Press release: Intimate Concert Features Local Musicians The 6th Annual Benefit Concert Raises Funds for Habitat for Humanity ASHEVILLE, NC (November 17, 2016) – Tell a friend and bring the family to the sixth-annual, all-local benefit show for Habitat for Humanity! Presented by West Asheville Presbyterian Church and sponsored by West Village Market, the free concert will take […]
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Workshop offered on nonprofit leadership succession planning
Press release from WNC Nonprofit Pathways: Change in leadership is inevitable, and organizations can either be prepared for it or be blind-sided by it. WNC Nonprofit Pathways will help nonprofits prepare for it in an upcoming workshop led by consultant Greg Walker Wilson of Asheville. Called “Leadership Change is Inevitable: Succession Planning for Nonprofits” the […]
Asheville Holiday Parade will proceed as planned
Press release from event organizers: The 70th Annual Asheville Holiday Parade, presented by Bojangles, is a go for Saturday, Nov. 19 beginning at 11am in Downtown Asheville. The NC Division of Air Quality is forecasting improved conditions for parade day and the parade entries are excited to perform for you! Come out and cheer on […]
Code Purple issues for Asheville, Buncombe County this weekend
From City of Asheville: Code Purple issued for Asheville/Buncombe this weekend ASHEVILLE — In response to predicted severe cold weather, a Code Purple has been issued for Nov. 19-21. The CODE PURPLE effort stems from the collaborative work of the Homeless Coalition, which is a collective of agencies, faith groups, and individuals experiencing homelessness that […]
Asheville firm Samsel Architects earns state award
Press release: Samsel Architects Named Firm of the Year by NC Chapter of the American Institute of Architects November 10, 2016 – The Asheville firm, Samsel Architects, received the prestigious Firm Award, as well as two residential design awards, from the North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA NC) at a recent […]
Mission Health, community donate supplies to firefighters
Press release from Mission Health: ASHEVILLE, N.C. (Nov. 17, 2016) – Mission Health caregivers and patients continue to donate supplies to help fire fighters and emergency workers who are battling blazes across western North Carolina. Mission Health set up donation boxes at each of its six hospitals and at its offices at Ridgefield Court in Asheville. […]
Air Quality Forecast for Friday, Nov. 18: unhealthy (RED). Air quality officials expand health notice related to wildfires
The forecast for Friday, November 18, 2016, is code red for most of Western North Carolina, including Asheville and Buncombe County. This also includes McDowell and Rutherford counties, and the Hickory area. Air quality will be unhealthy in these areas. Everyone should avoid prolonged outdoor activity. Code orange is forecast for other areas east of the mountains, as well as […]
Local craft guild offers special pricing Dec. 3 and 10 at annual Holiday Maker Market
Press release from Southern Highland Craft Guild: The opportunity to purchase handmade for the holidays has returned to the Folk Art Center, with shopping deals for all customers. Each year makers of the Southern Highland Craft Guild liquidate overstocks and annual inventory at the Guild Artists’ Holiday Sale. Occurring two Saturdays in December, the 3rd […]
Warren Wilson College applications bring Thanksgiving to WNC residents
Press release from Warren Wilson College: For high school seniors celebrating Thanksgiving next week, applying to college is bound to be on their minds. Which school has the right major? Will they fit in? Do their values align? With an undergraduate education emphasizing social and economic justice and the common good, Warren Wilson College is […]
Suspect in Deaverview homicide taken into custody; second suspect still at large
Press release from Asheville Police Department: (ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Nov. 17, 2016) – Frederick N. Simpson Jr., 23, has been arrested by the U.S. Marshall Service in Conyer, GA. Simpson had an open warrant for 1st Degree Murder in connection to the shooting death of 40-year-old Travis Dominick Mayfield. Police are still searching for a […]
Total fire acreage increases; weather conditions expected to present higher fire danger through coming week
