Get Your Vital Records Online

Buncombe is one of the first counties in the state to offer vital record certificates online.

Primary Election Registration Deadline - April 13

The deadline is approaching...

Buncombe Health Rankings Released

Just how healthy are we? Find out...

Ticks & Mosquitoes: What the Mild Winter Really Means

Does the mild winter put us at greater risk of tick & mosquito bites? It's complicated.

Find Voter Info Fast!

Are you registered? Where is your voting location? Find out fast!

Additional Plastics Now Accepted for Recycling

More items now accepted for recycling.

Gardening with Children - April 18

Learn how to get children interested in gardening.

Come Fly with Us! The A-B Aeromodelers Flying Club

Come see an air show & model display in Grovemont Park on April 14!

Asheville Humane Needs Foster Parents!

What hobby feels good & saves a life? Being a pet foster parent!

Recipe of the Week - Healthy Coconut Oatmeal

Try this healthy, delicious, Coconut Oatmeal recipe!

Every April, communities, organizations, and individuals nationwide celebrate gardening during National Garden Month.

Research confirms that nurturing plants is good for us; attitudes toward health and nutrition improve, kids perform better at school, and community spirit grows.

Join the celebration and help to make North Carolina a greener, healthier, more livable place - spruce up your landscape, plant a garden, start a community garden in your neighborhood, volunteer to help with a school garden.

For more information on gardening, call Buncombe County Cooperative Extension at 255-5522.

At one time, residents were advised to flush unneeded medications down the drain. Tests on our nation’s waterways have proven that this is a very bad idea. Whether wastewater heads to a treatment facility or goes into a septic system, the medications aren’t removed and eventually end up in
our waterways and soil.

Worse, some of the medications, such as antibiotics, can make it more difficult to treat wastewater and may lead to the growth of drug-resistant bacterial strains.

So what are you supposed to do with old medications? The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office now offers a drop-off program for safe drug disposal. There is a Pill Drop Box in the lobby of the Sheriff’s office, which is located at 202 Haywood Street in Asheville. Here’s how it works:

• Pills should be taken from the original containers and put into the storage bags supplied at the drop point. ALL PILLS (vitamins, aspirin, pain medication, etc.) can be placed into the same storage bag. They will be incinerated as one item.
• TAKE YOUR CONTAINERS AND LABELS AWAY WITH YOU! You should dispose of your personal identification information yourself.

Medications can be dropped off Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. If you have questions about this program, please call the Sheriff’s office at 250-4503.

Almanac Gardener began its 29th season as the most popular locally produced program on UNC-TV on Saturday, April 7 at noon.

Almanac Gardener is a half-hour home horticulture program airing for 20 weeks, from April through August. It's one of the longest running series on UNC-TV and is a co-production of UNC-TV and Cooperative Extension at
North Carolina State University.

Information, call 255-5522.