Asheville Local Business
Local business in Asheville, NC
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4 hrs ago | via News Observer
N.C. Natural Sciences Museum hopes for successful fo...
With more than 1.2 million visitors touring the $56 million research center in 2012, the museum director says it’s time to turn that widespread interest into action. Comment?
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20 hrs ago | via Asheville Citizen-Times
Entrepreneurship needs more support, not less
I was disappointed when I read the May 13 article about the N.C. Senate bill that will defund AdvantageWest. Comment?
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20 hrs ago | via Asheville Citizen-Times
City tax rate could rise 1 cent
City government would freeze 14 jobs, hold property taxes more or less steady and keep services at current levels under a proposed budget to be presented to City Council on Tuesday. Comment?
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Friday | via Mountain Xpress
Times-News: Above average rainfalls create challenge...
Farmers depend on ample rain for their livelihoods, but county sod, corn and apple farmers say Mother Nature has provided too much of a good thing this spring. Comment?
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Thursday May 23 | via Institute for Southern Studies
Environmental groups spur NC legal action against Du...
Under legal pressure from environmental advocates, North Carolina regulators are seeking court orders to force Duke Energy to clean up groundwater contamination from unlined coal ash storage ponds at power plants near Asheville and Charlotte, where the pollution threatens the region's drinking-water supply. Comment?
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Thursday May 23 | via Mountain Xpress
Moog Music celebrates 'Bob Moog Day' with donation t...
Today, May 23, is Bob Moog Day in Asheville, honoring the legendary instrument inventor on what would've been his 79th birthday. Comment?
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Thursday May 23 | via Mountain Xpress
Feast for the future on 'Bob Moog Day': Local restau...
Today, May 23, a group of local restaurants are coming together to celebrate what would've been Bob Moog's 79th birthday by donating a portion of sales to the Bob Moog Foundation. Comment?
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Thursday May 23 | via Asheville Citizen-Times
New Census Bureau figures show the city is continuing its population growth at a rate of nearly 3 percent over the past two years while the region's more rural areas have seen a decline. Comment?
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Wednesday May 22 | via Hotel Online
KSL Resorts Appoints Donna Smith as Director of Leis...
KSL Resorts Appoints Donna Smith as Director of Leisure and Travel Industry Sales and James Buck as Digital Marketing Manager for Two Properties - The Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina, and The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia, have announced dual appointments to two key sales and marketing roles in time for the summer travel season. Comment?
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Wednesday May 22 | via WCNC-TV Charlotte
NC lawsuit against Duke Energy expands
The state of North Carolina has expanded its lawsuit against Duke Energy over water pollution from coal ash ponds to include pollution in Mountain Island Lake, the Charlotte region's primary source of drinking water. Comment?
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Wednesday May 22 | via PRWeb
Jim Hitt, CEO of American IRA, a National Self-direc...
Jim Hitt, CEO of American IRA, a National Self-directed IRA Administrator, Will be Attending the 'iPad Boot Camp for Real Estate Investors!' on May 25th. Comment?
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Tuesday May 21 | via Business Journal
NC sues Duke Energy over coal ash leaks near reservoir
Duke Energy's Riverbend coal plant has been retired. But N.C. officials have sued to force Duke to deal with contaminants seeping from the coal ash containment ponds there. Comment?
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Tuesday May 21 | via Mountain Xpress
If you grew up watching the 1950s Japanese giant monster movies on TV, the 1955 Godzilla Raids Again was a film you knew as Gigantis the Fire Monster that, according to TV Guide , was given a date of 1959 - which was how and when the film had played in U.S. theaters. Comment?
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Tuesday May 21 | via Creative Loafing
State finally sues Duke for endangering Charlotte's ...
Apparently following the axiom that late is better than never, North Carolina is suing Duke Energy over carcinogenic pollution in Charlotte's major water source, Mountain Island Lake. Comment?
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Tuesday May 21 | via The Charlotte Observer
N.C. adds Charlotte-area power plant to coal ash law...
State regulators under pressure from environmental groups added Duke Energy’s Riverbend power plant, perched above Charlotte’s water supply, to a lawsuit over coal ash pollution. Comment?
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Tuesday May 21 | via Asheville Citizen-Times
NC agency seeks injunction in coal ash case
A state environmental agency is seeking a court injunction against Duke Energy over groundwater that may have been contaminated by coal ash from a Charlotte-area power plant. Comment?
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Monday May 20 | via Triangle.com
Triangle-Based Innovation and Commercialization Firm...
Innovation and commercialization firm Montie Design is hosting a two-day seminar for businesses looking for professional guidance in taking a product from concept to marketplace. Comment?
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Monday May 20 | via Keyboard Magazine
Asheville NC Proclaims May 23 to be Bob Moog Day
Moog Music is pleased to announce that Mayor Terry Bellamy has issued an official proclamation declaring May 23rd to be Bob Moog Day in the city of Asheville. Comment?
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Saturday May 18 | via Asheville Citizen-Times
Four former restaurant employees plan to go to court in August in hopes of collecting thousands of dollars in wages they said are owed to them. Comment?
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Wednesday May 15 | via Detroit News
Business insider: Brewing accolades flow in Grand Ra...
Adam Belatta and Angie Williams serve up some beers at 51 North in Lake Orion. Michigan is becoming a leader in the craft beer industry. Comment?
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