Full announcement from the city of Asheville Asheville, NC –Asheville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts is offering a variety of activities and classes this fall at the Stephens-Lee Recreation Center, 30 George Washington Carver St. Classes · Women Only Workout-Fitness Center: Monday, 5:00-6:00 pm, free · Men Only Workout-Fitness Center: Monday, 6:00-7:00 pm, free · […]
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Southern Equality legal team offers free advice during Blue Ridge Pride, Saturday, Oct. 6
Press release from the Campaign for Southern Equality This Saturday, Oct. 6, from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., at Blue Ridge Pride, the Campaign for Southern Equality’s volunteer Legal Team will provide free assistance to LGBT individuals completing a Health Care Power of Attorney form. Many LGBT people either do not have the financial resources […]
Blue Ridge Metals Announces Expansion
Press release from Henderson County Partnership for Economic Development Blue Ridge Metals Corporation, a fully owned subsidiary of Central Yoshida Corporation, headquartered in Nagoya, Japan, is pleased to announce the expansion of the company’s North American manufacturing facility located in Fletcher, NC. The expansion creates a positive employment impact through the addition of at least […]
Gov. Perdue touring Highland Brewing, Troy and Sons tomorrow
Full announcement from the office of Gov. Bev Perdue: Gov. Bev Perdue will tour the Highland Brewing Company and Troy & Sons Distillers in Asheville on Friday. As one of the largest craft brewers in the Southeast, Highland provides brewery products in the Carolinas, as well as parts of Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Alabama and Virginia. […]
Asheville Tea PAC endorses Justice Paul Martin Newby
Announcement from Asheville Tea PAC: Hendersonville, NC, 9:30 P.M.: Justice Paul Martin Newby, North Carolina Supreme Court Justice, has received the endorsement of Asheville Tea PAC for re-election. The Asheville Tea PAC endorsement program is performed in conjunction with the assessment process of iCaucus. iCaucus maintains a standard that satisfies our criteria for evaluating candidates. […]
“Camping in the old style” re-enactment at Cradle of Forestry
Full announcement from U.S. Forest Service: PISGAH FOREST, N.C., Oct. 4, 2012 – The U.S. Forest Service invites the public to attend “Camping in the Old Style,” a re-created campsite of the early 1900s at the Cradle of Forestry near Brevard, N.C., on Oct. 13. During this time in history, the Pisgah National Forest was […]
Cheap gas! in NewsRadio570 deal, 100 Asheville drivers will get $1.84/gallon gas Friday, Oct. 5
Press release from News Radio 570 WWNC (Clear Channel) NewsRadio 570 WWNC and Gas Can Man are cutting the price of gasoline to the January 2009 price of $1.84 at 7 a.m. Friday, Oct. 5, for 100 lucky drivers at a gas station location in Asheville. The specific location of the gas station where the […]
Charlotte Observer : Dalton, McCrory trade snarls in debate
From the Charlotte Observer – North Carolina’s candidates for governor, Walter Dalton and Pat McCrory, engaged in a sharp-edged televised debate Wednesday, offering barbed exchanges on taxes, businesses, fracking, race and voter ID that reflected the state’s political polarization. Dalton, the Democratic lieutenant governor, most often was in the role of the aggressor, portraying McCrory […]
Six tons of food for Manna Food Bank raised by radio group
Press release from Saga Communications On Friday Sept. 28th, the 1st annual Mountain of Meals Food Drive came to an end after a 65-hour marathon radio broadcast. The result of the week-long event was nearly 6 tons of food for Manna Food Bank which will provide tens of thousands of meals to people in Western […]
Questions about the judicial races? See the NC Bar Association surveys
Election season includes district and statewide races for North Carolina judicial offices. But these races aren’t often covered by the media. Luckily, the North Carolina Bar Association surveyed more than 4,000 of its member attorneys about the candidates’ qualifications. Press release From the North Carolina Bar Association NORTH CAROLINA BAR ASSOCIATION PROVIDING INFORMATION ON CANDIDATES […]
Insurance companies request a 17.7 percent property rate increase for 2013
Press release From the North Carolina Department of Insurance RALEIGH— Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that the Department of Insurance received a homeowners rate filing from the North Carolina Rate Bureau on Oct. 1. The Bureau, which is not affiliated with the Department and represents the property insurance companies writing business in the state, […]
NC DOT’s tip for seeing the fall colors: Travel the state’s scenic byways
Press release from the North Carolina Department of Transportation Leaves changing color is one of the most visual indications that autumn is headed our way. A great way for sightseers to see the beautiful change of crisp, seasonal colors is to travel along North Carolina’s scenic byways. The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Scenic Byways program […]
Trout stockings in North Toe River delayed until Oct. 12
Press release from N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has postponed a trout stocking in the North Toe River in Spruce Pine until Oct. 12 so it will coincide with the start of a research project being conducted on the river. The original stocking had been scheduled for this week as part […]
Smoky Mountain Sk8way offers naming rights
Full announcement from the Smoky Mountain Sk8way: Smoky Mountain Sk8way is looking for a naming rights partner to rename the soon to be expanded Smoky Mountain Sk8way Sports and Entertainment Arena in exchange for revenue to help expand. The partnership offers to name the “newly expanded sk8way/arena” to include the company name in exchange for […]
UNCA to host national Lincoln exhibit starting Oct. 15
Press release from UNC Asheville News Services “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War,” a national traveling exhibition, will open at UNC Asheville’s Ramsey Library on October 15. The exhibit examines how President Lincoln viewed the Constitution as applied to three intertwined crises of the Civil War—the secession of Southern states, slavery and wartime civil […]
“I hunt and fish, I don’t play tennis”: Hayden Rogers releases first TV ads
From Hayden Rogers for Congress: Brasstown — Today Hayden Rogers released his first two television advertisements of the general election cycle. The 30-second spots, “Values” and “Don’t,” highlight Rogers’ mountain values and commitment to keeping and creating jobs in America, protecting Medicare, controlling federal spending, and bringing common sense, independent leadership to Washington, DC. A […]
Romney campaign holding debate watching party at Asheville HQ
From the Republican National Committee: Raleigh, NC – On Wednesday, North Carolinians will host families and friends at their homes and Romney Victory centers across North Carolina to watch Governor Mitt Romney debate President Obama. This election is a choice between two very different visions for our nation’s future – and that choice will be […]
N.C. Policy Watch questions the notion of “sequestration”
From N.C. Policy Watch If ever there was a lame and bureaucratic word that symbolizes the Washington gridlock, sequestration is it. Seriously, who thinks up these terms? Who could possibly think that the use of such a word is the best way to convey to the American public what’s going to happen to the essential […]
EarthShare’s 6th annual Campout! Carolina set for Oct. 12-14th
Register now to take part in EarthShare North Carolina’s 6th annual Campout! Carolina the weekend of October 12-14, 2012. Campout! Carolina is an annual event that encourages individuals and community groups across the state to show their support for a healthy environment by camping out in their backyard or favorite camping site. Our friends at […]
Vampire Race adds new races and raffle
Press release from Brevard Rotary The 30th annual Flight of the Vampire Race will have a new start time, 8:00 am, Saturday morning October 27, starting at Brevard College Gym. Not only does the race have a new start time but there will be the addition of the 10k route, 1k race for children, a […]
Blue Ridge Parkway? (Now) There’s an app for that
This just in, from the Blue Ridge Parkway Association: Just in time for fall leaf season, visitors have a new mobile tool to help them plan a trip to the Blue Ridge Parkway and surrounding regions. In cooperation with the National Park Service, the Blue Ridge Parkway Association proudly announces the launch of its mobile […]