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Press release from Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity: On Wednesday, May 29th at 4:30PM, Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity will hold the fourth wall-raising in ...
From Western Carolina: During his life, the late William Robert “Billy” Schulz showed his mother, Jane B. Schulz, again and again that he and others ...
The hostage situation that occurred in Spruce Pine yesterday ended with police shooting the suspect. WLOS reports: "They found the man back there holding a ...
From Black Mountain News: A state Senate budget proposal would shut a facility that houses juvenile defendants from Western North Carolina who are awaiting trial. ...
Here's the press release from the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville - Buncombe County: Asheville, N.C., May 23, 2013 – In conjunction with the Economic ...
Press release From the Community Foundation of Henderson County: Hendersonville, N.C., May 22, 2013: Nominations are being accepted for the Richard C. and Vina L. ...
From WLOS: Law enforcement, emergency workers and school employees searched the building and grounds of McDowell High and students’ bags and backpacks Thursday morning after finding a suspicious note.
Here's the press release from the campaign of incumbent Asheville city council candidate Cecil Bothwell: Asheville, NC— Asheville City Counci lmember Cecil Bothwell will join ...
From Carolina Public Press: The Academic Program Prioritization Task Force, composed of faculty, students and academic administrators, examined all undergraduate and graduate programs as part ...
From WRAL: Longtime House lawmaker Rep. Robert Brawley, R-Iredell, handed back his Finance gavel Wednesday afternoon with a blistering public letter against fellow Republican House ...
From the News & Observer Story by Associated Press reporter Michael Biesecker RALEIGH, N.C. — An audit of the North Carolina Department of Health and ...
Press release from North Carolina News Service CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The budget proposed by the state Senate prompted an emergency meeting of the North Carolina ...
Here's the press release from Just Economics: 4th ANNUAL JUST BREW IT: ASHEVILLE’S HOME BREW FESTIVAL WHO: Western North Carolina’s best home brewers team up ...
Here's the press release from Disco Donnie Presents: Disco Donnie Presents and The Bob Moog Foundation announce strategic partnership EDM promoter donates $10,000 to Foundation, ...
Here's the press release from the office of Rep. Mark Meadows: Washington, D.C. – Representative Mark Meadows (NC-11) released the following statement after introducing the ...
Here's the press release from the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources: RALEIGH – State water quality officials this week amended a March lawsuit ...
Here's the press release from RiverLink: Free trolley service through Gray Line Trolley (the red trolley) will be available from downtown Asheville to the RiverMusic ...
Press release From UNCA News Services: “People and Places of Nepal,” an exhibition of watercolor paintings in the plein air style by Dhwoj Bahadur Gurung, ...
Press release From MANNA Food Bank: Asheville, NC (May 10, 2013) On June 1, MANNA Food Bank’s Blue Jean Ball will take over the MANNA ...
Press release From Buncombe County Buncombe County Government offices and libraries will be closed on Monday, May 27 for Memorial Day. Household Hazardous Waste and ...
Press release from Buncombe County Schools 6 Buncombe County Schools Receive $57,000 in Local Grants Funds will support technology, an outdoor classroom, and bilingual education ...
From The Western Carolinian: Beginning in the Fall 2013 semester, Western Carolina University, along with the University of North Carolina system campuses, will provide student ...
Press release from Buncombe County Department of Health: Rabies is a dangerous virus that anyone can get if they handle or get bitten by an ...
Press release from Western Carolina University: Ken Flynt, an associate dean in the College of Business at Western Carolina University, has endowed a scholarship in ...
From Asheville-Citizen Times: Asheville-area disaster relief agencies including the local American Red Cross chapter, Hearts With Hands and Samaritan’s Purse are among organizations from across ...
Here's the press release from The Asheville Tea Party: On Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 12 noon, The Asheville Tea Party, Incorporated will be gathering ...
A-B Tech’s Small Business Center is accepting applications for its weeklong summer day camp for high school students interested in business ownership. The Young Entrepreneurial ...
Press release from Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity: The Habitat ReStore will celebrate ten years in it’s Meadow Road location on Saturday, May 25 with ...
From WLOS Kevin Hughes and Rusty Brannigan are both dog lovers. Neither had to think twice when they got the call around 6:30pm Thursday to ...
Full announcement from Land of Sky: French Broad River MPO and NCDOT are sponsoring the Western North Carolina Regional Travel Survey. The purpose of this ...
Full announcement from Buncombe County Schools: Come to the Erwin District Community Resource Fair Monday, May 20, 2013 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Erwin HS ...
