From Smoky Mountain News: It’s not quite the Jetsons’ flying car, but Jackson County is moving toward its own fleet of new-age vehicles powered by the emerging alternative fuel propane. The county’s public transit department is poised to outfit nine of its shuttle busses and vans with propane tanks — and the ability to switch […]
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After 45 years, The Health Adventure set to close in two weeks
Press release from The Health Adventure: As part of the required move from our home in the Biltmore Square Mall, it is with great sadness that The Health Adventure announces that its final day in operation will be July 14, 2013. The Health Adventure has been an excellent, one-of-a-kind children’s science and health center serving […]
Facelift planned for former Beacon Manufacturing site
From Black Mountain News: Swannanoa is in line to get a heart transplant. At least that’s how it feels to long-time Valley residents who witnessed Beacon Manufacturing’s closing in 2002 and the arson fire a year later that turned the commercial and social center into a burnt shell. The cleared 40-acre site is a sad […]
Ex-Charlotte Mayor Anthony Fox chosen as U.S. transportation secretary
From The Associated Press via WRAL: The Transportation Department says former Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx has been sworn in as President Barack Obama’s new transportation secretary.
NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina condemns state senate for changes to abortion rules
Press release From NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina: Raleigh, NC— Today, NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina released the following statement from their Executive Director Suzanne Buckley: “North Carolina’s anti-choice lawmakers are taking their cues from underhanded attacks on women’s reproductive rights in Texas and Ohio. In the final minutes of marking up an unrelated piece of legislation, […]
NCWRC to host free events in Brevard
Press release from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission: The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is offering numerous outdoors-related events, clinics and workshops in July through the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education near Brevard. All events, clinics and workshops are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted, and may require pre-registration on a first-come, […]
Grants available for low-income Buncombe County first-time homebuyers
Press release from OnTrack WNC: OnTrack Financial Education & Counseling (OnTrack WNC) is expanding the HomeRun Homeownership Program to low-income households in Buncombe County. The program includes comprehensive financial/housing education and counseling, plus an opportunity for participants to receive a $2.00 “match” for every $1.00 saved towards homeownership. Services provided for FREE to participants include: […]
Waynesville auto dealer buys Hendersonville Chrysler dealership
From the Hendersonville Lightning: A Waynesville car dealer has bought the Egolf Chrysler dealership in Hendersonville. Van Olp, who owns auto dealerships in Waynesville and Miami, will keep the Chrysler Dodge Jeep and Ram dealership here in the same location, Jeff Egolf said in a news release. The sale closed today, the 41st anniversary of […]
WRAL: Most of NC under flash flood watch
According to WRAL, 71 out of 100 counties in North Carolina are in a flash flood watch, including much of Western North Carolina. Most of the watches are expected to end Wednesday, July 3 at 8 p.m.
Proposed bill would let landfills build closer to refuges and parks
Press release from North Carolina News Service: Large cities outside North Carolina are looking for places in that state to dump the garbage they don’t have room for, and a bill that just passed the state Senate will make it easier for them to do that. The Landfill Deregulation Act (SB 328) will reduce the […]
Asheville Anesthesia Associates changes its name to AllCare Clinical Associates, PA
Press release From Anesthesia Associates: Asheville Anesthesia Associates (originally formed in 1971) announces that effective July 1, 2013 its new name will be AllCare Clinical Associates, PA. “The new name reflects the practice’s increasing presence outside of Asheville and its growing array of services including anesthesia and chronic pain care,” said Dr. Rodney Pugh, President of the group. “There […]
Buncombe County TRIAD and Walgreens to host Protect Your Identity Day next week
Press release From Land-of-Sky Regional Council: ASHEVILLE, NC, June 29, 2013 – If your identity is stolen, what will you do? Do you know your rights? Knowing what to do is important because an identity thief can hijack your tax refund, alter your medical records, prevent you from getting credit or a job, and even […]
Police searching for armed suspect in gas station robbery
From Black Mountain News: Buncombe County deputies are investing the holdup of a convenience store this morning in the Leicester area. The incident was reported shortly after 8 a.m. at Fastbreak II on Old Leicester Highway at Erwin Hills Road.
WLOS: Montreat College dorm found infested with mold
According to WLOS, a Montreat College dorm is undergoing repairs to remove a vast amount of mold.
Year-to-date rainfall above average at Grandfather Mountain
Here’s the press release from the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation: GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN, NC – The year-to-date measurement of liquid precipitation at Grandfather Mountain is 40.63 inches of rain, which is 8.6 inches (or 27 percent) above the norm for this time of year. Although the total for the year is above average, the June measurement […]
Sheriff Offers Tips for a Safe July 4th Weekend
Here’s the information via the Buncombe County website: With the approach of the July 4th weekend, the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office asks all citizens to make this Fourth of July holiday period a happy and enjoyable one for all. Traditionally during the July 4th Holiday, our highways experience one of the highest traffic flows of […]
Buncombe Child Support Enforcement Services moves
Here’s the information via Buncombe County: Child Support Enforcement Services has moved to the 14th floor of the Buncombe County Courthouse effective July 1, 2013. The goal of this move is to streamline access to services for clients. Below are additional specifics regarding the move. · Physical Address: 60 Court Plaza, 14th Floor, Asheville NC […]
Buncombe County TRIAD and Walgreens host ‘Identity Theft Awareness Day’
Here’s the press release from Land-of-Sky Regional Council: ASHEVILLE, NC, June 29, 2013 – If your identity is stolen, what will you do? Do you know your rights? Knowing what to do is important because an identity thief can hijack your tax refund, alter your medical records, prevent you from getting credit or a job, […]
Mission Health expands spine and back pain services to outpatient center in Clyde
Press release > From Mission Health: Asheville, N.C. (July 1, 2013) – Mission Health has extended its spine and back pain services to the Clyde community with the opening of the Mission Spine & Back Pain Center. Conveniently located in Haywood County at 490 Hospital Drive, near Tuscola High School, the center takes an innovative […]
Outside magazine lists Brevard as top town for adventuresome kids
Outside magazine has ranked Brevard as one of the top five family-friendly places to raise “outdoor kids.” Here’s an excerpt: Poised on the periphery of the Pisgah National Forest a stone’s throw from the Blue Ridge Parkway (blueridgeparkway.org), literally half of tiny Brevard is made up of state or national forest. … Families who want […]
SNAP/EBT customers can get a $5 bonus at Asheville City Market in July and August
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project offers a $5 bonus to the first 50 SNAP/EBT customers at the downtown Asheville City Market. Here are the details from the press release: ASAP and Asheville City Market Downtown’s annual $5 for $5 EBT/SNAP promotion returns this summer. Usually held for four weeks in August, the program expands in 2013 […]