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The Asheville Downtown Association will host a Candidate Forum for candidates running for mayor and city council on Monday, October 17, 2022, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm.

Serve to LEAD has announced a $120,000 grant from Bank of America over two years to support the nonprofit’s JumpStart Initiative, which provides workforce development opportunities and quality childcare for diverse Asheville youth.

Rent growth is slowing down for the season, a welcome sign for apartment hunters who have battled rapid price increases throughout the pandemic.

All enrolled Veterans at the Western North Carolina VA Health Care System have the opportunity to receive a free flu shot.

Under conditions that foster offshore wind utilization, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates that the technical resource potential for U.S. offshore wind is more than 4,200 gigawatts of capacity, or 13,500 terawatt-hours per year of generation.

What’s a better way to ring in the new season than with delicious seasonal flavors from our local farmers markets!

Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry’s Veterans Services of the Carolinas is the recipient of a $750,000 grant to facilitate a program of suicide prevention for veterans in all North Carolina counties.

Beginning Oct. 6, 2022, baits containing the oral rabies vaccine will be aerially distributed in Alleghany, Ashe, Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Madison, Macon, Mitchell, Swain, Transylvania, Wilkes, and Yancey Counties.

Applications for the 76th Annual Asheville Holiday Parade, presented by Bojangles, are now available. The parade rolls, dances and marches through downtown on Saturday, November 19, 2022.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced it would nearly double the funding awarded for clean school buses this year following increased demand, with school districts from all 50 states applying for the 2022 Clean School Bus Rebates.

Our Town kicks off Asheville Community Theatre’s 2022-23 season with a focus on community, appreciating each other, and savoring each moment of life.

The Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce and Mountain Area Workforce Development Board encourage all Western North Carolina career seekers to attend the WNC Career Expo, which will be held on Tuesday, October 11.

Each year, more deaths occur due to flooding than any other hazard related to hurricanes and thunderstorms. The most common flood deaths occur when a vehicle is driven into hazardous flood water.