Press release from Mountain BizWorks: The Mountain BizWorks Board of Directors has selected Matthew Raker to serve as the organization’s next Executive Director effective January 1, 2020. Raker has served the WNC-based community development financial institution, or CDFI, in a variety of management roles over the past five years and currently holds the position of […]
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UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program announces 11 spring semester courses for community writers
Press release from UNC Asheville: UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program (GSWP) will present 11 courses this spring for community writers including a new course experimenting with point of view in short fiction, and courses on poetry, memoir, non-fiction, writing for children and young adults, and advanced workshops to create polished “agent-ready” pages. The GSWP […]
City of Asheville announces recipients of racial healing mini-grants
Press release from the City of Asheville: The City of Asheville is glad to announce the recipients of the first Asheville racial healing mini-grants. The City received 34 applications, of those eight were selected. The intent of the racial healing grants are to invest in projects already established in the community. The mini-grants represent a […]
Blue Ridge Community College receives grant from Duke Energy and Piedmont Natural Gas
Press release from Blue Ridge Community College: Blue Ridge Community College today announced a $200,000 investment from Duke Energy and Piedmont Natural Gas. The funds will be used to connect students with hands-on training and career development opportunities. The investment will be used to update learning labs to mirror state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing standards. Blue Ridge […]
Downtown Holiday Windows contest winners announced
Press release from Asheville Downtown Association: The Asheville Downtown Association today announced the winners of its annual Downtown Holiday Windows Contest. Judge’s scored on creativity, originality, interpretation of theme, use of merchandise and the WOW factor. The 2019 theme is “Peace on Earth,” following the theme of the Asheville Holiday Parade. Winners are: • Judge’s […]
UNC TEACCH® autism program offers free transition to college program at A-B TECH
Press release from UNC School of Medicine: The TEACCH® School Transition to Employment and Postsecondary Education Program (T-STEP) is an innovative program designed to help high school and college students with autism prepare for adulthood. The program focuses on time management, emotion regulation, and professional social skills. This FREE intervention was developed by the UNC TEACCH […]
United Way of Transylvania grants $82,500 for second quarter
Press release from United Way of Transylvania: United Way of Transylvania County (UWTC), currently in its 65th year of community service, paid its second quarter grant allocations checks to 11 fiscal agents administering 15 local programs on Friday, December 6. (See list of programs below or go to unitedwaytransylvania.org/funded-programs-2019-2020 to see all programs and their 53 collaborative partners.) […]
UPDATED: APD takes Conrad Edward Nedd, Jr. into custody
UPDATE (December 12, 2019): Nedd has been taken into custody. Press release from the Asheville Police Department: The Asheville Police Department is seeking assistance to locate Conrad Edward Nedd, Jr. Nedd has two open warrants for Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Assault on a Female following an incident that occurred on December 9. In […]
Vanishing Wheelchair to hold special performance for founder Ricky Boone’s birthday
Press release from Vanishing WheelchairVanishing Wheelchair: The Vanishing Wheelchair’s performers invite friends and family to a unique “Magic, Mirth & Meaning” performance on Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. to celebrate the non-profit’s founder Ricky D. Boone’s sixtieth birthday. The family-friendly, hour-long show features story tellers, singers, jugglers, and magicians and will be held at St. […]
Asheville Optimist Club accepting applications/donations for Santa Pal
Press release from the Asheville Optimist Club: “It’s the most wonderful time of the year”. What a perfect line from a true Christmas Classic. Every member of the Optimist Club of Asheville, N.C. truly and honestly believes this, too. The Santa Pal project began 83 years ago in the basement of one of the club members. […]
Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office and partners sponsor trainings and events on restorative justice practices
Press release from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office: The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office along with co-sponsors Buncombe County Schools, Western Carolina Rescue Ministries, United Way of Buncombe County, Asheville City Schools and the Justice Resource Advisory Council are bringing together key stakeholders in the criminal justice system for a series of trainings and public events on […]
Comfort Food initiative to feed Henderson County students over winter break
Press release from Henderson County Public Schools: HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (December 2, 2019) – Later this month, Henderson County Public Schools (HCPS) and the Henderson County Education Foundation (HCEF) will launch “Comfort Food,” a grassroots initiative funded by donors Brian and Gina Grossman to feed local children facing food insecurity during the winter break. Students will […]
Yancey County schools lunch debt paid off by the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina and the Yancey Affiliate Fund
Press release from The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina: Each year, the staff of The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina (CFWNC) celebrates the season by selecting an organization or project to support. This year, CFWNC staff and board and the Yancey Affiliate Fund made contributions of $1,400 to satisfy the current school lunch debt […]
Sue Wasserman chosen for 2020 Writer’s Residency, Great Smoky Mountains Association
Press release from Great Smoky Mountains Association: Great Smoky Mountains Association has announced Sue Wasserman of Burnsville, North Carolina, as the winner of the second annual Steve Kemp Writer’s Residency. A GSMA member, Wasserman learned about the residency from GSMA’s digital newsletter, the Cub Report. Recently she has written two articles for Smokies Life magazine focused on the artists and artisans […]
Late Yancey County Sheriff Banks honored with a highway naming
Press release from N.C. Department of Transportation: A four-mile stretch of U.S. 19E in Yancey County has been designated in honor of a distinguished public servant from Yancey County. The N.C. Board of Transportation approved a resolution this week to name a stretch of the highway between Cane River School Road and the West Yancey Fire Department […]
Fireside Collective releases new single
Press release from Fireside Collective: Blending bluegrass, blues and a healthy dose of danceable funk, Fireside Collective’s “Don’t Stop Lovin’ Me” reveals them to be a band out to make a unique artistic statement — and by any measure, that’s exactly what their second single from Mountain Home Music Company is. Written and sung by […]
Asheville Habitat opens applications for Affordable Homeownership Program
Press release from Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity: Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity (AAHH) is currently accepting applications for its affordable homeownership program. AAHH is an Equal Opportunity Housing provider that serves local residents who earn 70% or less of AMI (Area Median Income) and who meet other program qualifications. Detailed information is available at […]
Bless Your Heart releases debut album at The Mothlight, Dec. 9
Press release from Bless Your Heart: Bless Your Heart celebrates the release of debut album “New Very Strange Songs” with Reversels and Brynn Estelle at The Mothlight on Monday, December 9th. Bless Your Heart and its frontpeople, Vigilance Deadname and Sunn Sett Apple, take cues from classic country songwriting and immerse them in the textures […]
Mayland Community College ranked nation’s 10th-best community college by The Best Schools
Press release from Mayland Community College: Mayland Community College (MCC) was recently named one of the top 10 of the 50 Best Community Colleges in the nation by thebestschools.org. This award is based on the comparison of several outcome factors significant to college success such as completion/graduation rates, sustained achievement, learning, deployment, equitable and cost-to-value […]
WNC agricultural nonprofits among 25 to receive Carolina Farm Credit grants
Press release from Carolina Farm Credit: STATESVILLE, NC – In 2014, Carolina Farm Credit established the Corporate Mission Fund to provide grants to local, non-profit agriculture-related organizations and scholarships to NC college agriculture students. 2019 marks the fifth year the Association has awarded these grants. Nearly 150 grant applications were received for the program in […]
APD seeks information on Natasha Edgerton
Press release from the Asheville Police Department: The Asheville Police Department is requesting assistance to locate Natasha Edgerton. Edgerton has five open warrants for: Statutory Rape of a Child 2 counts of Larceny to Remove/Destruct/Deactivate Security Device 2 counts of Misdemeanor Larceny Edgerton is described as a black female and 25 years of age. She […]