Christine Robinson

WNC Dance Academy Gains Top Honors and Professional Teachers

A WNC Dance Academy's dancers win top awards with amazing performances, but the academy will now shift it's focus away from competitions, and into creating a repertory company, with new professional dancers and choreographers as teachers.

Overcoming the Darkness: From Addict to Entrepreneur

Corey Clayton Austin, a friend, shares a remarkable story of transformation, from a past plagued by addiction to a current life in Hawaii filled with surfing, family moments, and architectural achievements.

Cinderella Rolls Into Asheville In Her Golden Carriage

Theater goers young and old filled the Harrah's Cherokee Center for the Ballet Cinderella. It was a delightful evening of dance and lighthearted humor.

Looking for a Haystack in a Pile of Dirty Needles

The chances of encountering a used syringe in Asheville are going up, as reflected by the Buncombe County Health Department numbers, but the occurrence of finding needles is also spreading outside of the downtown area. One mother is calling out the mayor and city council to do something.

Can This Group Spare Us Some Change?

Concerned citizens, business owners, advocacy group leaders, and City Council Member gather to find solutions to the real problems we are facing in Asheville.

Ashevillians Address Rising Crime & Diminishing Tourism

Local business and nonprofit leaders gathered together to create a coalition on solving homelessness and crime issues in Asheville and Buncombe County.

Mayfel’s Restaurant Goes Back to its Cajun Creole Cuisine

Mayfel's Restaurant in downtown Asheville is "Bringin' the Bayou to the Blue Ridge" under new owners, Anthony and Sherrye Coggiola. The new menu is a sensory delight of Cajun and Creole flavors.

Medical Misdiagnosis Devastates Local Family

Diagnosing medical issues is very complicated, but misdiagnosis is devastating for the patient and their family, especially when the misdiagnosis is perpetuated.

Citizens Speak Out About Safety and Homelessness, Present Plans

Homelessness and crime in Asheville have been in the news a lot lately, especially since the Washington, DC-based National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) made its $73,000 recommendations to the Homeless Initiative Advisory Committee (HIAC), Asheville City Council, and Buncombe County Commissioners on January 25th. The plan, called Within Reach, for all of its cost, […]

Local Spiritual Group Teaches of Divine Love and Spiritual Freedom

Learn how Soul achieves freedom from the limitations of mind, emotions, karma, and reincarnation. Divine Guidance—As Close As Your Heartbeat, an ECK Light and Sound Service, will be presented on Sunday, March 12th, at 11:00 a.m. at the Country Inn and Suites, 22 Westgate Parkway.