Announcement from the League of Women Voters of Asheville-Buncombe County: Join us in walking the gerrymandered line dividing District 10 & 11 in West Asheville. Show your support for a NON-PARTISAN redistricting committee! Register for the event When : November 4, 2017 Time : 1pm-3pm Where : West Asheville along Districts 10 & 11 Start […]
Press release from Homegrown Babies: What do sweet potatoes and doulas have to do with one another? Turns out, a whole lot! Owner of Homegrown Babies and the Homegrown Families Health and Education Center, Chama Woydak is a birth doula, birth doula trainer and farmer. For the past eight years she has hosted a Sweet […]
Press release: Local artists The Carburetors, The Stipe Brothers & Dan Ruiz, along with Eric Congdon and Izzi Hughes will headline the sixth annual Bids & Blues fundraiser to benefit Thrive on Monday, October 16 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown. This year’s ticketed event features several changes, namely the […]
Press release: On Friday, October 6, 2017, Brevard College will host the opening reception for ‘Morning Meditations’, a photography exhibition by BC alumni, Andrew Paynter. The exhibition will be held in the Spiers Gallery, located inside of the Sims Art Building, 1 Brevard College Drive, Brevard, NC 28712. Andrew will begin with a presentation at […]
Press release from the N.C. Forest Service: Sept. 24-30 is Take a Child Outside Week, and the N.C. Forest Service is encouraging adults and children to get outside and visit one of the agency’s Educational State Forests. “Fall is a great time to get outside and enjoy the cooler days and crisp air while learning […]
Press release from the Junior League of Asheville: The Junior League of Asheville, Inc. (JLA) is proud to announce its first Poverty Awareness and Education Week, kicking off on Friday, September 22 and running through Friday, September 29, 2017. Women and children living in poverty is a primary area of focus for the JLA. The […]
Press release from the Small Business Administration: The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations that Oct. 23 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans in North Carolina as a result of the drought that began on Nov. […]
From UNC Asheville: UNC Asheville History Professor Dan Pierce, Collaborating Author Nathan Anderson, and Nashville Artist Joel Anderson Present Illustrated Guide to Great Smoky Mountains National Park Book Talk and Exhibit Reception on Oct. 5 Historian Dan Pierce, National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at UNC Asheville, will present a book […]
Press release from Southeast Willys Jeep Get Together: Old Willys Jeeps from 1941-1964 will be on display at the 2017 Southeast Willys Jeep Get Together, including military, CJs, wagons, truck and forward control. More than 30 Willys Jeeps will be on display representing originals, restorations and modified in varying conditions from “rust buckets to trailer […]
Attorney Steven Druker‘s 2015 book, Altered Genes, Twisted Truth, has been recognized as an important addition to the conversation surrounding genetically modified organisms. In 2017, Druker received the Luxembourg Prize for Environmental Peace. Druker will speak in Asheville on Thursday, Oct. 5, 7-9 p.m., at Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, 123 Kenilworth Road. The title of Druker’s talk is […]
Press release from Friends of the Smokies: Catch the colors of autumn from the ridge tops of Great Smoky Mountains National Park at Friends of the Smokies Tuesday, Oct. 10 Classic Hike. This 7-mile out-and-back hike ascends 1,500 feet from Purchase Knob to Hemphill Bald. The group hike will feature spectacular views and a stop […]
Press release from UNC Asheville: Leadership Asheville, a program of UNC Asheville, announces the selection of Class 36. With 49 participants from the private and public sectors, the class of 2018 (LA 36) is now beginning its work in collaborative community leadership. Leadership Asheville promotes the development of leadership skills through experiential exercises, site visits, […]
Press release from MountainTrue: MountainTrue, an environmental nonprofit serving western North Carolina, and the Asheville Design Center today announced that the two organizations will merge effective Oct. 1, 2017. As a result of the merger, Asheville Design Center will retain its name and will be operated as a program of MountainTrue. MountainTrue is a $1.2 […]
Press release from the Haw Creek Community Association: The public is invited to help make Haw Creek bike and pedestrian friendly. Want to live in a community safer for walking and biking? Safer for children and families? Concerned about pedestrian and bike safety on Old and New Haw Creek roads? Then we need your help. […]
Press release from The Altamont Theatre: We are very sorry to tell everyone that The Altamont Theatre is being forced to close at the end of this year. The owner of the building is bulldozing our beloved theatre to build more expensive short term condos for tourists. This is not what we want, and we […]
Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, is a code yellow air quality forecast day for the valleys and ridge tops of Asheville and Buncombe County. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor activities. Click on the map below for an updated, detailed forecast. WNC Regional Air Quality Agency 125 South Lexington Avenue, Suite 101 Asheville, NC 28801 Phone: 828.250.6777 […]
The pace of news releases from both Duke Energy and its critics on a variety of issues continues to quicken in the run-up to public hearings on the utility’s request for a 14.9 percent rate increase overall. Duke Energy announced a $30 million battery storage facility as part of its modernization project at Asheville’s Lake Julian plant.
Press release from Hendersonville Tree Board and Friends of the Oklawaha Greenway: (HENDERSONVILLE, NC, September 19, 2017) – On Saturday, October 7, at 10 a.m., a popular series, “Walks and Talks Along the Oklawaha Greenway,” focuses on identifying and understanding native trees. The program is open to the public at no charge. Meet at Patton Park […]
“What makes Jeff Carreira like the missing link in spiritual and consciousness-raising circles is his attention to several dimensions at one time, points of view and ways of practice that gather around the essence of reality, yet don’t quite create a whole circle.”
Press release from Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce: Asheville, N.C. (September 20, 2017) – Construction of Mission Health System’s new Mission Hospital for Advanced Medicine building is actively expanding the region’s patient care and medical technology footprint while remaking both the skyline and economic future of downtown Asheville. Incorporating state-of-the-art technologies that build on the hospital […]
Press release from Cindy Platt Boys & Girls Club: There’s hardly a happening at the Cindy Platt Boys & Girls Club of Transylvania County in which Emily Taylor, its operations director, isn’t involved. Colleagues and kids alike say she’s one of the most energetic persons in an energy-charged organization … engaging, enthusiastic, efficient, a dependable leader who […]
