A judge will hear oral arguments May 23 in a case that will determine control of the city water system and could redraw the line between local and state government power in North Carolina, the Asheville Citizen-Times reported Tuesday. The outcome of the lawsuit city government brought last year to block the transfer of the […]
News Bulletins
City Lights Bookstore announces book giveaway for World Book Night
Press Release City Lights Bookstore Who is helping give out half a million free books across America on April 23rd? We are. City Lights Bookstore is proud to be one of 2,300 bookstores and libraries across America supporting World Book Night 2014. On April 23 – Shakespeare’s birthday – 25,000 volunteers from Kodiak to Key […]
Moogfest announces free public programming
From a press release: Moogfest announces free public programming Moogfest, the 5 day festival with a lineup packing what Rolling Stone calls “eclectic firepower”, announces free concerts and programming. The music and innovation festival, taking place in Asheville, NC from April 23-27th, is dedicated to the entrepreneurial spirit of Bob Moog, the innovative founder of […]
NC WARN presses alternate plan for NC energy future: 2014 Update
Statement from Executive Director Jim Warren: Each year Duke Energy must file a 15-year plan for meeting electricity demand in North Carolina – where it has monopoly control. In reviewing these integrated resource plans or IRPs, the NC Utilities Commission is required to ensure that utilities adopt the “least cost mix” of generation and energy-saving […]
Highway Patrol looking for speeders this week
The North Carolina Highway Patrol began Operation Slow Down Monday. That means troopers will be using both marked and unmarked cars to catch violators on interstates and major four-lane highways. The operation continues through next Sunday. Authorities say that speed is the biggest cause of wrecks and fatalities both in the state and across the […]
ArtSpace Charter School OM team placed 4th in state competition
From ArtSpace Charter School: On Saturday, April 5th, ArtSpace (ACS) sent a team of 7th and 8th graders to Wingate University to participate in the North Carolina state Odyssey of the Mind (OM) competition. The ACS OM team included 8th graders Maggie Groetsch, Dakota McKnight and Chloe Mason along with 7th graders Donner Rizzo-Banks, Raynn DeWilde, Audrey Walsh and […]
ECO to host candidate forum on environment April 24
Press release From ECO: (HENDERSONVILLE, NC- April 14, 2014)- ECO, the Environmental and Conservation Organization, will host primary candidates at a forum on Thursday, April 24th at 6:30pm at the City Operations Center. Our speakers will be competing for House District 117 and county commissioner seats at the May 6th primary. Meet and greet your […]
Girls ages 9-14 invited to SciGirls Pedal Power Program
Press release From PARI: Area girls ages 9-14 are invited to a SciGirls program Tuesday, April 29, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on the PARI campus. Co-hosted with the Transylvania County 4-H, this month’s activity is “Pedal Power.” “This month the SciGirls will have a fun, healthy challenge: navigating a bicycle course around a section […]
Asheville Orthopaedic Associates enhance collaboration with Mission Health to expand care
From Mission Health: Asheville Orthopaedic Associates to Enhance Collaboration with Mission Health to Expand Care in Western North Carolina ASHEVILLE, N.C. (April 14, 2014) – Mission Health is pleased to announce its affiliation with Asheville Orthopaedic Associates (AOA), a six-physician orthopaedic practice located in Asheville, N.C. This new relationship will support and allow for the […]
A-B Tech Community College to receive grant from Duke Energy
From A-B Tech Community College: What: A grant presentation to A-B Tech from the Duke Energy Foundation When: 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 16 Where: The Technology Commercialization Center at A-B Tech in Enka Who: Representatives from A-B Tech, Duke Energy Foundation and guests Why: The grant will support the expansion of the Craft Beverage Institute […]
The Motet holds an album release party at Asheville Music Hall, April 18
