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N.C. Mountain State Fair Will Not Be Held This Year
As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty of conditions come September, the N.C. Mountain State Fair will not be held in 2020. The fair was scheduled to take... — Updated 7/7/2020
School Sports Unsure About Contests – Transylvania County
With COVID-19 cases setting a new daily record for North Carolina on Tuesday, and with Gov. Roy Cooper yet to make an announcement regarding the reopening of public schools, there i... — Updated 7/9/2020
Clubs And Organizations In Transylvania County
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 7/9/2020 Full story
Support Group Meetings In Transylvania County
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 7/9/2020 Full story
Church Directory
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 7/9/2020 Full story
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MacDonald Moves On After Being At DuPont Forest's Beginnings
Former DuPont State Recreational Forest ranger Bruce MacDonald has worked with the N.C. Forest Service in some capacity since he was a student at Warren Wilson College in the... — Updated 7/9/2020
Legal Notices: July 9, 2020
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF TRANSYLVANIA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE NO: 20-E-198 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES S. BAMFORD EXECUTOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as... — Updated 7/9/2020 Full story
Weeks Act Helped Create National Forests In North Carolina
One of the most important pieces of environmental legislation ever enacted by Congress was the passage of the Weeks Act on March 1, 1911. Named for its chief sponsor, Congressman... — Updated 7/9/2020
Lake Toxaway News
North Toxaway Baptist Food Bank The North Toxaway Baptist Church Food Bank will be open this Saturday, July 11, and serving the Lake Toxaway, Sapphire and Quebec communities during... — Updated 7/9/2020
Highlands Biological Station Begins Bird Banding Project
In conjunction with an international effort, the Highlands Biological Station has initiated a bird banding project in the high-elevation mountain community. At Western Carolina... — Updated 7/6/2020
Lowery Turned Life Around, Leads By Example-Brevard NC
If real-life experiences truly help prepare people for their careers, then Emily Lowery, director of The Haven, the local homeless shelter, can look at each and every person who... — Updated 7/6/2020
Ask Us Answered-Brevard NC
What is taking place at the site used for the Beethoven art at the corner of Probart and North Caldwell streets? Brevard City Manager Jim Fatland said that five years ago, the city... — Updated 7/6/2020
Pisgah Health Foundation Awards Grant To Boys & Girls Club-Brevard NC
Pisgah Health Foundation has approved a grant request to The Cindy Platt Boys & Girls Club of Transylvania County for funding summer programs for the youth who wouldn’t otherwise have the opportunity to attend camp. The Boys &... — Updated 7/6/2020
Long-Term Care Facilities Work To Keep Virus At Bay-Brevard NC
Long-term care facilities in Transylvania County persist in keeping an outbreak of COVID-19 at bay with facility-wide testing protocols amid a national climate in which nursing homes are being impacted the most by the pandemic. Tra... — Updated 7/6/2020
This Is A Testing Time For All Of Us
By Lee H. Hamilton A few weeks ago, The New York Times ran an article noting that with the U.S. preoccupied by the coronavirus pandemic, Black Lives Matter protests and massive unemployment, “its competitors are moving to fill... — Updated 7/6/2020
This Is A Testing Time For All Of Us
By Lee H. Hamilton A few weeks ago, The New York Times ran an article noting that with the U.S. preoccupied by the coronavirus pandemic, Black Lives Matter protests and massive unemployment, “its competitors are moving to fill... — Updated 7/6/2020
Forest Service Urges Caution On Fireworks Use
N.C. Forest Service officials urge the public to use extreme caution with fireworks to reduce the risk of igniting wildfires during Independence Day celebrations. "With the current... — Updated 7/3/2020
Brevard Welcomes Its First Public Skatepark-Brevard NC
Eagerly awaited by city residents for nearly a decade, Brevard's first public skatepark is finally ready for skaters to drop-in, according to a press release. Brevard City Council... — Updated 7/1/2020
City OKs Budget, Property Purchase-Brevard NC
On Monday, Brevard City Council approved the 2020/2021 city budget for the fiscal year, which began Wednesday, and includes no tax increase and for capital projects to be deferred to September. As previously reported, City Manager... — Updated 7/1/2020
Governor Approves Expanding 'Hometown Strong' Effort
Hometown Strong, an effort created to forge partnerships between rural communities and state government, will expand its focus to help all 80 rural North Carolina counties respond to COVID-19 and strengthen local economies. Gov.... — Updated 7/1/2020
Local Dog Owners Say They're 'Thrilled' To See Dog Park Coming To Fruition -Brevard NC
When Katinka and Rodney Remus began generating public interest in a dog park in Brevard in 2014, Katinka remembered looking down at her 2-year-old Westie, Talley, to proclaim they... — Updated 7/1/2020
Connestee Falls Scholarship: Caroline Dockery Is Baking Up A Bright Future
No matter how hard you try, you will not find a sweeter woman than Caroline Dockery. She is the founder of Morsel Cookie Company, a fledging business getting ready to fly. And her... — Updated 7/1/2020
Drivers Asked To Join #KeysFreeNC Movement To Curb Impaired Driving
The N.C. Governor's Highway Safety Program has a new weapon in its arsenal in the war against impaired driving during the Independence Day holiday – window chalk. "As a show of... — Updated 7/1/2020
Armadillo Sightings Likely To Increase In Transylvania-Brevard NC
Last Saturday, Sheila Johnson found an armadillo at her home in Lake Toxaway Estates. In the past few years, the county's N.C. Cooperative Extension office has heard of armadillo... — Updated 7/1/2020
Brevard Foster Families Appreciate Free Night Out Courtesy Of Donors
In the best-case scenarios for charitable giving, the costs are shared and the impact is doubled or tripled. That is exactly what Birmingham-based attorney Lawrence King of... — Updated 7/1/2020
