Press release from UNC Asheville: UNC Asheville is featured in The Princeton Review’s 2021 edition of The Best 386 Colleges, which includes only about 13% of America’s four-year colleges. The University also is ranked in the national top-20 in several categories; these rankings are based on surveys of 143,000 students. Based on the surveys of students, UNC […]
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The Craft Futures Fund celebrates three months of grants
Press release from The Center for Craft: The Center for Craft celebrates the midpoint of the Craft Futures Fund, established to support craft-based education projects that seed resilience, foster community, and amplify impact across the US. These one-time, unrestricted grants of $5,000 each have gone to individuals and organizations that have been economically impacted by […]
City of Asheville to hold remote meetings Aug. 24-27
Update from the city of Asheville: The Public Safety meeting scheduled for August 25 has been CANCELLED. This meeting will be rescheduled for September. Rescheduled meeting details will be noticed and posted on the committee page. From the city of Asheville: The city of Asheville will hold the following virtual meetings the week of Aug. […]
NC Board of Elections improves absentee ballot request process with new form
Press release from the North Carolina State Board of Elections: As mail-in absentee ballot requests surge in North Carolina, the State Board of Elections this week released an improved North Carolina Absentee Ballot Request Form for the November 3 election. [Through August 18, nearly 300,000 absentee ballot requests have been received by county boards of elections […]
Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers to provide free COVID-19 testing
Press release from Western Carolina Rescue Ministries: Western Carolina Rescue Ministries (WCRM) is pleased to announce its continued collaboration with Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers (AMCHC) to help provide the at-risk population with necessary resources (ie: food, shelter, clothing, medical care, etc.). In particular, AMCHC will be offering FREE COVID-19 testing on Wednesday and Friday […]
Warren Wilson receives STARS gold rating for sustainability
Press release from Warren Wilson College: Warren Wilson College has earned a STARS Gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). With more than 900 participants in 40 countries, AASHE’s STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System) program is the most widely recognized framework in the world for publicly […]
More renters looking to move to Asheville during COVID
From Apartment List: Apartment List just published our quarterly renter migration report, shedding new light on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted moving trends. Our Q3 Migration report analyzes proprietary data from millions of user searches spanning April through early-August to determine where Americans are looking to make their next move. Compared to this time last […]
National Gingerbread House Competition goes virtual
Press release from the Omni Grove Park Inn: The Omni Grove Park Inn is revolutionizing the National Gingerbread House Competition – the largest in the world! – for the 2020 holiday season to ensure that the competition’s legacy built on design, innovation and tradition continues safely for future generations. The competition will continue virtually without […]
William Barber III to address WNC Sierra Club
Press release from the Western North Carolina Sierra Club: On Sept. 3, William Barber, III, strategic partnerships associate at The Climate Reality Project, will speak on “Environmental Injustice: Race, Class and Climate Change.” This event is co-presented by the Western North Carolina Sierra Club, The Climate Reality Project and the Poor Peoples Campaign. Barber will talk […]
T-Mobile turns on 5G service in Asheville, Black Mountain, Canton, Barker Heights and Sylva
Press release from T-Mobile: T-Mobile is marking another big step in its nationwide 5G rollout, expanding the next-generation wireless technology in the suburbs and exurbs across North Carolina. Two momentous breakthroughs bring this latest network expansion. In April, T-Mobile completed its merger with fellow national wireless provider, Sprint. The combination of the two companies’ network […]
Vance Monument Task Force to hold remote orientation meeting, Aug. 20
Press release from City of Asheville: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Vance Monument Joint City & County Task Force will hold a remote orientation meeting on August 20 at 4:30 p.m. Please note this first meeting is for orientation of the new members and there will not be any public comment at this meeting. More information, […]
UNCA earns Tree Campus USA recognition for second consecutive year
Press release from UNC Asheville: UNC Asheville has been recognized as a 2019 Tree Campus USA, joining 385 campuses across the United States with this recognition. This is the second year the University has been honored for effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals. UNC Asheville achieved the title […]
Duke Energy expands customer service options as pandemic continues
Press release from Duke Energy: As our communities take careful and deliberate steps toward business as usual, we’re doing the same. Here’s what you can expect as we move into this next phase together. Giving additional time We realize that the financial impact of the pandemic is far from over. That’s why we’re taking a […]
Buncombe County Sustainability earns Excellence in Innovation award
Press release from Buncombe County: Buncombe County was honored at the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners 2020 Virtual Annual Conference with an Excellence in Innovation Award. The award, sponsored by the Local Government Federal Credit Union, recognizes counties for finding new and improved ways to serve their communities. This year, the Buncombe County Sustainability Office […]
Enka High School employee tests positive for COVID-19
Press release from Buncombe County Schools: A message was sent to Enka High School staff this morning regarding this matter. The body of that message is below: We have been notified that one of our employees has been diagnosed with coronavirus, also known as COVID-19 on Saturday, August 15th. As such, employees working within close proximity […]
Overdose Awareness Day 2020 pivots to virtual event on Aug. 30
Press release from WNC AIDS Project: In the last year, we have had reports of 1,357 Overdose Reversals. It is amazing and humbling to hear the wonderful and happy stories so many of our people tell when discussing how WNCAP’s work in Harm Reduction helps so many. Unfortionaly not everyone comes out of an overdose and we […]
Earth Fare partners with ABCCM for inaugural 5% Giving Day on Aug. 19
Press release from Earth Fare: 5% Giving Day will be held quarterly where five percent of the day’s net sales will be donated to support a local nonprofit or educational associations that align with their brand’s core values. This quarter Earth Fare, Westgate will support ABCCM (Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry) in their endeavor of […]
Jessie Landl named executive director of Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County
Press release from the Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County: The Board of Directors of the Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County is thrilled to announce Jessie Landl as our new Executive Director. Jessie has been with PSABC since 2017 as our Director of Development and Programming. Some of her many accomplishments include our […]
Historic Flat Rock releases impact report on Kanuga Road project
Press release from Historic Flat Rock Inc.: In March of this year, following HFR Board of Directors approval, HFR advised the NC State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) that it was our plan to undertake an independent study, and submit to SHPO, an evaluation of the NCDOT Kanuga Road project R-5748 and its impacts to the Flat Rock Historic District. This study […]
Land of Sky Regional Council among recipients of NCSU broadband expansion grant
Press release from North Carolina State University — Institute for Emerging Issues RALEIGH—The Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI) at NC State University is excited to announce its first round of grant recipients for Building a New Digital Economy in NC (BAND-NC). Eleven North Carolina counties will each receive a $5,000 grant to help bridge the […]
APD responds to stabbing on Bartlett Street
Press release from Asheville Police Department: At approximately 2:50 a.m. on August 16, the Asheville Police Department responded to a stabbing on Bartlett Street. Officers arrived to find a male victim suffering from multiple stab wounds. The victim was transported to Mission Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. After further investigation, officers determined that an altercation […]