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Park Ridge Health announces events for May 20-26
Comments: 0 Views: 18Hearings in Franklin, Marion on Duke Energy rate hike
Comments: 0 Views: 25NC Justice Center: Jobs picture worse than it looks
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Comments: 0 Views: 22A dog named ‘Cliff’ — WLOS details rescue of pit-bull mix from cliffside mine in Mitchell Co.
Comments: 0 Views: 41News&Observer: A simple test could have caught 1950s-1970 Camp LeJeune contamination
Comments: 0 Views: 32C-T’s Boyle takes an in-depth look at coal-ash fill at Asheville Airport
Comments: 0 Views: 37Transit rider survey May 20-May 31
Comments: 0 Views: 42Erwin District Community Resource Fair May 20
Comments: 0 Views: 42City of Asheville budget app now available
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Press release From Park Ridge Health: Event Summary for 5/20/13 – 5/26/13 Please call 855-PRH-LIFE to register for any Park Ridge Health events. The Baby ...
From the Canary Coalition: The North Carolina Utilities Commission will be holding a series of six public hearings on Duke Energy's latest request for a ...
From the NC Justice Center: RALEIGH ( May 17, 2013) -- North Carolina’s jobs picture remains bleak despite superficial improvement the state’s unemployment rate, according ...
From the office of NC Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger: Raleigh, N.C. – The North Carolina Senate has followed Gov. Pat McCrory’s lead in ...
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 ...
EXCERPT from the Raleigh News&Observer "Victims: Marines Failed to Safequard Water," By Allen G. Breed, Michael Biesecker and Martha Waggoner — Associated Press Read more ...
From the Asheville Citizen-Times "Massive Coal Ash Fill at Asheville Airport to Last Years" by John Boyle 5/18/2013 excerpt For the past five years, excavators ...
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 ...
The nonprofit FEAST, an offshoot of Slow Food Asheville, has a new home at UNC Asheville. Here are the details from the press release: FEAST, ...
From Mountain Times: “Compared to a lot insects, they are harmless,” Williams said. “An adult is about a couple of inches long and has real ...
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 Carolina Public Press: An official with the state Division of Water Quality says the environmental agency is within days of issuing a notice 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 Mission Health: Mission Health's Heart Center Receives 12th ‘3 Star’ Rating From Society of Thoracic Surgeons for Top-tier Heart Surgery Center Asheville, ...
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 ...