From the Asheville Code for America Brigade Citizens of Asheville now have a new online resource to view and analyze the City of Asheville's budget. ...
Here's an excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times article: State Rep. Nathan Ramsey has filed legislation that would restrict Buncombe County’s appointments to a local board ...
Here's the press release from the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership: ASHEVILLE, NC – May 16, 2013. The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership ...
Here's the press release from UNC Asheville: UNC Asheville Dedicates “TD Bank Atrium” in Recognition of $200,000 Gift UNC Asheville today dedicated the “TD Bank ...
Here's the press release from the office of Rep. Patrick McHenry: WASHINGTON – A bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives yesterday voted 416-6 in ...
Friday, May 17, 2013 is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys and ridge tops of Buncombe County. This means that unusually ...
Full announcement from First Congregational United Church of Christ: Faith Leaders of Asheville gather to call attention to low income and minority people and the ...
From Asheville City Schools: During a Board of Education meeting this morning, Asheville City Schools Superintendent Allen Johnson announced his retirement following the end of ...
From a recent WLOS investigative report: A News 13 investigation exposes serious fire code violations at Buncombe County schools. We found violations have been reported ...
Press release From March Against Monsanto Asheville March Against Monsanto Asheville announced today that 500 people will “March Against Monsanto” in the streets of Asheville ...
Here's an excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times article: Sewer charges for a typical customer would increase 2.5 percent under a budget tentatively approved by the ...
Press release From Blue Ridge National Heritage ASHEVILLE, NC – May 16, 2013. The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership today announced eighteen grants totaling ...
Press release From the Pisgah Astronomical Institute: Rosman, NC (May 15, 2013) – The Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI) has selected Michael A. Murphy to ...
From Star 104.3 For the fourth year, the Pink in the Park breast cancer 5k will be held in Biltmore Park Town Square. Pre-registration runs ...
Here's the information via the Buncombe County website: On Saturday, May 18, from 2 - 4 p.m., Pack Memorial Library will host a FREE workshop ...
Thursday, May 16, 2013 is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys and ridge tops of Buncombe County. This means that unusually ...
Press release From U.S. Forest Service OLD FORT, N.C. - The Forest Service parking lot near Catawba Falls is closed as a result of repair ...
From Just Us for All: We're Not Bashful, the march that started Just Us For All's formation, is the organization's annual march to combat and ...
From the city of Asheville: Asheville, NC – The City of Asheville invites local nonprofit organizations to apply for a fundraising opportunity at the Independence ...
Excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times A Wake County Superior Court judge this afternoon [May 14] granted a temporary restraining order that means the city of ...
Press release from Buncombe County Schools Prepare to be spellbound as Buncombe County students from six middle schools face off in a May 16 spelling ...
Here's an excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times article: Buncombe County residents might not see notices of important government meetings and land deals under a state ...
Here's the press release from Warren Wilson College: Warren Wilson College has been awarded a $2.1 million grant by the Windgate Charitable Foundation to enhance ...
Press release From UNCA News Services: With poet Nikki Giovanni delivering the commencement address to a crowd of more than 4,000 on the University Quadrangle, ...
Press release from The Health Adventure The Health Adventure received news on Friday, May 10, that the Biltmore Square Mall will be transformed into an ...
Here's an excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times article: Nearly 200 rural acres with links to Buncombe County’s founding are slated to become an unusual housing ...
Here's the press release from Girls on the Run: 2nd Annual Rise n’ Shine 5K at Mountain Sports Festival to benefit Girls on the Run ...
Here's an excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times article: The voicemail left on the phone of Buncombe County Manager Wanda Greene was hardly explosive. But it ...
Both North Carolina and Georgia are seeing local governance erode in the face of legislative mandates -- with the Asheville water system being just one ...
From WLOS Big changes are also in store for the Biltmore Square Mall. Officials with the mall tell News 13 that it will become an ...
From the Asheville Police Department: Asheville – The Asheville Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating 27 year old Miranda Elizabeth Jackson. ...
Full announcement from the FDIC: Pisgah Community Bank, Asheville, North Carolina, was closed today by the North Carolina Office of the Commissioner of Banks, which ...
Full announcement from Riverlink: RiverLink is excited to announce that the site where Dave Steel Company was founded over 80 years ago in the heart ...
Here's an excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times article: Building the long-debated Interstate 26 Connector through Asheville would not only save lives on the crash-prone Bowen ...
Here's the press release from the Buncombe County Department of Health and Buncombe County Schools: Olympic Medalist Lauren Tamayo to Join Buncombe County Students as ...
