News Bulletins

Disney Institute Returns to Blue Ridge Community College May 3

Press release: Disney Institute Returns to Blue Ridge Community College May 3 Disney facilitators announced What: A one-day course that allows participants to discover insights that drive the Disney organization and how to apply those in their own work. Participants will identify the personal and organizational values that drive them as a leader to carry […]

Hike with the former deputy superintendent of the Smokies in Cataloochee Valley

Press release from Friends of the Smokies:  The rich and diverse natural and historical treasures of Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be highlights of the next Classic Hike of the Smokies at Caldwell Fork Trail. Join Friends of the Smokies Tuesday, May 9 to see late spring wildflowers and historic Cataloochee Valley on this moderately […]

OSEGA Gymnasts wins eight regional championships

Press release: OSEGA Gymnasts Pick Up Eight Regional Championships Swannanoa, NC-OSEGA Gymnasts Won Eight USGA Regional Championships last week in what is being called “the best performance by any gymnastics program in our region.” The boy’s regional championship was held in Daytona, Florida. The girl’s regionals were held in Mobile, Alabama. Pitted against state champions […]

Cataloochee Revisited bus tour with author Wayne Caldwell

Press release: Please join award-winning local author Wayne Caldwell on Saturday, August 5, 2017, for a day trip to the Cataloochee Valley Historic Area. Caldwell based his best selling fiction series (Cataloochee and Requiem by Fire) on life in the Cataloochee Valley before and during the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The […]

Rally to celebrate healthy communities, recovery draws 1,000 to downtown Marion

Press release from Vaya Health: Organizers of the inaugural Blue Ridge Recovery Rally estimated that more than 1,000 local residents gathered Saturday in downtown Marion to celebrate healthy communities, hope and recovery. The first rally of its kind in McDowell County, the event aimed to spread the message that people can and do recovery from […]

Senator Van Duyn and Representative Ager to host town hall May 13

Press release: Senator Terry Van Duyn and Representative John Ager to discuss HB2 repeal On May 13th, Senator Terry Van Duyn (D- Buncombe) and Representative John Ager (D-Buncombe) will be holding a townhall event at Stephen’s Lee Community Center at 2pm to discuss House Bill (HB) 142 that repealed the controversial HB2, often referred to […]

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