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Tom Delay to headline Charles Taylor Holiday Dinner

Press release from organizers of the Charles Taylor Holiday Dinner: “The Hammer” to Headline Annual Charles Taylor Holiday Dinner Former Republican House Majority Leader Tom Delay will be the honored guest at this year’s annual Charles Taylor Holiday Dinner. The 22nd annual Charles Taylor Holiday Dinner will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, December 12 […]

The Larry Keel Experience with Jeff Sipe at 3rd annual New Year’s Eve Hootenanny at Oskar Blues

From a press release: The Larry Keel Experience with Jeff Sipe at 3rd annual New Year’s Eve Hootenanny at Oskar Blues/ Wednesday, Dec. 31 at Oskar Blues Brewery, 342 Mountain Industrial Dr Brevard, NC 28712 The New Year’s Eve Experience: The Larry Keel Experience with Jeff Sipe PLUS Jeremy Garrett & Travis Book (of the […]

Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce among those honored by accredidation entity

From a press release: Carolinas Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (CACCE) names 2014 Carolinas Accredited Chambers Greenville, SC – The Carolinas Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (CACCE) recognized the 2014 recipients of the Carolinas Accredited Chamber designation at their Annual Management Conference in Greenville, SC on October 30, 2014. Eight chambers of commerce […]

Historic Biltmore Village announces “An Old Fashioned Dickens of a Christmas Festival”

From a press release: This is a newly formed event combining our Christmas tree lighting and our Dickens Festival into one grand holiday event.  We invite you to step back in time and enjoy Christmas as it once was. Friday night:  6:00 PM: Over 1000 luminaries will line the streets of Historic Biltmore Village to […]

Ultimate Ice Cream makes donations from flavor of the month to Ebola crisis

From a press release: Local ice cream shop Ultimate Ice Cream is contributing to the Ebola response through the flavor of the month donation program in November. All proceeds will go to Partners In Health, an international non-profit that is helping to provide care to communities in rural West Africa hard hit by the Ebola […]

Brevard College hosts Thanksgiving Turkey Trot 5K benefit

From a press release: Brevard College hosts Thanksgiving Turkey Trot 5K benefit Brevard College and the Enrichment Seminar Service Program will host a Thanksgiving Turkey Trot 5K on Saturday, November 22 to benefit Transylvania County’s Sharing House. All proceeds from the event will benefit Brevard’s Sharing House, which provides assistance and food for Brevard families. […]

Montford Park Players’ production of “A Christmas Carol” opens Dec. 6

From a press release: Montford Park Players’ production of “A Christmas Carol” opens Dec. 6 The Montford Park Players of Asheville, North Carolina’s longest running Shakespeare Festival, will open Charles Dickens’ classic tale of greed and redemption, A Christmas Carol, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014 at Asheville’s historic Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway Street in downtown […]

Air quality forecast for Wednesday, Nov. 12: Medium (yellow)

Wednesday, November 12, 2014, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys of Asheville and surrounding area. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For the ridge tops, it is a code GREEN air quality forecast day. No health impacts are expected when air quality is in […]

Asheville joins nationwide campaign to end veteran homelessness

Press Release From The City of Asheville ASHEVILLE – Mayor Esther Manheimer has signed on to the Mayors’ Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness by the end of 2015, a program initiated earlier in the year by First Lady Michelle Obama. Ending veteran homelessness means reaching the point where there are no veterans sleeping on our […]

WCU selects Jackson County native to lead administration, finance division

Press release from Western Carolina University WCU selects Jackson County native to lead administration, finance division CULLOWHEE – Jackson County native Michael T. Byers, an associate vice chancellor for business affairs at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, is the next vice chancellor for administration and finance at Western Carolina University. Byers, who is […]

Buncombe County Women’s Agenda Assembly

From a North Carolina Women United Press Release: Buncombe County Women’s Agenda Assembly North Carolina Women United and Women Across Buncombe County Come Together 11/15 to Discuss Public Policy That Affects Us All On November 15, 2014, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, North Carolina Women United (NCWU) will host the Buncombe County Women’s Agenda […]

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