From the website: Fasten your seatbelts! The first annual West Asheville Soap Box Derby is coming to a hill near you! Join us Saturday September 29th from 12-5pm. Enjoy free admission to watch the creative talents of your friends and neighbors roll down a hill… and yes, with a medic on stand-by. Better yet, build […]
News Bulletins
From APD – Summary of Criminal Charges – 2012 Bele Chere Festival
Full release from the APD: 2012 Bele Chere Intoxicated & Disruptive (I&D) = 13 Open Container (alcoholic beverage) = 1 Resist, Obstruct, & Delay a public officer (RDO) = 1 Possession of Schedule VI controlled substance (marijuana) = 1 Fireworks violation = 1 Defraud an Innkeeper = 1 Simple Affray = 1 Simple assault = […]
Wanted: public input on North Carolina bicycle-and-pedestrian plans
from the North Carolina Department of Transportation The N.C. Department of Transportation is in the process of developing a new statewide pedestrian and bicycle plan – and it is seeking the public’s help to craft a vision for the future of biking and walking in North Carolina. The plan, which will be developed in collaboration […]
Dog Day Afternoon celebrates local animal-rescue organizations Saturday, Aug. 18
FULL PRESS RELEASE On Saturday, Aug. 18, the 1st Dog Day Afternoon festival will take place at the East Green of Carrier Park in West Asheville to celebrate all things canine and support local dog rescue organizations. Three of Asheville’s most prominent animal rescue organizations — Animal Compassion Network, the Asheville Humane Society and Brother […]
MAIN launches prototype mapping tool
The nonprofit Mountain Area Information Network is pleased to launch a mapping tool prototype for citizens and grassroots groups in Western North Carolina. For years, big corporations and government agencies have enjoyed the power of GIS and data visualization to shape public policies and public opinion. Until now, the cost and technical complexity of these […]
McDowell News: College senior from McDowell makes summer money with lawn game
from the McDowell News: What started as an idea to create a set of personalized cornhole boards for her family trip to the beach turned into a successful business for Kim Coley. After finishing her boards, Coley set them out to dry at her grandparents’ house on N.C. 226 South and before she knew it, […]
Check it out: ADA’s “25th Anniversary Prize a Day Giveaway”
Through Friday, Aug. 10, the Asheville Downtown Association is celebrating its 25th Anniversary with a PRIZE A DAY GIVEAWAY. Each weekday, the ADA will give away a prize through its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/AshevilleDowntownAssociation. Prizes include: $25 gift cards to Lexington Avenue Brewery, the Grove Arcade and Paul Taylor Custom Sandals. Plus VIP packages to […]
Improvement project for North Toe River begins
from the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service: A recent paddle down the North Toe River provided biologists and local residents with a first-hand look at the river and helped mark the start of an intense, three-year effort to improve the stream’s health. The effort, called the North Toe River Restoration Project, is coordinated by the […]
Biltmore Estate hosts culinary job-fair Tuesday, Aug. 7
From the Asheville Citizen-Times: Biltmore Estate will hold a Culinary Career Day next month at the Biltmore Staffing Center. The event will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 7 on the first floor of Biltmore’s corporate office at 1 North Pack Square, Asheville. …
WLOS: APD pepper sprays, arrests man wanted by federal marshals at Bele Chere
From WLOS: Asheville Police use pepper spray on a man Friday night at Bele Chere. They arrested 41 year old Thomas Hicks. He is from Alabama and wanted by the Federal Marshal’s Office on assault charges. Police say when they approached Hicks, he became violent and tried to run. Hicks was eventually taken into custody.
Two Progress Energy reps resign from merged Duke Energy board
After the controversial and reportedly forced resignation of Progress Energy CEO Bill Johnson earlier this year, shakeup and dissent continue in the company’s merger with Duke Energy. from the Raleigh News&Observer Two former Progress Energy directors resigned from the Duke Energy board Friday and recommended that Duke start looking for a new CEO. The departures […]
ASU professor receives grant to analyze Asheville’s East Riverside redevelopment
Full announcement from Appalachian State University: BOONE – Dr. J. Rosie Tighe, a geography and planning professor at Appalachian State University, has received a $10,000 grant from Oak Ridge Associated Universities for a project examining Asheville’s current major redevelopment plans in contrast to urban renewal programs in the past. The project focuses on Asheville’s East […]
WNCAP and Asheville FM get dramatic for Spanish radio soap-opera
From the press release from the Western North Carolina Aids Project: Asheville, NC – The Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP) is producing and will be airing a Spanish-language radionovela (radio soap-opera) as part of its ongoing effort to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS in the Latino community. Tierra del Cielo (Land of the Sky) uses […]
Council will hold July 31 worksession on water system, possible merger
From City Clerk Maggie Burleson: On July 31, 2012, from 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. in the First Floor North Conference Room, City Council will be holding a worksession which will consist of the following items: (1) Director’s Report from Water Resources Director Steve Shoaf; (2) Update on the Metropolitan Sewerage District water/sewer consolidation impact study; […]
UNC Asheville Announces Faculty Promotions, New Faculty
From UNC Asheville News Services: UNC Asheville welcomes five new faculty members to campus this fall. They are: Curt Butera, assistant professor of Classics; Lyndi Hewitt, assistant professor, Sociology; Jackie Langille, assistant professor, Environmental Studies; Tiece Ruffin, assistant professor, Education; and Wiebke Strehl, associate professor and chair, Foreign Languages. In addition, a number of faculty […]
Flags at half-staff today to honor Korean War Armistice Day
From the Governor’s office: Gov. Bev Perdue today ordered all North Carolina state flags to be lowered to half-staff today until sunset on all state facilities in recognition of Korean War Veterans Armistice Day. The N.C. Division of Veterans Affairs states that more than 177,000 North Carolina citizens served in Korea between June1950 and January […]
North Carolina plans to move mentally ill patients from adult-care homes
from the Associated Press via the Asheville Citizen-Times: North Carolina’s state health agency is moving ahead with the first step of a multiyear plan to help move potentially thousands of mentally ill residents from adult care homes to affordable housing and less restrictive living conditions. The state Department of Health and Human Services publicized Thursday […]
From the blogosphere: Wild-mushroom foraging with the Southern Highland Conservancy
It was the perfect storm for finding mushrooms last weekend in gorgeous Yancey County. In recent days, thunderstorms had soaked the ground, paving the way for an explosion of boletes, chanterelles, little brown mushrooms, and many others. On July 22nd, SAHC & guests were led on an intriguing excursion by Asheville myco-hunter and expert, Charlotte […]
Site Selection: Beer culture comes to a head in the Asheville region
Here’s an excerpt from a recent article in Site Selection, a magazine that focuses on corporate real estate strategy and economic development. The piece analyzes how both New Belgium and Sierra Nevada breweries ended up locating major new production facilities in the Asheville area. Asheville, N.C., knows its hops and grains. The city has been […]
New website tracks rise of independent money in NC politics
Here’s the press release from the Institute for Southern Studies FollowNCMoney.org offers first searchable database of outside spending in state races DURHAM (July 26, 2012) — With election spending in 2012 on a record-shattering pace, a new website aims to track the dramatic rise of money flowing from independent groups into North Carolina state politics. […]
N.C. audit reveals that Medicaid fraud detection computer programs fall short
From the News & Observer: Vaunted computer programs that the state Department of Health and Human Services and Gov. Bev Perdue promised would help expose Medicaid fraud and save the state money have fallen far short of expectations, according to a state auditor’s report released Thursday.