juggling cooking knives and kittens. Or that’s the impression I get from reading this post by local mommyblogger Melanie at Lone Free. My favorite freelancing-while-mothering mishap occurred last summer, when I met with interior designers at a historic manor […]
Break your curfew? Supermom lays down the law!
When your mom is a popular local parenting blogger, you break curfew at your own risk. When your mom is Michelle “Supermom” Lee, that’s more like doubling down on an already shaky bet. Staying out until 1 am so you can make out with your boyfriend isn’t showing us that we can trust you. Don’t […]
Video: Almost 10 minutes of poi
You might think that spinning a pair of ropes with weighted balls on the end is easy. You might not even really consider it to be much of a performance art. Sure, it might have been entertaining enough for the ancient Māori people — the people who invented the art of Poi — but they […]
Camping World to open new dealership and retail store in Asheville
Here’s an excerpt of info from the “Asheville, NC” blog: They are planning on opening a store in Asheville NC that will be named “Camping World of Asheville”. It will be located at 2918 North Rugby Road which is currently Todd’s RV and Marine. This is going to be a big impact, not only will […]
Asheville protesters don’t want Postal Service, post offices cut
Here’s an excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times article: ASHEVILLE — A mixture of protesters, postal workers and politicians — both living and dead — gathered Monday afternoon at Pack Square Park with a clear message: Save post offices and postal jobs. … The Postal Service is forecast to lose a record $14.1 billion this year. […]
New Belgium Brewing is seeking film submissions for “Clips of Faith” tour
Here’s the press release: Bring Your Film to the Inflatable Big Screen! New Belgium Brewing is Seeking Film Submissions for “Clips of Faith” Tour You make the film. We make the beer. Ft. Collins, CO – February 21, 2012 – New Belgium Brewing, maker of Fat Tire Amber Ale, is calling all filmmakers, beer-lovers and […]
District Attorney Jeff Hunt officially files to run for congress
Here’s the press release from the Jeff Hunt campaign: District Attorney Jeff Hunt Officially Files for Congress Hunt considered “frontrunner” in crowded field BREVARD, NC (February 21, 2012) – Today, District Attorney Jeff Hunt, a candidate for the 11th District Republican nomination, made his run for Congress official by filing paperwork with the North Carolina […]
Southern Baptists consider new name
According to the Hendersonville Times-News, A panel for the Southern Baptist Convention recommended Monday that its leadership endorse a new, add-on description for the denomination — “Great Commission Baptists” — but stopped short of a complete, legal name change. Officials described the new term as a way to give an official, sanctioned identity to affiliated […]
No criminal case found by DA against ex-Henderson Sheriff Davis
According to the Hendersonville Times-News, District Attorney Jeff Hunt announced Monday that his office will not pursue any investigation into rumored criminal activity at the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office. “No information or evidence from any source has been furnished to my office that Sheriff Rick Davis has engaged in criminal conduct,” Hunt said in a […]
Four Buncombe County High Schools vandalized over weekend
According to the Asheville Citizen-Times, Authorities were reviewing surveillance video and talking to students Monday after vandals hit four Buncombe County high schools over the weekend. The Enka High jet, the Reynolds High rocket, the Erwin High warrior statue and a spirit rock at North Buncombe were spray-painted over the weekend, Buncombe County sheriff’s Lt. […]
Benefit concert planned to support Open Arms Crisis Pregnancy Center
From the press release: Hendersonville, N.C. (February 21, 2012) – Save the date for “Wonderfully Made,” a Music for Life benefit concert to support Open Arms Crisis Pregnancy Center in Hendersonville. The interdenominational concert will take place on Friday, March 16 at 7:00 p.m. at the Fletcher Seventh-day Adventist Church at 1141 Howard Gap Road. […]
Free tax preparation available for families earning less than $50,000
Here’s the press release: Free Tax Preparation for Families Earning Less than $50,000 (Western North Carolina) – OnTrack Financial Education & Counseling’s Free Tax Preparation Program offers free tax preparation to households earning less than $50,000. Already in 2012, the program has helped over 252 working families in WNC complete their taxes for free, resulting […]
VIDEO: David Gantt on the Asheville Water System
Buncombe County Board of Commissioners Chair David Gantt wasn’t able to attend the Feb. 21 Mountain Voices Alliance water forum. But he made this video in which he shares his thoughts on the current debate over what to do with the Asheville water system.
NC to induct first black member of Sons of American Revolution
According to the Raleigh News and Observer, A chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution in North Carolina is inducting its first black member, a firefighter who only recently learned his ancestor was freed from slavery after fighting for American independence. Chaz Moore, 30, is a descendant of Toby Gilmore, the son of a […]
Eat at Zambra tonight to benefit two local servers
From Matt Shepard of Zambra, via Facebook: “Come in to Zambra to eat tonight! All of the profits and server tips will be donated to an awesome family who have had some rough times. Bartender Angie Dahm is pregnant and is having to have a C-section on Wednesday and her partner Erik just severed his […]
Firehouse Subs to donate rescue equipment in memory of Capt. Jeff Bowen
From a Firehouse Subs press release — On Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 10:30 a.m. Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation is donating a 36-foot trailer for Technical Rescue Teams worth more than $15,000 to the Asheville Fire Department in memory of local firefighter Captain Jeffery Bowen. The donated trailer, otherwise unavailable due to budget constraints, will […]