Press release from UNC Asheville: UNC Asheville will host three virtual author lectures throughout the spring semester. The first two public lectures, both in March, will consider the recently published novel, Even As We Breathe, with scholar Kirstin Squint and the novel’s author, Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, respectively. The series will conclude with literary scholar Toril […]
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Mountain BizWork’s Craft Your Commerce spring workshop series to run March 15-April 12
Press release from Mountain BizWorks: Craft Your Commerce, a Mountain BizWorks entrepreneurial program in partnership with Center for Craft and UNC Asheville, announced today dates for their spring workshop series, March 15 – April 12, 2021. The spring series will feature workshops focusing on the Craft of Selling and will explore a variety of skill development […]
Gov. Cooper eases COVID-19 restrictions as key trends stabilize
Press release from the office of Gov. Roy Cooper: As North Carolina’s numbers continue to show improvement and vaccine distribution increases, Governor Roy Cooper announced today that the state will carefully ease some of its COVID-19 restrictions. Executive Order No. 195 will take effect February 26th at 5 pm and will expire March 26th at […]
APD seeks assistance locating Jakez Johnson
Press release from the Asheville Police Department: The Asheville Police Department is asking for help from the community to locate a missing 17-year-old. Jakez Johnson was last seen on February 19 on Ravenscroft Drive. He is an African American male, 6’0″, and approximately 160 pounds. He has black, curly hair, a goatee, and brown eyes. […]
“Give Me Shelter” exhibit highlights photos and stories from the Appalachian Trail
Press release from the Madison County Arts Council: Whether you have spent a night or six months on the Appalachian Trail (A.T), every hiker eventually experiences one of the trail’s iconic lean-tos or huts. More than 250 such backcountry structures exist on the 2,200-mile route, and they have welcomed hikers since the trail’s inception in […]
NCDHHS updates county alert system, Buncombe now showing “significant” spread
Press release from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services: The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today updated the COVID-19 County Alert System, which shows 27 red counties — a decrease from 61 red counties on the previous Feb. 4 County Alert System — and the fewest red counties in the […]
APD seeks assistance to locate Amber Smith
Press release from the Asheville Police Department: The Asheville Police Department is asking for help from the community to locate a missing 17-year-old. Amber Leaona Smith was last seen on January 19 on Old Haw Creek Road. She is a white female, 17 years old, 5’7″, and approximately 150 pounds. She has brown hair and brown […]
Applications for Buncombe County’s community recreation grants now open
Press release from Buncombe County Government: Buncombe County has opened the application cycle of the Community Recreation Grants program for projects taking place from July 2021-June 2022. The grants are part of other countywide initiatives that help make Buncombe County a place everyone from infants to retirees has the opportunity to be strong, healthy, and […]
Haywood County Emergency Services partners with HVO on pod production
Press release from Haywood County Emergency Services: Expanding on an existing partnership, Haywood County Emergency Services has contracted Haywood Vocational Opportunities, Inc. to manufacture COVID pod covers for use in transporting patients with contagious respiratory symptoms. Some of Haywood County’s own paramedics are credited with designing the system that fits over existing stretchers, effectively isolating […]
New market operator chosen for the WNC Regional Livestock market
Press release from WNC Communities: The Board of Directors for WNC Communities has chosen a new lessee for the WNC Regional Livestock Market in Canton. Doctors Steven and Melissa Matthews, the veterinarian group that currently operates the Cleveland County Agriculture Livestock Exchange in Shelby, will be the new market operators with the goal of being […]
New hotel development ‘Public Benefits Table’ designed to meet community needs
Press release from the city of Asheville: New hotel development in the City of Asheville should have less impact on nearby neighborhoods and provide more benefits to the community under new regulations approved by City Council Feb. 23. Prior to adoption of the new regulations, City Attorney Brad Branham explained to Council that North Carolina […]
TheatreUNCA to stage virtual performance, ‘Hindsight 2020,’ March 5-6
Press release from UNC Asheville: TheatreUNCA will stage two virtual performances of Hindsight 2020, a project using performed written pieces, recorded performances and live-streamed dance and music performances that explore empathy, expression, and realization in regard to the ways in which the events of 2020 have affected individuals and communities at large. Hindsight 2020 will […]
Vaccine rollout continues in Buncombe County as trends improve
Press release from Buncombe County: On Tuesday, Feb. 23, Buncombe County Public Health Director Stacie Saunders provided a weekly COVID community update. As of Feb. 23: – There have been 15,120 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Buncombe County since the pandemic’s start. – There have been 289 COVID-19-related deaths in our community. – The number […]
Buncombe County HHS Community Update at 3 p.m. today
Press release from Buncombe County: Buncombe County Public Health Director, Stacie Saunders, will be providing a Community Update on Tuesday, February 23rd at 3:00 PM via Facebook Live @Buncombegov. The Spanish version will be aired via Facebook Live @BCHHS.
APD seeking help to locate puppy and stolen vehicle
Press release from Asheville Police Department: The Asheville Police Department (APD) is asking the community to help locate a stolen vehicle and missing puppy. The vehicle is a silver 2008 Subaru Impreza with North Carolina license plate 26357114. The vehicle has a dent on the left back fender, “Mama” written in pink on the driver’s […]
City of Asheville opens application process for CAYLA program
Press release from City of Asheville: Applications are now open for the CAYLA program. The City of Asheville Youth Leadership Academy (CAYLA) recruits, trains, and places eligible high school sophomores and juniors in paid summer internships that provide exposure to 21st century job skills. Each summer, teens from across the City and County come together […]
Thrive Asheville launches affordable housing community engagement project
Press release from Thrive Asheville: Thrive Asheville, a local civic initiative of UNC Asheville, is on a mission to help simplify the path to affordable housing options and home ownership for residents and families of the Asheville area. In partnership with Aisha Adams Media and Children First/Communities In Schools of Buncombe County, Thrive has launched […]
Activist group to march against Pratt & Whitney plant at Biltmore Park Friday, Feb. 26
Press release from Reject Raytheon AVL: Event date/time: Friday, February 26, 5 – 6 pm Location: Corner of Long Shoals & Schenck Parkway, Biltmore Park entrance Contact: Jenny Andry, (828) 301-0053, <JenniferRAndry@gmail.com> Website: rejectraytheonavl.com The local coalition Reject Raytheon will hold a vigil and march at Biltmore Park to call public attention to the role played by […]
Buncombe Board of Education to hold special called work session Thursday, Feb. 25
Press release from Buncombe County Public Schools: There will be a Special-Called Work Session of the Buncombe County Board of Education on February 25, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. in the Minitorium at 175 Bingham Road, Asheville, NC 28806. The Special Called Work Session has been scheduled in accordance with BCS Board Policy #2300. Information concerning […]
Home sales in Asheville region rose 12.4% in January
Press release from Canopy MLS: CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Home sales across the North Carolina mountains continued their streak of positive gains in January, registering 859 sales across the 13-county Asheville region, an increase of 12.4 percent over sales a year ago, according to data from Canopy MLS. Home sales are down 30.9 percent, however, when compared to […]
Don’t post photos of COVID-19 vaccine cards online, says USAGov
Advisory from USAGov: Sharing a picture of your COVID-19 vaccine card on social media could put you at risk for identity theft. Your vaccine card has sensitive personally identifiable information (PII) and can contain information like your: Name Date of birth Patient number Insurance information Location where you received the vaccine. By posting images of […]