From a press release: The Motet holds an album release party at Asheville Music Hall, April 18 The Motet at Asheville Music Hall with Kung Fu April 18, 2014 Doors: 9pm 21+ $12 ADV / $15 DOS After numerous sold-out shows across the nation in 2013 from The Fillmore Auditorium in Denver to the Wonder […]
Asheville Orthopaedic Associates to enhance collaboration with Mission Health
Press release ASHEVILLE, N.C. (April 14, 2014) – Mission Health is pleased to announce its affiliation with Asheville Orthopaedic Associates (AOA), a six-physician orthopaedic practice located in Asheville. This new relationship will support and allow for the practice to expand its existing high-quality and patient-centered orthopaedic services to the outlying regions that Mission Health serves. […]
Cradle of Forestry to present ‘Make Way for Monarchs’
For immediate release PISGAH FOREST, N.C., April 14, 2014 – The Cradle of Forestry in America invites the public to attend “Make Way for Monarchs,” Saturday April 19, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. Brevard naturalist Ina Warren will present this multi-media program about this year’s record low over-wintering populations of monarch butterflies. Warren will […]
AC-T: Gray wolf euthanized at WNC Nature Center
A gray wolf, who for more than six years made his home at the WNC Nature Center, was euthanized on Saturday following a brief illness, the Asheville Citizen-Times reported Monday. Cody lived at the Nature Center with a female wolf, Shalimar. About a month and a half ago, a veterinarian discovered a mass during Cody’s […]
WoSheila Kay Adams, Carol Rifkin, Jeanette Queen at the White Horse, April 17
From a press release: Sheila Kay Adams, Carol Rifkin, Jeanette Queen at the White Horse, April 17 Three lifetimes of tradition and knowledge meet in the string band made up of nationally known performers Sheila Kay Adams, Carol Rifkin and Jeanette Queen. The trio make music with fiddle, banjo, guitar and footwork, with voices blending […]
Tupelo Honey Cafe opens new restaurant in Raleigh
Press release From Tupelo Honey Cafe: TUPELO HONEY BRINGS SCRATCH-MADE GOODNESS TO RALEIGH Asheville’s iconic Southern food eatery to open in Cameron Village in Fall 2014 ASHEVILLE, NC (April 14, 2014) — Tupelo Honey Cafe, downtown Asheville, N.C.’s beloved Southern eatery, is bringing its scratch-made goodness to Raleigh in late Fall of 2014. The restaurant […]
Lanier Library Poetry Festival, April 26
From a press release: Lanier Library Poetry Festival, April 26 There are still seats available in five writing workshops scheduled for the Lanier Library Poetry Festival Saturday, April 26. Conducted by noted poets – George Bilgere, Cathy Smith Bowers, Malaika King Albrecht, Rhett Iseman Trull, Phebe Davidson and Elizabeth Cox – these workshops take beginning […]
AC-T: Asheville crews battle Merrimon Avenue fire
From the Asheville Citizen-Times: Firefighters battled a fire Monday morning in a building on Merrimon Avenue. The fire was in a commercial building in the 400 block of Merrimon. By 7 a.m., the building appeared to be completely burned out. Read the full story here.
WLOS: Mom’s claim son died was a scam
Investigators say a fundraising effort in Madison County was all a fake. According to the sheriff, a woman falsely told everyone her son died, according to reports by WLOS. The sheriff’s department says it received complaints that helped untangle a web of lies. Donnie Hjeresa faces two counts of obtaining money by false pretense. She […]
HT-N: North Mills trail closures irk some recreation users
A logging project that was supposed to close parts of the popular North Mills River area of the Pisgah National Forest through spring could now keep recreationists off their favorite trails until fall, according to reports by the Hendersonville Times-News. The U.S. Forest Service announced in a Feb. 3 news release it was closing four […]
AC-T: Break-ins rattle Asheville residents
Many residents in Asheville are having to deal with break-ins this year. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports that city police responded to 63 residential and business break-ins in March, according to police records. Police investigate about 60 per month, Sgt. Dave Romick said, noting there were 64 in January and 53 in February. “This fluctuates due to […]