Here's the press release from Carolina Day: MAY 22 FILM SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION TO CHALLENGE CURRENT STATE OF EDUCATION Families and education professionals in ...
Here's the press release from the Asheville City Schools Foundation: PUBLIC ART TRANSFORMS ASHEVILLE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL (Asheville, NC) "This mural will transform our school, ...
Press release From NC League of Conservation Voters RALEIGH – NC League of Conservation Voters announced today the recipients of its annual Green Tie Awards. ...
From the Citizen-Times By Tony Kiss Mary Ellen Wolcott, a retired Citizen-Times reporter and editor whose career began before World War II and continued into ...
Here's the information via Operation Welcome Home's website and Facebook page. Click the link at the bottom of the page for more details and to ...
From the NC Budget and Tax Center: Income tax cuts are a poor strategy for producing economic growth, according to a new report from the ...
Gov. Pat McCrory allowed a bill forcibly transferring Asheville's water system to a new authority under the Metropolitan Sewerage District to become law without his ...
Here's an excerpt from the Raleigh News & Observer: A controversial bill requiring North Carolina's health instructors to teach students that abortions can cause premature ...
Here's an excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times article: Buncombe County government is working to secure expansion of a manufacturing plant identified in official records only ...
Full announcement from the city of Asheville ASHEVILLE – City finance director Lauren Bradley has announced that she will be leaving the City of Asheville ...
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News release From Western Carolina University Representatives of the firms assisting Western Carolina University in drafting a comprehensive master plan that will guide campus development ...
Two lists of local roads closed due to flooding and landslides. From the North Carolina Department of Transportation: RALEIGH – Heavy rains that fell yesterday ...
Here's the message from Asheville on Bikes via the advocacy group's email newsletter: The North Carolina Department of Transportation held a public comment session in ...
Here's the press release from the Western North Carolina Regional Air Quality Agency: Since 2004, the Western North Carolina Regional Air Quality Agency (WNCRAQA) has ...
From the city of Asheville: The City of Asheville has scheduled the following road closure for water valve and hydrant replacements, general system maintenance, or ...
Here's an excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times article: ASHEVILLE — Through decades of community service at local and state levels, Cary Owen always carried herself ...
The Big Love Festival, planned for today, May 5, in downtown Asheville, has been cancelled due to concerns about potentially dangerous weather. Here's the letter ...
Here's the information via the Asheville Area Arts Council's email newsletter: The AAAC is proud to announce that our partnership with Asheville-Buncombe Technical College on ...
Here's the press release from the U.S. Forest Service: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - The U.S. Forest Service has announced the dates for Kids Fishing Days in ...
Here's the press release from RiverLink: JOIN US TO CELEBRATE THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER PADDLE TRAIL Please join us at Asheville Adventure Rentals from 1 ...
Here's the press release from the WNC Agricultural Center: This weekend's Cinco de Mayo Rodeo & Festival has been rescheduled to next Sunday, May 12th ...
Press release From UNC Asheville News Services “Write Now,” a creative writing program for high school students, will return to UNC Asheville this summer with ...
Press release From the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission BREVARD, N.C. (May 3, 2013) — The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education is ...
Press release From the Great Smoky Mountains Association A day of hikes, lectures and cupcakes is planned to celebrate Great Smoky Mountains Association’s 60th anniversary ...
Press release From Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (May 1, 2013) – Astronomers at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute note that throughout the month of May ...
Here's the press release from the Mayors Against Illegal Guns group: NORTH CAROLINIANS TO DEMAND ANSWERS FROM SENATOR RICHARD BURR ON HIS ‘NO’ VOTE ON ...
A Bloomberg story on "the Republican power grab in North Carolina" focuses on the city of Asheville's fights with the state legislature over the water ...
From the Asheville Police Department: Asheville – The Asheville Police Department are looking for Quincy Albert Brock, 38, of Barnardsville for two counts of embezzlement. ...
From the city of Asheville: This is an informational notification from The City of Asheville Water Resources Department letting you know we will be continuing ...
Full announcement from the city of Asheville: ASHEVILLE – Beginning May 8, 2013, the City of Asheville Transportation Department will implement a one-way traffic pattern ...
Full announcement from Riverlink: Hello everyone, It is with regret that I must announce that the French Broad River Cleanup scheduled for May 3rd is ...
Press release Children First/Communities In Schools of Buncombe County: What: The 2013 Child Watch Tour, cosponsored by Children First/CIS and the Junior League of Asheville, ...
From the city of Asheville: The Asheville City Council will be holding a special meeting on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at 5:00 p.m. in the ...
