Here’s the message from Pisgah Legal Services: Make it your New Year’s Resolution to find out more about your health insurance options for 2014! Pisgah Legal Services, in partnership with UNC School of Law’s Pro Bono Program hosting a health insurance clinic on Saturday January 4th from 10am – 1pm at our Asheville office, 62 […]
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Shakori Hills purchases its festival site
Press release Shakori Hills purchases its festival site When the 12th Annual Spring Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance opens its doors – actually, its tents and stages – in April, 2014, there will be one thing missing,”says Carol Peppe Hewitt, long-time festival volunteer and Director of Slow Money NC. “The worry of […]
Recycle old and unwanted cell phones with RiverLink
Here’s the press release from RiverLink: Asheville, NC– RiverLink is accepting old cell phones as part of a recycling program through the month of January. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates American consumers discarded 2.37 million tons of e-waste in 2009. That number continues to grow as more people own smart phones. RiverLink offers recycling program […]
WNC natural heritage areas receive state funding
Here’s the press release from the N.C. Department of Environmental and Natural Resources: Clean Water Management Trust Fund Board embraces new role with significant awards for conservation RALEIGH – Board members with the newly reconstituted state Clean Water Management Trust Fund approved $16.26 million this week to protect the state’s water supplies and several significant […]
Economic impact study: Folkmoot Festival generates $9.2 million
Here’s the press release from Folkmoot USA: Folkmoot Festival Generates $9.2 million—Organization Releases Results of 2013 Economic Impact Survey The results of an economic impact study conducted by Tom Tveidt of SYNEVA Economics demonstrate that Folkmoot USA had a $9.2 million impact on Western North Carolina in 2013. The firm conducts economic impact assessments for […]
The Sylva Herald: Student to bike across the country, repair houses over summer
From The Sylva Herald: Most college students look forward to summer as a break from their studies and a time to relax. However, for 19-year-old Connor Davis, this summer will be the exact opposite. He plans bike across the country in an effort to raise awareness and funds for affordable housing. Along the way he […]
The Mountaineer: Attorney General warns against text message scam
From The Mountaineer: Attorney General Roy Cooper is warning people of a new common version of this scam involving people who are getting text messages which appear to be from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Social Services (DHHS).
WLOS: Asheville Humane Society hosts $5 adoptions
From WLOS: Asheville Humane Society is offering $5 adoptions for all cats, kittens and adult dogs between now and Christmas.
Black Mountain News: Jack of Hearts now closed
From Black Mountain News: Jack of Hearts, a pub at 10 S. Main St. in downtown Weaverville, has closed, owner Joe Eckert confirmed Friday.
WWC professor receives writing fellowship
Here’s the press release from Warren Wilson College: Catherine Reid, chair of Warren Wilson College’s undergraduate creative writing program, has been selected by the National Endowment for the Arts to receive a Creative Writing Fellowship in Prose (fiction or creative nonfiction). The $25,000 non-matching grant is one of only 38 fellowships awarded nationwide. They enable […]
Kat Williams’ New Year’s Eve show and dinner at The Altamont
Press release Kat Williams’ New Year’s Eve show and dinner at The Altamont Ring in the New Year with Kat Williams! Tuesday December 31st, Tickets $75 Come Join Kat for for a Prime Rib dinner and special New Years Eve show! Food catered by the Green Room Bistro and Bar. The menu includes Prime Rib […]
Donna the Buffalo returns to The Orange Peel on Jan. 18
Press release Donna the Buffalo returns to The Orange Peel on Jan. 18 More energized and focused than ever before in their near 25-year career, roots-music troubadours Donna the Buffalo will debuted their first studio album in five years, Tonight, Tomorrow and Yesterday, on June 18 via Sugar Hill Records. The follow up to 2008’s […]
National Parks to offer free admission on 9 days in 2014
Here’s the press release from the National Park Service: WASHINGTON – Circle the dates on the calendar and plan your trip – America’s 401 national parks will offer free admission on nine days in 2014, including several holidays! The 2014 entrance fee-free days are: · January 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day · February 15-17: […]
Riverlink honors ‘CriticaLink’ volunteers
Press Release RiverLink Each year the RiverLink board of directors selects non-board member volunteers to honor. These CriticaLinks have distiquished themselves through their long-term efforts, creativity, persistence and impact and earned this special recognition. In the past RiverLink has honored such notables at Margie Eblen, Joe Eblen, Margie Maxwell, Mr. James Green, Art Streppa, Maylyn […]
Local water treatment business receives national recognition
Press Release West Carolina Water Treatment Haywood and Buncombe counties own West Carolina Water Treatment is chosen as “Dealer of the Month” for December’s Issue of the nation-wide trade publication Water Quality Products Magazine. Water Quality Products Magazine is one of the premier trade publications in the drinking water and filtration industry. The profile is […]
AAA: Record breaking volume expected for holiday travel
Press Release AAA Carolinas A record number of North Carolinians – 2,826,500 – will travel 50 miles or more for the Christmas/New Year’s holiday, according to AAA Carolinas. Travel volume represents an increase of 48,500 total travelers compared to last year. An estimated 2,559,700, or 90.5% of total travelers, plan to drive to their destination. […]
‘Clean Water’ funds $16 million to water conservation
Press Release N.C. Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Board members with the newly reconstituted state Clean Water Management Trust Fund approved $16.26 million this week to protect the state’s water supplies and several significant natural heritage areas in North Carolina. The Dec. 18 meeting marked the first time the board awarded grants since recent […]
Asheville Art Museum receives a grant to support student learning through art
Press release Asheville Art Museum receives a grant to support student learning through art The Asheville Art Museum has been awarded a grant of $11,190 by the Perry N. Rudnick Endowment Fund of the Community Foundation of Henderson County. The grant will be used to support the implementation of the Asheville Art Museum’s Literacy Through […]
AVL Scene: Jack of Hearts to close
From the Asheville Scene Staff reports Jack of Hearts, a pub at 10 S. Main St. in downtown Weaverville, has closed, owner Joe Eckert confirmed Friday. Eckert also owns Jack of the Wood pub and the vegetarian restaurant Laughing Seed Cafe in downtown Asheville.
Local author Wiley Cash to receive Thomas Wolfe Memorial literary award
Press Release WNC Historical Association The Western North Carolina Historical Association is pleased to announce that writer, Wiley Cash, is the 2013 winner of its Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award. Wiley Cash is being honored for his book A Place More Kind than Home published by William Morrow. The book has already achieved status as […]
Fresh Market holds “Design Our Bag” contest for kids
Press Release The Fresh Market Specialty Grocer Announces Second Annual Reusable Shopping Bag Design Contest WHO: The Fresh Market, a neighborhood specialty grocer WHAT: The Fresh Market Design Our Bag Challenge Think you have what it takes to design The Fresh Market’s next reusable shopping bag? The company is on a nationwide search for a […]