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Mills River News

LIGHTNING PHOTOS: Cross-USA beer festival ends in Mills River

MILLS RIVER — More than 4,000 people swarmed the grounds of the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. here on a sun-splashed Sunday afternoon for the finale of the craft brewery's cross-country beer tour and the public debut of its first East Coast plant.   Read Story »

Flat Rock News

Attorneys argue points on conservation easement

Attorneys for either side pressed their points last week in a court hearing on a dispute over a partially completed horse ring on a farm protected by a conservation easement.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Local delegation clashes in high-profile coal ash blowup

The collapse of a coal-ash cleanup bill late Thursday night pitted Hendersonville legislators Tom Apodaca and McGrady against one another in a fight over the high-profile bill as the 2014 legislative session came to an end.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Grant named chancellor of UNCA

CHAPEL HILL  – Mary K. Grant, president of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts since 2002, has been elected chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Asheville by the Board of Governors of the 17-campus University of North Carolina.   Read Story »

North Carolina News

Teacher pay raises range from .3 to 18%

The 7 percent teacher pay raise contained in a $21.25 billion budget legislative leaders announced this week would vault North Carolina's pay ranking from 45th to 32nd nationally and raise it from ninth to fourth in the South, according to figures from the North Carolina Legislature and the National Education Association.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

LOCAL BRIEFS: Running, Sandburg value, teen vaccines, HSO grant

Cross Country series under way   Foot Rx, an Asheville running store, will host its Annual Cross Country Series beginning Wednesday, July 30, at Asheville School and continuing through November.The cross country races are 3.1-mile courses that cover a variety of terrain including, pavement, grass, gravel and mulch. The series is open for students and adults. Participants may register for one race at a time or all of the races. To compete in the series, each runner must run in five of the eight races. Participants are awarded points based on their finishing place for each race.Races will take place in Hendersonville, Asheville and Brevard.Proceeds will go to the RUN828 Foundation, a non-profit organization that promotes and supports healthy activities in WNC.To register or learn more visit http://www.active.com/asheville-nc/running/trail-heads/foot-rx-cross-country-series-2014. Big Brothers seeks volunteers Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Henderson County is seeking volunteers to provide one-on-one mentoring to single-parent elementary age children who live in poverty.In the traditional community program, Bigs (role models) and Littles go on one-to-one outings and activities that they enjoy together.Volunteers in the school-based program spend a few hours a month doing both nonacademic and academic activities on school grounds with the child. In Henderson county BBBS presently has close to 70 matches but has more children in need of a Big Brother or Big Sister. Studies show that with mentors children improve in school and in their relationships with family and friends, are less likely to skip school or use illegal drugs and gain greater confidence and self-esteem.Contact Jeff Kowalak at (828) 693-8153 to volunteer or learn more. Public health agency offering teen vaccines School nurses from the Department of Public Health will offer Tdap vaccinations and other recommended adolescent vaccines from 3 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 31, and Thursday, Aug. 14, at the health department's walk-in Immunization Clinic. No appointment is needed. North Carolina law requires public school students entering sixth grade to receive a Tdap vaccine, a booster against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis.The vaccine is provided at no cost for children without health insurance. The health department will bill insurance for students with BCBS of NC, MedCost, United Health Care, Medicaid or Health Choice. Bring a copy of the insurance card or Medicaid card to the clinic. All others must pay $60, payable by check, Visa, MasterCard or Discover.Other recommended vaccines for adolescents include: human papilloma virus (HPV), meningococcal conjugate and flu. Parents and guardians should check that their teen received all recommended childhood vaccines. Two other recommended vaccines are hepatitis A and the second dose of the chickenpox vaccine.Adolescent vaccines are also available on weekdays 8-11:30 a.m. and 1-4 p.m. in the Immunization Clinic. For more information about required immunizations, call (828) 694-6015 or visit http://www.hendersoncountync.org/health/web_pages/immunizations.html. Sandburg visitors spent $4.5 million FLAT ROCK — The Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site drew 81,711 visitors who spent $4.5 million in communities near the park last year, accounting for 65 jobs, the National Park Service said.The peer-reviewed visitor spending analysis conducted for the National Park Service by U.S. Geological Survey economists showed $14.6 billion of direct spending by 273.6 million park visitors in communities within 60 miles of a national park. This spending supported more than 237,000 jobs nationally, with more than 197,000 jobs found in these gateway communities, and had a cumulative benefit to the U.S. economy of $26.5 billion, the park service said. Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site is a unit of the National Park Service. TD Bank gives HSO $2,500 grant     Bill Humleker accepts a check from Chip Morris of TD Bank.TD Charitable Foundation awarded a $2,500 grant to the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra to support the Instrumental Ensemble Program and Summer Strings Workshops, part of the HSO youth outreach in Henderson County. Chip Morris of TD Bank presented the check to HSO Executive Director Bill Humleker. Since 1972, the HSO has offered the Instrumental Ensemble Program to more than 3,500 children each year.         Read Story »

Henderson County News

Rain delays add week to Howard Gap closure

Rain delays have caused the NCDOT to extend the closure of Howard Gap Road another week, until Aug. 9., as a contractor continues the $7.8 million widening project. The road closure began July 21.   Read Story »

Hendersonville News

Honor Air launches campaign to help free Marine

HonorAir founder Jeff Miller is launching a fundraising effort aimed at helping to free the U.S. Marine imprisoned in Mexico after crossing the border in a vehicle that contained legally registered weapons.   Read Story »

Mills River News

Sierra Nevada beer festival sold out

MILLS RIVER — If Sierra Nevada officials had any doubts about the reception they'd receive in once-dry Mills River, they need not have worried. The big public debut is sold out.   Read Story »

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