Event description From UNC Asheville: April 3rd, Humanities Lecture Hall 7 PM Robin Morgan will present a talk: “Sisterhood Tweets and Blogs into the 21st Century.” Robin Morgan is an American poet, author, political theorist and activist, journalist, lecturer. Since the early 1960s she has been a key feminist member of the American Women’s Movement, […]
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Femcare statement: we’ll shift abortion services to Planned Parenthood
Statement from Femcare: Recognizing the political challenges in today’s environment, Femcare has been in conversation with Planned Parenthood for several months. Both parties want to ensure that women in Western North Carolina have strong, long-term access to full GYN health options, including abortion. With that mutual goal in mind, in the coming year Femcare will […]
Appalachian Trail license plate revenue tops $1 million
Press release Asheville, NC (March 18, 2014) – The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) is pleased to announce that revenue received from the sale of Appalachian Trail (A.T.) specialty license plates in Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia recently exceeded the $1 million mark. The A.T. License Plate Program was established in 2005 in order to support […]
Asheville Design Center objects to I-26 plan
The Asheville Design Center announced March 18 that it is opposed to language in a resolution being considered by local governments that recommends that the N.C. Department of Transportation move forward with “Alternative 3C” routing for a new stretch of I-26 through town. Since its founding in 2007, the nonprofit Design Center has been an […]
Sci-Fi movie about Brown Mountain lights debuts in Morganton, April 4
Press release Sci-Fi movie about Brown Mountain lights debuts in Morganton, April 4 Morganton Hosts World Premiere of Sci-Fi Movie About Famous Lights MORGANTON, N.C. – Coming soon to a theater near you: Burke County’s mysterious Brown Mountain Lights. The lights, a natural phenomenon seen for centuries near their namesake mountain, play an integral role […]
Carolina Public Press: Femcare likely to close, Planned Parenthood to offer abortion services
Carolina Public Press By Jon Elliston: The Raleigh-based Planned Parenthood Health Systems plans to open a new clinic in Asheville this summer that will provide abortion services, Melissa Reed, the company’s vice president of public affairs, told Carolina Public Press this morning. … Western North Carolina’s only provider of abortion services, Femcare, put its property […]
Council on Aging announces ‘Medicare Choices Made Easy’ sessions
Press Release Council on Aging The Council on Aging in conjunction with Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) announces Information Sessions, Medicare Choices Made Easy, for the second quarter of 2014. The classes will explain how Medicare works, the enrollment process, how to avoid penalties and ways that beneficiaries might save money. The Information Sessions […]
Chimney Rock offers new kids’ rock climbing event on March 29
Press Release From Chimney Rock State Park: CHIMNEY ROCK, N.C. (March 18, 2014)—Building on the success of the park’s Climbing the Chimney event last fall, Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park is offering a spring fever cure for families with a taste for outdoor adventure. Participants can experience Chimney Rock from a different perspective […]
A-B Tech students earn coveted spots in NASA’s Aerospace Scholars program
Press Release From Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College: A-B Tech Community College students Kris Ridenour and Mike Blackwater were two of the 40 students in the United States chosen by NASA to participate as Aerospace Scholars at the Marshall Space Flight Center February 26-28. Community and junior college students from across the nation apply to be […]
Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina Foundation announces grant awards totaling over $1.8 million
Press Release From Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina Foundation: Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina Foundation announces grant awards totaling $1,840,575 to 40 non-profit organizations. Of the 40 grants, 18 were in the area of social services totaling $813,000, 12 went to education for a total of $582,795, and the remaining 10 were health […]
School of Integrated Living part of sustainable development initiative
Press Release From School of Integrated Living: Black Mountain, NC – In a rural valley in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of the United States, the School of Integrated Living (SOIL), is a small school with big intentions. SOIL’s mission is to inspire and empower people to live responsible and creative lives by providing experiential education […]
UNC Asheville to hold public Board of Trustees meeting March 28
Press Release From UNC Asheville: The UNC Asheville Board of Trustees will hold committee meetings from 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, at 118 W.T. Weaver Boulevard, and the full board will meet from 8 a.m.-1:15 p.m. on Friday, March 28, in the Sherrill Center, Mission Health System Mountain View Conference Room, on the […]
Opportunity House offers extended pottery studio hours to members
Press Release From Opportunity House: Opportunity House, an Arts & Crafts Cultural Center in Hendersonville, NC is very proud to announce that we will now be extending our Pottery Studio Time. Are you a potter or do you know someone that is? This is the perfect “opportunity” to get your hands back into clay without […]
A-B Tech honor society wins 18 awards at convention
Press Release From Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College: A-B Tech Community College’s Alpha Upsilon Eta chapter of Phi Theta Kappa received 18 awards and recognitions during the Carolinas Region Hallmark Awards Convention March 14-16 in Charleston, S.C. Phi Theta Kappa is the international honor society for two-year colleges. Awards included the Most Distinguished Chapter (based on […]
Neighborhood group opposes I-26 plans
A neighborhood group calling itself the I-26 ConnectUs Project announced March 17 that it is opposed to language in a resolution being considered by local governments that recommends that the N.C. Department of Transportation move forward with “Alternative 3C” routing for the new stretch of interstate. Buncombe County commissioners are considering the plan March 18 […]
Industries for the Blind employees participate in eye donor drive to benefit NC Eye Bank
Press Release The North Carolina Eye Bank: WHAT: Blind and low-vision employees at Industries for the Blind-Asheville will register as eye donors with the North Carolina Eye Bank in recognition of March as National Eye Donor Month. The North Carolina Eye Bank supports research to restore sight, and this research gives promise to everyone who […]
Asheville FM: FCC approves FM station
Here’s the announcement from Asheville FM: The FCC announced today that our application for a Low-Power FM station was APPROVED! Friends of Community Radio, Inc., the parent non-profit organization for Asheville Free Media, was granted a Construction Permit to build a station that will broadcast on 103.3 FM at 100 watts from the Hotel Indigo […]
Writing Workshop at The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, May 2-4
Press release Writing Workshop at The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, May 2-4 The Poetics of Audience: Experimenting with Points of Address in Poetry Jaye Bartell, Eric Gelsigner, Nathanael Roney & Bridget Elmer The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center announces a weekend workshop consisting of lectures, writing exercises, book making & […]
RiverLink introduces ‘one-stop’ French Broad recreation application
Press Release From RiverLink: Thanks to a generous grant and contributions from our board of directors RiverLink is excited to release the new comprehensive French Broad River Paddle Trail enjoyment map and app – 13 interactive layers of information to help you identify and locate all the services you will need to enjoy recreating in […]
Jackson County Farmers Market hold ‘Shed Your Change’ fundraiser
Press Release The Jackson County Farmers Market The Jackson County Farmers Market has begun its Shed Your Change Campaign. We are currently in the process of raising money to build a storage shed at our outdoor market location in the Bridge Park Parking Lot. The market offers year round fresh veggies and meats as well […]
WCU students to show research projects at Expo and Symposium
Press Release Western Carolina University The research prowess of Western Carolina University students will be on display as the university holds two early spring events, the Undergraduate Expo and Graduate Research Symposium. The research, creative work and service of undergraduate students will be on display during the 16th annual expo, which will be hosted by […]