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49th Annual Mountain Heritage Day

Festival of Neighborhoods

VP Harris in Greensboro for “Fight for Our Freedoms” College Tour

Black Asheville Events Lifestyles Our Town

23rd Anniversary Celebration of the Empowerment Resource Center – WRES

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

Wesley Grant Center ribbon cutting. — Black Asheville Communities Our Town

Celebrating the Expansion of the Dr. Wesley Grant Sr. Southside Community Center

By Staff Reports / August 18, 2023

Justice Michael R. Morgan — Government National News Our Town

Justice Mike Morgan Considering 2024 Run for NC Governor

By Staff Reports / July 17, 2023

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49th Annual Mountain Heritage Day

By Staff Reports / September 26, 2023

Festival of Neighborhoods

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

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New Covid Vaccine Approved

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

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MSD Job Opening for Night Shift Lead Operator

By Staff Reports / September 12, 2023

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SAHC Employment Opportunity: Development & Communications Manager

By Staff Reports / August 31, 2023

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MSD Job Opening for Fleet Mechanic

By Staff Reports / August 14, 2023

MSDBC Job Opening: Construction Operator I

MSDBC Job Opening: WWTP Operator in Training

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George Fatheree — Black Asheville Events Justice & Civil Rights Local News

Reparations Summit Takes Place October 7, 2023

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

International Day of Peace and Day of Nonviolence

Project Aspire Will Improve Quality of Life for Locals

National News

monarch butterfly on flower — Events National News

Annual Mountain Monarch Festival at Gorges State Park

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

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Disqualified

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

Allison Kennedy Named NC’s 2023 Special Olympics Coordinator of the Year

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UNC Asheville Aerial View — Education Events

Fall Open House at UNC Asheville

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

23rd Anniversary Celebration of the Empowerment Resource Center – WRES

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Associate Justice Anita Earls — Government

Support Swells for Embattled High Court Justice Anita Earls

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

Community Reparations Commission September 2023 Update

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Opinion

Small Towns and Such

By Staff Reports / August 18, 2023

Unlikely Allies and Uncomfortably Large Coalitions

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Cellist Sterling Elliott — Arts & Entertainment Events

Asheville Symphony’s Fall Lineup

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

Brevard Collective Entertainment Hub — Arts & Entertainment Business Local News

New Food and Entertainment Hub to Open in Brevard in 2024

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

Megan Thee Stallion — Arts & Entertainment Generation NOW

Songs, Movies & Moments: September 2023

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

Asheville Symphony Announces 2023-2024 Season

Education

Black Asheville Education

A-B Tech Alumna Jazmyn Williams is Living Her Dream

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

Forging Connections and Impacting Lives through Education

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Festival of Neighborhoods

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

ABBE Community Calendar – September 2023

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

Responding to Extremists and Bigots

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

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Elder John R. Hayes (1942-2021) helped found WRES 100.7 FM. Photo: Makeda Sandford — Black Asheville Lifestyles

Elder John R. Hayes

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

Miracle Okoro — Black Asheville Education Lifestyles

Forging Connections and Impacting Lives through Education

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

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Diabetes Prevention Programming at the YMCA – September 2023

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

Mount Zion Community Development – September 2023

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Competition for High School Entrepreneurs

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

Mountain Housing Opportunities Wins Tax Credit

CFPB Awaits Court Approval for $2.7 Billion Settlement

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We Want to Do More Than Survive

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

How We Ended Racism

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

The Perennials

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

Gathering Blossoms Under Fire

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

Punished for Dreaming

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

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A-B Tech Alumna Jazmyn Williams is Living Her Dream

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We Want to Do More Than Survive

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

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How We Ended Racism

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

Understanding Racism

Community Reparations Summit

By Staff Reports / September 4, 2023

Students gathered in Memphis to protest gun violence. — Suppressing History and Whitewashing Racism

By Staff Reports / August 18, 2023

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49th Annual Mountain Heritage Day

By Staff Reports / September 26, 2023

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Festival of Neighborhoods

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

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Fall Open House at UNC Asheville

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

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23rd Anniversary Celebration of the Empowerment Resource Center – WRES

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

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Asheville Symphony’s Fall Lineup

By Staff Reports / September 15, 2023

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