Skyland News

Second Gear, a consignment shop specializing in outdoor gear and clothing, has moved to 444 Haywood Road, Suite 104, and is planning a grand reopening celebration.

What: Site work to make room for development on the northwest side of the runway at Asheville Regional Airport.

SKYLAND - Sharon Powell and her daughter Lauren like having their clothing boutique in South Asheville, but they'd like some neighbors.

Comments on Topix forums : Skyland The N.C. Division of Waste Management will hold an availability session regarding the groundwater assessment phase of the CTS-Skyland site on 5-8 p.m. Thursday, at the South ...

Jacki Huntington * jhunting@ashevill.gannett.com * updated July 11, 2008 12:16 am ASHEVILLE Four teenagers costumed as cans of food stood in the rain and waved as cars passed by MANNA FoodBank on Swannanoa ...

ASHEVILLE The Fourth of July is traditionally the biggest day of the year for beer sales across the country.

Comments on Topix forums : ASHEVILLE Buncombe County Parks, Greenways & Recreation will set the sky on fire again this year at Lake Julian Park in Skyland.

Authorities have determined a report of a missing 4-year-old girl in Arden is a hoax.

SKYLAND Health officials have discovered contamination in a residential well near the former CTS of Asheville plant on Mills Gap Road that was previously found free of the contaminant.

A core group of residents living nearby the former CTS of Asheville plant, a hazardous-waste site known to be contaminated with high levels of an industrial solvent that may cause cancer, have organized an ...

Comments on Topix forums : A day of wireless phone safety instruction will be hosted by U.S. Cellular in honor of Wireless Safety Week, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, the company announced in a news release.

Mary Ann Willingham, of Skyland, is a charter member of the Asheville-Blue Ridge Rose Society.

Polly McDaniel * PMcDaniel@CITIZEN-TIMES.com * published May 31, 2008 12:15 am SKYLAND Who says hybrid tea roses don't have fragrance? Mary Ann Willingham manages to find loads of them that smell better than ...

In 1953, residents of south Buncombe County held mass meetings in the Limestone Township, which is south Buncombe County, in order to form some type of fire protection for their homes.

State Rep. Pricey Harrison has introduced legislation that would outlaw importation of coal that was extracted using mountaintop-removal, a destructive form of strip mining that levels mountains with dynamite ...

Earlier this year, John Frank caused a bit of a brouhaha when he opened a new burrito shop in the Skyland Crest shopping center in a spot that another burrito joint, Rio Burrito, had used for three years.

Workers will start restricting traffic on Interstate 26 in Henderson County and southern Buncombe County starting at 7 p.m. Monday, the state Department of Transportation says. via Asheville Citizen-Times

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the "new" Pack Memorial Library building on Haywood Street in downtown Asheville. via Mountain Xpress

“I'll gladly take a water bill.”

Buncombe County commissioners on Tuesday approved spending more than $220,000 for waterlines for a Skyland subdivision located in an area with groundwater contamination. via Asheville Citizen-Times

Comments on Topix forums : ASHEVILLE The Skyland Twirlers Modern Western Square Dance club will celebrate its 48th anniversary of square and round dancing with a special dance at 7:30 p.m. today at the Senior ... via Asheville Citizen-Times