Business Conducting Annual School Supplies Drive
Local residents and businesses may help others in the community by bringing in items to the Edward Jones branch office during regular business hours.
Dealing with ‘Bear Days of Summer’
This hot August has “Dog Days of Summer” and also “Bear Days of Summer,” with an abundance of bear sightings in the Asheville area posted on social media.
Every Brilliant Thing Is Moving & Hilarious!
Every Brilliant Thing is an emotional roller coaster of a one-woman show, but that one woman is Erin McCarson. Utilizing her seasoned skills in both drama and comedy, she conducts the ride beautifully. Applying just the right amount of levity as we are coming off a hairpin turn of sorrow and taking us to joyous […]
Pinball Wizard Robert Sharpe Attending Tryon International Film Festival
"Pinball: The Man Who Saved The Game" is a new film that highlights Roger Sharpe's pivotal moment in 1976 when he demonstrated to a skeptical council that pinball is a game of skill.
Woodfin Political Races Shaping Up
Woodfin political races will make the fall election something to watch.
These Bears in Hendersonville are Extra Docile
The 21st summer outdoor Bearfootin’ Art Walk in Downtown Hendersonville culminates with a live auction on Oct. 21.
The Swannanoa Gathering: A Celebrated Gathering of Music and Culture
History of the Swannanoa Gathering Nestled in the picturesque Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, the Swannanoa Gathering is an annual event that has become a cherished tradition for music enthusiasts and cultural aficionados alike. Founded in 1991, the Gathering was the brainchild of renowned folk musician and educator, Warren Wilson College professor Doug Orr, […]
Meteor Showers Ahead this Weekend as Prelude to PARI Book Presentation
Author Craig Gralley will share the history of the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute which has served NASA, the Department of Defense, and is now a non-profit education group for 60 years near Rosman in a presentation of his latest book on August 19th.
I-26 Update Includes Nutrition Classes
An update on the I-26 Connector Project assured citizens that travel on Asheville's north-south expressway will continue to be snarled for six or seven years. The upside was that the project would be providing amenities from a cultural mural to nutrition classes.
Buncombe Explores Incentive Updates
The policy Buncombe County uses to guide awards of economic development incentives to corporations for capital investment and job creation has not been updated since 2017. Incentivizable high wages, therefore, have fallen out of alignment with the cost of living. Strategies to reward corporations for paying high wages, and paying them to persons with criminal records or in jobs training programs, were discussed.