Media update from the City of Asheville: Plans to upgrade a 36 inch waterline at North Fork have been delayed due to mechanical issues on Bee Tree Road. City staff are working with the community stakeholders to determine a future date for installation. The first phase of the project, the installation of a 24 inch […]
News Bulletins
A-B Tech and Buncombe County Schools release statement on UNCC shooting death of Riley Howell
Statement from A-B Tech Community College Vice President for Student Services Dr. Terry Brasier: The A-B Tech community was incredibly saddened to learn of the death of student Riley Howell in the UNC Charlotte shooting. Riley, who is from Asheville and a graduate of T.C. Roberson High School, attended A-B Tech from 2016 to 2018 […]
Penland School of Craft receives grant for gallery improvements
Press release from the Penland School of Craft: Penland School of Craft is pleased to announce a $7,850 grant from the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership for a historical timeline in the Penland Gallery and Visitors Center and key signage on the campus. The Gallery and Visitors Center are located in the recently renovated […]
May 1 lane closure on Asheville Highway
Press release from the City of Hendersonville: The City of Hendersonville would like to make the public aware of some temporary lane closures that may impact motorists entering Hendersonville from Asheville Highway. The two southbound lanes of Asheville Highway between Kimberly Street and Haywood Road will be closed this evening and continue to be closed […]
First African American scholarship awarded to Hannah Bailey of Murphy
Press release from Dr. Emory E Prescott: This spring marks the beginning of a legacy of academic scholarships to be gifted to African-American women of western North Carolina, with the first annual award of academic scholarship given by One Dozen Who Care, Inc. This non-profit organization, founded over twenty years ago by a small group […]
Project SEARCH hosts reverse job fair, May 8
Press release from Project SEARCH: Are you having trouble finding enough candidates for open positions in your company? Then, please SAVE THE DATE! The Project SEARCH Asheville Reverse Job Fair is happening on Wednesday, May 8th from 11:30 AM to 1 PM at the DoubleTree Biltmore Hotel at 115 Hendersonville Road. All business sectors are […]
Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín, June 1 at U.S. Cellular Center
Press release from Classical Communications: Saturday, June 1 in Asheville, NC at US Cellular Center Thomas Wolfe Auditorium Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín Complete live performance of Verdi’s Requiem, interspersed with historic film, testimony from survivors and narration tells the moving story of courageous performances by prisoners in a WWII concentration camp. Praised by The […]