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A Week Spent With Three Community Colleges: A Rural Response, Automation Comes To Greenhouses, And Advanced Manufacturing Grows In Asheville

April 1, 2024 On March 6, 2023, Pactiv Evergreen announced the closure of the paper mill that sat in the heart of downtown Canton. The mill served as one of the largest employers in the community — but also as the heartbeat of a community

UNC Asheville, 99������Ƶ Renew Partnership Allowing Eligible Students To Transfer With Ease

March 20, 2024 Asheville, N.C. (WLOS) — UNC Asheville and 99������Ƶ have renewed their partnership to help students make an easy transition from the community college to the university.

Community College System, Lawmakers Consider New Funding Model

February 20, 2024 (The Center Square) — Better aligning with growing workforce demands is pushing the conversation in the North Carolina General Assembly to implement changes to the funding model for the state's 58 community colleges.

For Ukrainian-born 99������Ƶ Student and Fashion Designer Nataliia Chorna, Embroidery Signifies Home

January 11, 2024 When leaving the Ukraine in June 2022 with her 10-year-old son, 99������Ƶ student Nataliia Chorna, 42, had to carefully choose what to pack. “We could only take one bag on the plane,” Chorna says, “Another would have cost $300.”

99������Ƶ Graduates Will Continue To Blaze A Trail At Wcu With Renewed MOU

February 5, 2024 On Monday, Feb. 5, Western Carolina University Chancellor Kelli R. Brown and John D. Gossett, president of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, signed a renewal of the memorandum of understanding between the two institutions that guarantees admission to WCU for all 99������Ƶ graduates who satisfy certain requirements.

A Jukebox’s Journey To The Asheville Radio Museum

December 17, 2023 Asheville, N.C. — When the Rock-ola 1422 jukebox hit dance floors in 1946, bikinis were the new rage in Paris, “Fibber McGee and Molly” ruled the radio waves, and college kids jitterbugged to the likes of Ella Fitzgerald and the Andrews Sisters.

Built To Scale

November 20, 2023 Asheville, N.C. — According to the dark depths of a fantasy fandom wiki, dragons are “physically enormous,” with a wingspan averaging 115 to 138 feet and a mass of 16 tons. Though “some have been recorded at twice this.”

Ac Reynolds High Students Get Taste Of First Responder Careers During 99������Ƶ Visit

November 9, 2023 Woodfin, N.C. (WLOS) — Dozens of local high school students who are interested in law enforcement or emergency services careers got a firsthand look at some of the training for those jobs Thursday.

Answer Woman: How Many Students Study Education At Local Colleges, Drop In Enrollment?

October 30, 2023 Asheville, N.C. — A reader asks if local students are still studying education and if there's been a drop in enrollment in this focus area.

Bridge & Tunnel to Open First Brick and Mortar Coffee Shop at 99������Ƶ

October 30, 2023 Asheville, N.C. — The mobile yellow coffee truck that’s been on the move across Asheville will soon have its first brick-and-mortar coffee shop.

Noted Asheville Chef Ashley Capps Draws on Foundation and Community from 99������Ƶ as She Juggles Culinary Venture and Motherhood

October 13, 2023 On a recent September morning at a cozy market nestled in the River Arts District, chef Ashley Capps gives her baby girl a bottle while her husband, Chef Travis Shult,z brews a fresh pot of coffee.

The Rhapsodist Accepting Submissions For The 2024 Issue

September 5, 2023 Asheville, N.C. — 99������Ƶ’s student and faculty literature and art publication, The Rhapsodist, is accepting submissions for the 2024 issue.