Press release from Haywood County Health and Human Services Agency: Haywood County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) will host a drive-through flu shot clinic on Tuesday, October 27 from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. The clinic will be held at the Smoky Mountain Event Center (Haywood County Fairgrounds). The SMEC is located at 758 Crabtree Road in […]
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Local educators and candidates rally at Pack Square in support of public education
Press release from NC Association of Educators: This year marks a critical time to elect pro-public education candidates in order to stop the dismantling of public schools. There are so many things at stake — school funding to ensure all public school students are successful, student resources, reduction in school positions, educator salaries and benefits […]
Emergency search team locates the body of missing hiker
Press release from Haywood County Emergency Management Team: Oct. 20, 2020, 7:48 p.m. — At approximately 3 p.m. today search teams located the body of missing hiker Chad Seger. He was found in an off-trail area near the Art Loeb trail in the Shining Rock Wilderness Area. Searchers also found the gear he was believed to […]
City of Hendersonville joins sixth annual Imagine a Day Without Water awareness campaign
Press release from the City of Hendersonville: Today, the City of Hendersonville joined elected officials, water utilities, community leaders, educators, and businesses from across the country as part of the sixth annual Imagine a Day Without Water, a nationwide day of education and advocacy about the value of water. Led by the Value of Water Campaign, a thousand organizations across […]
Buncombe Sheriff’s Office seeks help locating runaway teen, Robert Alexander Clark
Press release from Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office: The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate a runaway teen from the Black Mountain area of Buncombe County. Robert Alexander Clark is age 17, a white male, approximately 5’ 6” and 120 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. Clark was last seen on October 17th around […]
Think Local Transylvania launches to support small local businesses and nonprofits
Press release from Brevard/Transylvania Chamber of Commerce: Heart of Brevard and the Brevard/Transylvania Chamber of Commerce are excited to announce a new joint initiative and brand called Think Local Transylvania. The goals of this program are to support small local businesses and nonprofits, foster county-wide togetherness, celebrate our unique place and grow a thriving and […]
Free workshops at Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education through November
Press release from N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission: The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education has reopened with limited programming and is offering free outdoor-related workshops for people of all ages and skill levels this week through the month of November. Online registration is required for the workshops, which are open on a first-come, […]
Special Buncombe Board of Adjustment meeting set for Nov. 5
Press release from Buncombe County: The November 5, 2020 Special Board of Adjustment meeting will be in-person for Board Members only, and available virtually through ZOOM for applicants and the public. Information about this meeting can be found here: https://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/planning/adjustment-board.aspx?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D148869887 Application documents and maps can be found on the Development Project Portal, or by visiting the individual project […]
YMCA childcare taps community partners to serve kids in new ways
Press release from YMCA of Western North Carolina: Getting an education during the pandemic may be making students and their parents dizzy, but the YMCA of Western North Carolina is here to help. Not that it’s easy to manage the state’s largest licensed school-age childcare program across four school districts with differing schedules during a pandemic, […]
Wildlife Commission seeks public’s help to monitor new disease affecting rabbits
Press release from N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission: Biologists with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission are asking the public to help them monitor the potential spread of a deadly rabbit disease that has not yet been observed in North Carolina’s rabbit populations by reporting any sightings of dead rabbits to the agency. Commission biologists are working with […]
Land of Sky’s annual Air Quality Briefing and Press Conference goes virtual, Oct. 30
Press release from Land of Sky Clean Vehicles Coalition: The State of our Air Briefing and Press Conference will be held as a webinar this year on Friday, October 30 from 9 to 10:30am. Speakers include the Director of the NC Division of Air Quality, Director of WNC Air Quality Agency and WNC District Manager of Duke […]
State Board launches voting portal for blind, visually impaired voters
Press release from North Carolina State Board of Elections: Blind and visually impaired voters in North Carolina may now request, receive, and return an accessible absentee ballot online. The system is compatible with screen readers. “The portal makes it easy for voters who are visually impaired to privately and independently mark their ballots,” said Karen Brinson […]
Bearfootin’ Bear Auction bidding ends Oct. 24
Press release from City of Hendersonville: After several weeks of virtual bidding, the 18th annual Bearfootin’ Bear Auction will come to an exciting close this Saturday. The twenty Bearfootin’ Art Walk bears have adorned Main Street for the last five months, each serving as a unique and colorful attraction to visitors and residents. Now, the time […]
Updated: The Free Clinics ribbon-cutting for Columbus office rescheduled to Nov. 12
Update received from The Free Clinics Oct. 28: To update our previous release, due to the potential area impact of storm Zeta, our ribbon cutting event originally scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed to Thursday 12 November at 4:30pm. Press release from The Free Clinics: The Free Clinics (TFC) will be hosting a ribbon cutting event […]
City of Hendersonville receives Economic Development Award
Press release from City of Hendersonville: City of Hendersonville Downtown Economic Development Office won a Bronze Rank for its Grey Hosiery Mill Reuse, a project in the Real Estate Redevelopment and Reuse category of the International Economic Development Council (IEDC)’s 2020 Economic Development Awards Program. The honor was presented this week at an awards ceremony during […]
Transylvania County ranks in top 10 for annual tourism growth in NC
Press release from Transylvania County Tourism: Transylvania County has yet again ranked in the top ten for annual growth in the Visit North Carolina Visitor Impact Study for 2019. Domestic visitors to and within Transylvania County spent $115 million in 2019, an increase of 8.1 percent from 2018. The data came from an annual study […]
Matt Willey to begin painting downtown Hendersonville bee mural Oct. 26
Press release from Hendersonville Tree Board: Muralist Matt Willey, who is on a mission to paint 50,000 honey bees (the number in a healthy hive) in murals around the world, will begin the Bee Mural Project in downtown Hendersonville on Monday, October 26. For the next four to five weeks, from late October into November, […]
Detainee at Buncombe County Detention Facility tests positive for COVID-19
Press release from Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office: A detainee at the Buncombe County Detention Facility has tested positive for COVID-19. The individual has been in quarantine since entering the facility and is currently asymptomatic. The Sheriff’s Office has worked closely with Buncombe County HHS on contract tracing to determine potential risk of spread and it has […]
Pisgah Legal to offer free assistance with ACA health insurance enrollment Nov. 1-Dec. 15
Press release from Pisgah Legal Services: This year’s Open Enrollment for Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance may very well be the most challenging yet, with millions across the U.S. in need of health care after losing their job-related health insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pisgah Legal Services (PLS), and its Enrollment Partners of WNC, […]
NCDOT to begin replacing bridge on Sharon Road in Fairview this week
Press release from North Carolina Department of Transportation: A contractor for the N.C. Department of Transportation is ready to begin replacing a bridge on Sharon Road over Cane Creek in Fairview. Starting as early as Monday, drivers will be detoured from Cane Creek Road to U.S. 74A to Upper Brush Creek Road until construction is […]
Late-night maintenance to affect Frontier phone and internet service in Mitchell County Oct. 21
Press release from Frontier Communications: Mitchell, Yancey, Madison and McDowell Counties, N.C., October 16, 2020 — A required equipment upgrade to improve the availability of broadband services in Frontier Communications’ Mitchell County-Bakersville network facility will be performed between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on October 21. During this time, no phone or internet service will […]