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Transylvania Public Health will hold a Health Priority Workshop for the 2021 Community Health Assessment (CHA) at 3 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 1, via Zoom. All community members are welcome to participate. During the workshop, public... — Updated 11/24/2021

AA Meetings - every day of week: for information on meeting, places and times. 885-2788 • www.aabrevardnc.org. AA Meeting - Fireside Group, Sundays 11 a.m. at United Community Bank Building, Straus Park, 1225 Asheville Highway.... — Updated 11/24/2021 Full story

American Legion & Auxiliary, meets first Monday of each month, 6 p.m.; dinner, 7 p.m. meeting, Legion Hall, 55 E. Jordan St. Now a non-smoking facility. American Association of University Women, AAUW branch meetings are held at... — Updated 11/24/2021 Full story

ANGLICAN ST. PATRICK’S ANGLICAN CHURCH Level B, Hollingsworth Building, 147 East Main St., Brevard Rev. Nicholas R Henderson, Vicar SUN-9:30a.m. Study;Wed–Noon Service 10:30a.m. Holy Eucharist 828-687-0115 ASSEMBLY OF GOD... — Updated 11/24/2021 Full story

Chief Det. Chase Owen announces his decision to run for sheriff of Transylvania County in the upcoming Republican Party primary election on March 8. In making this announcement he extends his commitment to bettering this county... — Updated 11/24/2021

Transylvania Public Health Wednesday reported 26 additional cases of COVID-19 in the past week and one additional death, for a total of 4,018 cases and 52 deaths among county residents since the pandemic started. As of Wednesday,... — Updated 11/24/2021

Western Carolina University will focus its annual Giving Tuesday initiative on raising $250,000 for scholarship assistance for those students who all too often fall through the cracks between merit-based awards for top scholars... — Updated 11/24/2021

The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina recently approved grants totaling $1,466,330 to nonprofits across the region. The awards were made in CFWNC’s Early Childhood Development, Food and Farming, Human Services and Na... — Updated 11/24/2021

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Brevard Board of Adjustment will meet in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Building located at 95 W. Main St. in Brevard, North Carolina, on Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 3:00 P.M.... — Updated 11/24/2021

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE NO. 20-E-830 NORTH CAROLINA BURKE COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of Mary L. Payne To: Samantha Gudobba, the unknown heirs of Mary L. Payne, the unknown heirs of... — Updated 11/24/2021

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF TRANSYLVANIA PROBATE COURT – FILE NO.: 21E359 NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The undersigned having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Ray Lagene Bloxom, deceased, of Transylvania County, North... — Updated 11/24/2021

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF TRANSYLVANIA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION FILE NO. 21E275 EXECUTOR’S - ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Barbara L. Preedit of... — Updated 11/24/2021

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF TRANSYLVANIA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION FILE NO. 21E413 EXECUTOR’S - ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Howard Van Roberts of... — Updated 11/24/2021

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF TRANSYLVANIA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION FILE NO. 21E434 EXECUTOR’S - ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Juliann Daley Chapman of... — Updated 11/24/2021

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF TRANSYLVANIA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION File No: 21-E-415 EXECUTOR’S – ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Billie Jean Kelly of... — Updated 11/24/2021

In an effort to increase access to affordable housing in Transylvania County, the Dogwood Health Trust has awarded a $28,593 grant to Western Carolina Community Action (WCCA). The grant will allow WCCA to team up with the... — Updated 11/24/2021

Editor’s note: The following guest column was written by D.G. Martin. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, and I explained why in a column many years ago. One reason is that it is one of the very few days we have saved just for... — Updated 11/24/2021

The Land for Tomorrow Coalition is praising the 2021 state budget. The budget, which includes $100,000 toward the Ecusta Trail, reflects the highest spending allocation for land and water conservation since the 2008 recession, acco... — Updated 11/23/2021

David Guice, a longtime local political mainstay, said he will not seek re-election after his third term serving as Transylvania County Commissioner, which ends in 2022. Guice, the only unaffiliated commissioner on the majority... — Updated 11/23/2021

What are the plans for the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education and adjacent fish hatchery? Travis J. Casper, the chief of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Wildlife Education Division, provided the following response:... — Updated 11/22/2021

Transylvania Habitat for Humanity is breaking ground on a one-bedroom cottage in Rosman. The Habitat board approved the smaller home concept recently in response to the rising cost of homeownership in Transylvania County,... — Updated 11/22/2021

A recommended proposal to rezone more than 100 acres in the area around Osborne Road and Old Hendersonville Highway was put on hold by Brevard City Council during last Monday’s meeting. The issue came before council following a... — Updated 11/22/2021