Press release from National Forests in North Carolina, Nov. 16 at 6 p.m.: CURRENT SITUATION Total large fire acreage is at just over 42,000 acres, an increase of 1,668 acres from yesterday. Containment has increased on all fires, particularly those on Nantahala National Forest. Fire crews around the region are working on containment lines ahead […]
Buncombe Senior Living seeks to relocate 60 adult care home beds
Press release from N.C. Department of Health and Human Services: RALEIGH, N.C. – Buncombe Propco and Buncombe Opco have filed a Certificate of Need application with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to relocate 24 adult care home beds from Nana’s Assisted Living Facility and 36 adult care home beds from The Laurels of […]
Hendersonville Symphony will perform “Carolina Christmas,” Dec. 10
Press release from Hendersonville Symphony: The Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra (HSO) is ready to fill everyone’s stocking with holiday musical delights, as they present their next 2016-2017 season concert, “Carolina Christmas,” Saturday, Dec. 10, at 3 p.m. at the Blue Ridge Community College’s Concert Hall. (Please note this is an afternoon performance.) Single-seat, single-date tickets are […]
Party Rock fire grows to 5,714 acres
Press release from North Carolina Forest Service: For Immediate Release 11/16/2016; 10:30 a.m. Contact: Fire Information Center, 828-513-2500 or 336-455-9641 Email: partyrockfireinfo@gmail.com The Party Rock Fire grew to 5,714 acres, but remained at 19 percent containment. Firefighters continue to secure containment lines and conduct burnout operations on the Party Rock Fire in advance of a […]
Kathy Mattea will keynote SERFA Conference, May 2017
Press release from event organizers: Grammy Award winning musician and activist Kathy Mattea will deliver the keynote address at the 10th Annual SouthEast Regional Folk Alliance (SERFA) Conference in Montreat, NC on Friday, May 19, 2017. Mattea, whose No. 1 country hits include “Goin’ Gone,” “Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses” and “Come From the […]
Keith Flynn gives poetry readings Nov. 19 and 21
Press release from Keith Flynn: I’ll be participating in TWO spectacular poetry readings this weekend. SATURDAY, NOV 19 at MALAPROP’S BOOKSTORE with Marilyn Kallet and Katherine Soniat— and MONDAY, NOV 21 at THE NC STAGE COMPANY with musician Aaron Price joining me, along with former poet laureate Joseph Bathanti and Daniel Lawless. World class poets […]
Appalachian Trail fire restrictions stretch from Georgia to Shenandoah National Park in Virginia
Press release from Appalachian National Scenic Trail: Appalachian National Scenic Trail to Implement Fire Restrictions from the US Route 33 crossing in Shenandoah National Park to Springer Mountain, GA. HARPERS FERRY, W.V. (Nov. 17, 2016) – The National Park Service (NPS) and Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) announce that fire restrictions are in place along the Appalachian […]
Initial MerleFest 2017 lineup includes Asheville-area bands
Laura Boosinger & The Midnight Plowboys, Andy Buckner, Mark Bumgarner, John Doyle, David Holt, Locust Honey String Band, Bryan Sutton Band, Carol Rifkin and Jeanette Queen join the MerleFest lineup. Press release from Hearth Music: MerleFest, presented by Window World and slated for April 27-30, 2017, is proud to announce its initial lineup of artists. […]
Lake Julian Festival of Lights kicks off Dec. 1 with walking tour
Press release from Buncombe County Recreation Services: Light up your holidays at the 16th annual Lake Julian Festival of Lights. The show officially opens with the popular “Lights by the Lake Foot Tour” on December 1 from 6pm to 8pm. The walk through event is offered only once during the show and creates a family-friendly opportunity to […]
Updated: Chemical spill affects Laurel and French Broad rivers in Madison County
Update 4:31 p.m.: Xpress has new information that the substance reported by the French Broad Riverkeeper was not the substance that leaked from the overturned truck. While there is still question about what it actually was, water samples taken by representatives from both the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality and the French Broad Riverkeepers were […]
WCU’s Hunter Library to publish new edition of rare regional classic
Press release from Western Carolina University: CULLOWHEE – Thanks to funding from the University of North Carolina Press, Western Carolina University’s Hunter Library will reissue the rare regional classic “Twenty Years of Hunting and Fishing in the Great Smokies” by Samuel Hunnicutt, originally published in 1926. The grant from the Thomas W. Ross Fund to […]