By all indications, the closing of Interstate 40 due to a massive rockslide will be more than just a minor headache for many.
Through traffic heading west to Tennessee will be directed to I-26 from Asheville, where cars would have to travel 130 miles to link back up with I-40 across the state line.
Though much of [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘News: Asheville’
November 5, 2009
Unemployment continues to plague Western North Carolina
BOONE—Unemployment rates in Western North Carolina have more than doubled in the past two years from just under 5.0 percent to 12.2 percent. And while the region’s economy experienced positive growth in the spring, the region lost some of those gains in the third quarter of this year.
“Employment continues to be a problem,” said Todd [...]
October 20, 2009
A-B Tech to offer customer service job training course
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College is offering a course in advanced customer service next month as part of the governor’s Jobs NOW initiative.
Classes will run from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., Mondays-Thursdays, Nov. 9 – Feb. 4 in the Haynes Center at the college’s Enka campus.
Those who complete the course will be qualified for jobs like [...]
October 20, 2009
Motorcycle shop opens
Mike Jones has opened Blue Ridge Riders on Tunnel Road.
The dealership offers motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles. Two years ago Jones sold Mike’s Bikes, his dealership in Fort Myers, Fla., with plans to retire, but the business drew him back.
“My father taught me that quality and affordability generate more repeat customers,” Jones said in a press [...]
October 20, 2009
Despite tough year, manufacturing will play vital role in WNC’s future
At the end of a panel discussion Tuesday at which representatives of local manufacturers were touting the benefits of a career in the field to educators, a teacher asked if any of companies was hiring.
Only one of the four companies represented said yes.
Local manufacturing plants have been hit hard by the recession much like businesses [...]
October 14, 2009
A-B Tech to host event on global exporting
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College’s Small Business Center and the N.C. Dept. of Commerce are hosting an event Oct. 29 to help area businesses learn how to effectively export their products in the global market.
The fourth annual Export Expo will be held from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on the second floor conference room of the Haynes Conference [...]
October 14, 2009
UNC Asheville – City of Asheville agreement sets stage for new partnerships
The long-standing, informal partnership between UNC Asheville and City of Asheville took a step forward with the signing of a joint agreement that sets the stage for future collaborations.
UNC Asheville Chancellor Anne Ponder and Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy, who signed the agreement, were joined by UNC President Erskine Bowles and city, university and elected [...]
October 14, 2009
Federal funds will boost scenic byways in Macon, Cherokee counties
Two Western North Carolina projects will receive $1.6 million from federal funds designated for the nation’s scenic byways.
The U.S. Forest Service restoration project at scenic Dry Falls in Macon County will receive $512,000, which will go to complete improvements to the parking area and access walkways, including a new pedestrian bridge.
The Nantahala Byway, a scenic, [...]
October 6, 2009
Asheville I-26 connector project could end Hillcrest isolation
While construction workers erect a new gate at the entrance to Hillcrest Apartments to deter criminals, some local residents have been working to make it easier for people to get to the public housing development just west of downtown.
The plan for the Interstate 26 Connector highway project pushed by a group of local architects and [...]
October 6, 2009
Tourists begin migration to Asheville
Most of the trees around Asheville remain covered with green leaves, but that didn’t stop tourists from filling city streets downtown over the weekend.
Shawn Trutna, who visited Asheville for the first time this weekend with his girlfriend, said fall colors would have been “icing on the cake,” but still looked forward to a weekend in [...]
