Pisgah Legal Services attorney has spent 33 years advocating for the poor From press release: William J. “Bill” Whalen may look like a mild-mannered attorney, but inside that calm exterior beats the heart of a Rottweiler. As an attorney at the nonprofit Pisgah Legal Services (PLS) for the past 33 years, Whalen has fought hard […]
News Bulletins
Anam Cara Theatre’s summer schedule
From a press release: Anam Cara Theatre’s summer schedule Tales & Ales Fri 6/27 at Toy Boat Our next evening of open-mic-style storytelling, known as Tales & Ales, will take place Friday June 27th at Toy Boat. The tales start at 8pm, doors open at 7:30. Event is pay-what-you-can. Have a beer, hear a story; […]
Montford Park Players opens Tartuffe on July 4
From a press release: Montford Park Players opens Tartuffe on July 4 The Montford Park Players proudly announce our next free show, Tartuffe, our first production of a work by Molière. Presented in the celebrated verse translation by Richard Wilbur, it’s directed by Steven Samuels, the artistic director of Asheville’s Magnetic Theatre, and features an […]
BCGOP: Turner’s financial support comes from outside district
Here’s the press release from the Buncombe County Republican Party: A Biltmore Forest resident looking to unseat Representative Tim Moffitt draws the overwhelming majority of his support from outside Buncombe County’s 116th House district. According to his most recent campaign finance report, over 80 percent of Brian Turner’s financial contributions come from outside the district he is […]
Paul Bonesteel screens documentary film “The Mystery of George Masa” at July 28 fundraiser for Environmental and Conservation Organization
From a press release: Paul Bonesteel screens documentary film “The Mystery of George Masa” at July 28 fundraiser for Environmental and Conservation Organization Local filmmaker Paul Bonesteel will speak and show his documentary film “The Mystery of George Masa” on Monday, July 28, as a fundraiser for the Environmental and Conservation Organization (ECO). The showing […]
Art Trek 2014 set for June 27-29
From a press release: Artists, Musicians and Businesses Celebrate Art Trek 2014 Area businesses and a world-famous fiddle champion are jumping on the bandwagon with Art Trek 2014. Local restaurants are offering exclusive discounts and menu selections to those with an Art Trek map and fiddle legend Jamie Laval will offer a special musical performance […]
Fundraiser for community FM radio station in Madison County
From a press release: Fundraiser for community FM radio station in Madison County The sure cure for WART is funding – and here’s your chance to help and have fun doing it. WART is to be the new community FM radio station for Madison County. It will be operated by the Madison County Arts Council […]
Filmmaker Paul Bonesteel headlines ECO event
From press release: (HENDERSONVILLE, NC, June 10, 2014) – Local filmmaker Paul Bonesteel will speak and show his documentary film “The Mystery of George Masa” on Monday, July 28, as a fundraiser for the Environmental and Conservation Organization (ECO). The showing will be in the McIntosh Room of the Blue Ridge Conference Hall, 180 […]
Forest Service says most trails and roads reopened in Trace Ridge Area
From press release: PISGAH FOREST, N.C., June 18, 2014 — The U.S. Forest Service has reopened most of the trails and roads in the Trace Ridge and Wash Creek areas of Henderson County in the Pisgah Ranger District, Pisgah National Forest. The closures were necessary to implement portions of the Brushy Ridge project, an ecosystem […]
N&O: NC tries one-time pay hike to retain state workers
To retain workers in high-demand state government fields, a little-noticed fund provided pay raises this year to nearly 3,500 employees that totaled more than $7.5 million, according to the Raleigh News & Observer. Gov. Pat McCrory’s office announced the salary raises in January but the administration didn’t release a full list of employees who received […]
AC-T: Bear activity shuts down some Smokies trails, campsites
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have closed a number of trails and campsites because of visitor encounters with what rangers deemed aggressive bears, the Asheville Citizen-Times reports. While no one has been attacked, twice in the last week when hikers encountered bears on backcountry trails, the animals stood their ground, park spokeswoman Dana Soehn […]
Air quality forecast for Wednesday, June 18: YELLOW
Wednesday, June 18, 2014, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys and ridges of Asheville. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For more information, contact: WNC Regional Air Quality Agency Asheville, NC 28806 (828) 250-6777 or visit N.C. Division of Air Quality
Affordable, flexible workspace comes to downtown Brevard
Press Release From Mountain Life Coworking: Brevard, North Carolina (June 12, 2014) – Mountain Life Coworking, which provides affordable, flexible workspace to remote workers, opened today followed by a ribbon cutting at 2pm by the Chamber of Commerce. The company is hosting an open house on Friday, June 27th from 6:30 – 8:30pm in conjunction with Brevard’s Fourth […]
Folkmoot USA hosts an open house, June 26
From a press release: Folkmoot USA hosts an open house, June 26 Folkmoot USA will host an Open House on Thursday, June 26, from 4:30 to 8:00 p.m., to celebrate Haywood County’s generous donation of the historic Hazelwood School to the cultural organization. On June 16, the Haywood County Board of Commissioners approved the donation […]
Jane Alexander discusses “The View from Tom’s Stand” at Blue Ridge Books, June 21
From a press release: Jane Alexander discusses “The View from Tom’s Stand” at Blue Ridge Books, June 21 Jane Alexander discusses The View from Tom’s Stand Saturday, June 21 3:00 pm Born a city girl, Jane Alexander tells her story of being tugged from a vibrant metropolitan life to a primitive woods camp in the […]
Patti Callahan Henry reads and signs “The Stories We Tell” at Malaprop’s, July 10
From a press release: Patti Callahan Henry reads and signs “The Stories We Tell” at Malaprop’s, July 10 Author: PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY Reading & Signing: THE STORIES WE TELL Event date: July 10, 7PM OPEN TO THE PUBLIC “The Stories We Tell unfolds in surprising ways; Patti Callahan Henry understands the delicate balance of power […]
Crowdfunding effort seeks to launch first phase of greenway connector plan
Press Release Friends of Connect Buncombe Imagine being able to someday safely walk or bike from Asheville to the NC Arboretum and onto Biltmore Park or vice versa. One of the eight priority corridors identified in the Buncombe County Greenways and Trails Master Plan is the corridor between the French Broad River and Hominy Creek […]
Edneyville Solar Farm nears completion
From GoUpState By Nathaniel Axtell A 13-acre solar farm on Laycock Road is nearly complete and soon will feed up to 2 megawatts of renewable energy to the power grid. But two other Henderson County solar farms sought by the same green energy company have died on the vine due to governmental and utility costs. The […]
Fairview daylily sale to benefit Child Abuse Prevention Services
Press Release Child Abuse Prevention Services, Inc. On Friday, June 27 from 3 to 8, and Saturday June 28 from 9 to 3. Cheryl and Doug Alderman are opening their award-winning daylily gardens in Fairview to the public for a daylily sale to benefit Child Abuse Prevention Services, Inc. The MLNCFA garden is an official […]
Air quality forecast for Tuesday, June 17: YELLOW
Tuesday, June 17, 2014, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys and ridges of Asheville. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For more information, contact: WNC Regional Air Quality Agency Asheville, NC 28806 (828) 250-6777 or visit N.C. Division of Air Quality
Last year for International Festival of Biblical Storytelling in Asheville; event to move to D.C.
From a press release: Last year for International Festival of Biblical Storytelling in Asheville; event to move to D.C. For the last five years, the international Festival Gathering of Biblical Storytelling has been held near Asheville at Ridgecrest Conference Center. In 2015 the festival moves to its new home in Washington, DC. But in August […]