Don't Stress About the Tests

May is the time for spring flowers, but some students don't seem to have time to smell them due to preparing for those end of the year tests. Help your student stop the stress...

Find a Furry Friend

Everyone needs a friend. Whether they purr or bark, you just can’t compare the loyalty and love from a good pet.

Snakes Alive! May 14

Now that warm weather has arrived many people are doing more outdoor activities and so are the animals--especially snakes. Do they scare you? Learn more about our slithery friends!

Is Your Rental Unit In Violation?

Buncombe County has adopted rules & regulations to help eliminate unfit & unsafe rental housing conditions. Do you know a dwelling that should be inspected?

Something to Howl About!

The WNC Nature Center proudly announces the birth of five red wolf pups born early Sunday morning May 1.

Saturday, May 14 is the US Postal Service Letter Carriers Annual Food Drive.  Your Letter Carrier will be picking up non-perishable food items from your mailbox.  Simply place your food item inside the box and help stamp out hunger.  You can also drop off non-perishable food items at the following locations between now and May 14:

• AMF Star Lanes  491 Kenilworth Road  245-6161
• Asheville Postage Express  22-C New Leicester Highway 255-9254
• Chammies Car Wash  720 Hendersonville Road 277-9767
• Croley's Martial Arts Center 169 Charlotte Street
• