From WLOS: The Blue Ridge Parkway reopened a closed section of the historic motor road, from Milepost 376 at Ox Creek Road in Asheville, NC to Milepost 355 at Mt. Mitchell State Park using temporary bypass lanes, on Monday, August 26, 2013. The speed limit in this section of the roadway has been reduced to […]
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Festival for Families at Dancing Bear Toys
From Dancing Bear Toys: ASHEVILLE, North Carolina – September 21 2013 – Dancing Bear Toys announces the first annual Fun Fest, a free outdoor festival for kids and families. The festival will take place on Saturday, September 21, 2013 from 11 am-3 pm in the parking lot of Dancing Bear Toys’ new location at 518 […]
Charlotte Street Computers to host Sept. 5 Chamber After Hours event
From a Chamber press release: CHARLOTTE STREET COMPUTERS HOSTS ASHEVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUSINESS AFTER HOURS EVENT ASHEVILLE, NC, August 26, 2013 – Charlotte Street Computers is proud to host the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce September Business After Hours event at their Charlotte Street location on September 5th from 5:30pm – 7:00pm. Both […]
HomeTrust Bank parent company repurchases stock shares
HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. Announces Stock Repurchase Program ASHEVILLE, N.C., Aug. 27, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq:HTBI), the holding company for HomeTrust Bank (the “Bank”), announced today that the Company’s Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to 1,041,245 shares of the Company’s common stock, representing 5% of the […]
Executive Director of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition to speak at UNCA
Press release From the N.C. Center for Health and Wellness: Share an Evening with Shellie Pfohl Sept. 16, 2013 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. UNC Asheville Sherrill Center-Room 417 The N.C. Center for Health and Welllnesss welcomes Shellie Pfohl as part of Well-A-Bration 2013. Shellie was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as executive director of […]
AC-T: Mission to lay off employees
Here’s an excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times: In a letter to employees, Mission Health President and CEO Dr. Ron Paulus says the hospital is laying off some employees as part of an effort to reduce costs. The letter details a number of things the hospital is doing to cut costs and says “there will be […]
Sugar Mountain announces Oktoberfest
Here’s the press release from Sugar Mountain Ski Resort: SUGAR MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT, NORTH CAROLINA. August 26, 2013 – Sugar Mountain Resort’s 23rd annual Oktoberfest will be held October 12th & 13th. Take in the beautiful fall foliage, cool, comfortable mountain temperatures, and a weekend full of Oktoberfest activities from 10 am until 5 pm […]
AC-T: Buncombe commissioners quietly get pay raise
Here’s an excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times article: When the issue was hot two years ago, some Buncombe County commissioners had plenty to say about their compensation, which at the time was North Carolina’s highest for commissioners. … When the time came to make a change as part of deliberations over this year’s budget, commissioners […]
Foundation awards grants to Asheville schools
The Asheville City Schools Foundation is set to distribute over $80,000 in grant awards to teachers in every school in the Asheville City School district. Here’s the group’s press release: (Asheville, NC) “Move that bus!” says Kate Pett, Executive Director of Asheville City Schools Foundation (ACSF). The “bus” is actually her family’s minivan that the […]
UNC Asheville fitness area named for former Chancellor Sam Schuman
Here’s the press release from UNCA: UNC Asheville named its fitness area in honor of Samuel Schuman, the university’s third chancellor (1991-1993), in an August 24 ceremony that brought together present and former faculty and staff, Schuman’s family and friends, and even some of his former students. Schuman recalled that he first came to the […]
Asheville nonprofit executive to speak at statewide conference
Here’s the press release from the N.C. Center for Nonprofits: RALEIGH, N.C. – Sheryl Aikman, vice president of development for the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina based in Asheville, will be a presenter at the 2013 Statewide Conference for North Carolina’s Nonprofit Sector being presented by the N.C. Center for Nonprofits. The conference will […]
Land-of-Sky Regional Council seeks vendors for upcoming wellness expo
Press release From Land-of-Sky Regional Council: Land-of-Sky Regional Council’s Volunteer Services Department is looking for vendors to participate in its Annual Wellness Expo to be held Monday, September 23, 2013, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Biltmore Square Mall in Asheville. Last year, the event attracted more than 500 senior adult participants. The […]
Writers at Home series begins Sept. 15 with poet Tina Bar and novelist Bonnie MacDougal
Press release From UNC Asheville News Services: Poet Tina Barr and novelist Bonnie MacDougal will kick off the Writers at Home fall series with a reading at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood St., downtown Asheville. The Writers at Home series, sponsored by UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program, is free […]
Local artist Marc Chenevert donates his portfolio to the National Museum of Commercial Aviation
Asheville-based photorealistic artist Marc Young Chenevert has announced that he will release his portfolio of aviation artwork to the National Museum of Commercial Aviation in Atlanta, Ga. Chenevert’s career spanned 50 years during which around 75-percent of his drawings dealt with commercial aviation. His subject matter, outside of aviator, has ranged widely. Other media that […]
APD Chief’s son arrested for DWI
From The Asheville Citizen-Times: ASHEVILLE — City police chief William Anderson’s son, already embroiled in a major legal tangle following a March traffic accident that caused a public backlash against his father, was charged with driving while impaired following a wreck early [Aug. 25.] in southern Buncombe County. Chad Anderson, 22, was driving a 2013 […]
Mountain Oasis announces local showcase at Emerald Lounge
“The Emerald Lounge will play host to a stacked lineup of local and regional talent in an electronic music showcase on Friday, October 25 and Saturday, October 26,” says a post on the Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit website. The lineup includes locals PaperTiger, RBTS WIN, The Jellyrox, Hi Alta and Marley Carroll. Entry is […]
National Multiple Sclerosis Society to host two events at Reuters YMCA in September
Press release From the National Multiple Sclerosis Society: Asheville, N.C. – The Greater Carolinas Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society will host “Aquatics, Yoga, and Multiple Sclerosis” an education program for health and wellness professionals on Saturday, September 14 from 2-4:30 p.m. and Sunday, September 15 from 1-5 p.m. This program is an opportunity […]
Asheville Green Drinks moves to The Green Sage Café
From Western North Carolina Alliance: Asheville Green Drinks moves to The Green Sage Café ASHEVILLE – Starting this Wednesday, Asheville Green Drinks will be located at The Green Sage Café, 5 Broadway St., in downtown Asheville. The Green Sage Café has created a special reduced-price Asheville Green Drinks menu and is staying open later to […]
The Kalob Griffin Band plays Emerald Lounge on Aug. 29
Philadelphia-based Americana/rock outfit Kalob Griffin Band heads to Asheville for a show at Emerald Lounge on Thursday, Aug. 29. Matt Butcher & the Schoolyard Band and Elk Tracks also perform. 9 p.m., $5. A bit about KGB from a press release: “The Kalob Griffin Band, or ‘KGB,’ as their followers chant, is composed of lead […]
Winston-Salem Journal: Study shows 40 percent of NC’s mental health workers older than 50
From the Winston-Salem Journal: Story by Richard Craver The state’s 14 mental-health institutions are heading toward a pivotal care and services transition, with about 40 percent of their 10,564 workers being at least 50 years old and 9 percent 61 and older, according to a study released last week. The study also determined that women […]
Times-News: Former Brevard schoolteacher beats record for completely self-supported AT hikes
From the Times-News Story by Nathaniel Axtell Only about 20 percent of those who set out to hike the entire Appalachian Trail actually complete the 2,185-mile journey between Georgia and Maine, and those who do generally take between five and seven months. Former Brevard schoolteacher Matt Kirk, 32, completed the journey Aug. 7 in 58 […]