Swannanoa News

On Wednesday, May 29th at 4:30PM, Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity will hold the fourth wall-raising in its new community in Swannanoa.

A state Senate budget proposal would shut a facility that houses juvenile defendants from Western North Carolina who are awaiting trial.

In 1976 two books were published on the Native American history of western North Carolina in conjunction with the state sponsored Cherokee History Project.

Thursday, May 23 Start your weekend off with some color as local author Peter Loewer visits the Swannanoa Library for a presentation on the wildflowers of WNC.

Traffic starts to slow just past the Swannanoa exit on I-40 because of an accident.

Thanks to Loudun Temple of the Brookfield Knights agency in the UK for the news that the Chicago-based string band Elephant Revival is the latest addition to the Brookfield Knights artists roster, bringing the present total to twenty-eight acts.

ASHEVILLE - First Congregational Church, 20 Oak St., is hosting a Church Women United fundraiser called StopHunger Now 11 a.m.-2 p.m. today.

The event will be a celebration of all students and their hard work throughout the school year.

CANTON - A fundrasier for the Rev. Gary Putnam is set for 3-8 p.m. today at the Canton Armory on Penland Street.

Heavy rains swamped low-lying parts of the Swannanoa Valley and shut down key roads, including N.C. Highway 9. A mudslide temporarily blocked lanes of Interstate 40 on May 6 just at the Buncombe and McDowell county line.

By most measures, Tammy Haynie's journey to a stable life for her and her family was not likely.

Those of us in the Valley are more than familiar with Swannanoa - Swannanoa, N.C. - that is.

Owen Middle School in Swannanoa and Cane Creek Middle School in Fletcher were the first recipients of the Reading Riding and Retrofit: NC Green Schools Recognition, a state level program designed to encourage, support and recognize NC schools who are "growing green!" These two schools will be awarded their plagues at the Buncombe County School ... (more)

Police say they caught a Swannanoa man with methamphetamine he intended to sell.

The Asheville brew scene is exploding. That's no secret. The big surprise this year, though, is that local alternatives to the typical adult beverage are jumping into the market.

Have you ever wondered what visitors to our town think about us? What impressions do they take home with them? I often wonder - and last week I received a letter from a visitor telling me exactly what he thought about the Black Mountain News and Black Mountain.

Spring is blooming, and that means event season is kicking off. Here's a quick rundown of some of the smaller-town art events that offer further incentive to explore the region's art communities.

For the past 10 months, I have been fortunate to work at Community High School in Swannanoa.