Gov. Roy Cooper recently announced that North Carolina schools could return to in-person learning for students in grades kindergarten to five under Plan A as early as next week.
The Mountain Area Workforce Development Board recently reported the unemployment numbers for July 2020 in our region.
On Thursday, Oct. 1, Ken Brame, political chair for the WNC Sierra Club, will provide insights on the most competitive races in North Carolina and how they may shape the future of environmental issues.
Asheville artist Jonas Gerard died Friday, September 25, 2020 peacefully at his home after a period of declining health. Gerard was internationally known for his art, both abstract and representational.
The Mills River Partnership, in conjunction with the French Broad River Partnership, is seeking participants for a survey that will be used to assess the environmental value and economic benefits of the French Broad River watershed in Western North Carolina.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is adding information about antigen testing to the COVID-19 NC Dashboard, including positive COVID-19 cases and deaths diagnosed with an antigen test and the number of antigen tests completed daily.
“And all at once, summer collapsed into fall,” wrote Oscar Wilde, and that feels especially true this year. This past week’s cooler temperatures have brought the threat of frost to some of the higher-elevation farms in our region.
In what the union hailed as a “landslide vote,” nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville recently voted to approve a union — the first in North Carolina to do so and the largest hospital union win in the South since 1975.
The 2020 Census deadline is fast-approaching, and is now just days away. The census is a count of the entire U.S. population and takes place just once every ten years.
In addition to takeout and delivery, many of Hendersonville’s restaurants have reopened for indoor and outdoor dining service!
Amazon’s new delivery station in Mills River is officially open for business. Amazon welcomed associates inside the more than 110,000 square-foot building for the first time this month to celebrate its Day 1 of operation.
Eliada’s non-profit corn maze and popular fall event is now open! All money raised from this six-weekend event benefits Eliada’s vast continuum of care for children and youth.
