OpenDoors of Asheville works to eliminate child poverty as the number of children in poverty rises across North Carolina Press release from OpenDoors of Asheville: With help from OpenDoors of Asheville, a not-for-profit organization based in Asheville, NC, children in WNC are being uplifted from multigenerational poverty through multifaceted community-based initiatives. “Despite the challenges of […]
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Another record-level attendance mark for North Carolina State Parks in 2013
Press Release (RALEIGH, NC- JANUARY 14, 2014)- According to the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation, the state once again approached a record-setting 14.2 million visits to the parks and recreation areas in 2013. This is the third straight year that attendance has been around the 14 million visit mark. The two parks with the […]
A-B Tech Culinary Arts Hot Food Team brings the gold at Charlotte competition
From A-B Tech: Dear Friends and Supporters of A-B Tech, We would like to wish you a very happy new year! It is a busy start to the new year here on our campuses. Our students are back, we have new parking lots and sidewalks, and new programs are beginning. We have just two of […]
WLOS: CTS contamination case heading to Supreme Court
According a report from WLOS, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments about whether a state statute of limitations limits the ability of people nearby the abandoned electroplating plant to get compensation for groundwater contamination stemming from the toxic “Superfund” site. Last June, a group of residents won a major victory when a […]
AC-T: Hendersonville County sheriff’s office searching for missing woman
The Asheville Citizen-Times is reporting that the Hendersonville County Sheriff’s Office is searching for leads in the case of missing 22-year old Carol Lynn Peterson. Peterson has been missing for about a week and a half, and was last seen at 3 Westbridge Drive in Hendersonville. She may be with her boyfriend, Brian Keith Medley, […]
Cindy McMahon aims to represent Reynolds District on Buncombe County School Board
Cindy McMahon announced Jan. 14 that she plans to run for the Buncombe County School Board in the Reynolds District, which is currently represented by Lisa Baldwin. Here’s the press release from McMahon: Reynolds Mom Seeks Election to Buncombe County School Board Cindy McMahon of Haw Creek announced today that she will seek election to […]
Support Grows as Racial Justice Act goes to Supreme Court
North Carolina News Service Raleigh, NC – The North Carolina Supreme Court is preparing to hear the cases of three death-row inmates who had their sentences converted to life in prison without possibility of parole, under the Racial Justice Act. Six retired judges – including two retired chief justices of the State Supreme Court – […]
AC-T: Hendersonville County sheriff’s office searching for missing woman
The Asheville Citizen-Times is reporting that the Hendersonville County Sheriff’s Office is searching for leads in the case of missing 22-year old Carol Lynn Peterson. Peterson has been missing for about a week and a half, and was last seen at 3 Westbridge Drive in Hendersonville. She may be with her boyfriend, Brian Keith Medley, […]
Hard 2 Recycle event scheduled Saturday
Saturday will be the first Hard 2 Recycle collection of 2014, according to the Asheville Greenworks website. Hard 2 Recycle events are free, public collections geared to bring awareness to other modes of recycling to our area. Join us in West Asheville as we collectitems that would normally end up in the County Landfill. The […]
Grady’s Groundhog Day Shadow Sighting at Chimney Rock Park, Feb. 2
Press release Grady’s Groundhog Day Shadow Sighting at Chimney Rock Park, Feb. 2 Grady the Groundhog, animal ambassador for Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park, will be making his annual winter prediction at noon on Sunday, February 2 behind the Old Rock Café in Chimney Rock Village, next to the park entrance. From 11 […]
Music Video Asheville announces a call for submissions
Press release Music Video Asheville announces a call for submissions We are thrilled to announce a call for submissions for the 7th Annual Music Video Asheville (MVA), the annual showcase to highlight the pairing of Asheville musicians and filmmakers. MVA debuts in its brand new venue at the Diana Wortham Theatre and the deadline for […]
ASAP’s Get Local aims to get you eating and celebrating
For Immediate Release Initiative puts spotlight on seasonal foods and restaurants with strong commitment to local farms ASHEVILLE, NC (January 13, 2014)—This year, it will be even easier to enjoy a meal at a WNC restaurant and know that what you’re eating is from a local farm. ASAP’s 2014 Get Local initiative is still all […]
Ashevegas.com: Asheville environmental activist featured
According to a report on the Ashevegas.com website, Anna Jane Joyner, campaign coordinator for the WNC Alliance in Asheville, will be in the spotlight later this year as part o the eight-part Showtime documentary series Years of Living Dangerously. The New York Times mentioned it in a Sunday story. http://www.ashvegas.com/asheville-environmental-activist-anna-jane-joyner-prepares-for-spotlight-in-upcoming-showtime-doc
Weather service predicts snow late Tuesday night and Wednesday
Snow likely will make a return visit to the area tonight and tomorrow. The National Weather Service forecast calls for more rain later today, with a chance of snow showers after midnight. Little or no accumulation is expected. However, snow showers with about an inch accumulation is possible on Wednesday, the weather service says. The […]
AC-T: Duke Energy smokestack being demolished
The Asheville Citizen-Times reported Tuesday that the oldest smokestack is in the process of being demolished at Duke Energy’s plant in Skyland, south of Asheville. “For folks that are driving in to Western North Carolina and folks that have lived down in South Asheville and drive into downtown every day, when these stacks are gone […]
Brevard College art department hosts opening reception for sculpture exhibition Jan. 24
Brevard College Hosts Opening Reception for Sculpture Exhibition Jan. 24 The Brevard College art department will host an opening reception for a sculpture exhibition featuring the work of associate Professor of Art Kyle Van Lusk on Friday, Jan. 24 Press release: The opening reception will take place at 5:30 p.m. in Spiers Gallery in the […]
WNC Health Advocates will hold volunteer training
For Immediate Release ASHEVILLE – Western North Carolina Health Advocates holds volunteer training for its Patient Pals and Family Friends peer support program 6 p.m. Jan. 28, at the Park Office Building, 70 Woodfin Place, Suite 232. Patient Pals and Family Friends provides trained volunteers to people who have illness or disability and are socially […]
ECO to host public legislative forum
Press Release (HENDERSONVILLE, NC- JANUARY 13, 2014)- ECO, Environmental and Conservation Organization, will host a public forum on Thursday, January 23rd at 6:30 at the City Operations Center to focus on North Carolina’s roll back of environmental protections. Some of the issues of concern include new billboard rules that could seriously damage our tree canopy, […]
Local salons participate in Homeward Bound fundraiser
Press Release Homeward Bound of WNC In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and to support women in overcoming mental illness and substance abuse, 11 local spas and salons have signed on to Cut the Risk, a community-wide fundraiser for Homeward Bound’s Women At Risk program. The 11 participating spas and salons have donated […]
Riverlink announces bus tours for 2014
Press Release RiverLink Is learning more about RiverLink and the French Broad River watershed one of your New Year’s resolutions? Are you looking for an opportunity to see the improvements that have occurred and hear what is coming over the next several months and years to make our rivers a better place to work, live […]
Malaprop’s to host authors from UNCA’s Great Smokies Writing Program
Press Release University of North Carolina Asheville Authors participating in UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program will read their work, created under the guidance of local author Tommy Hays, in the next installment of the Writers at Home series. The reading begins at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood St., downtown […]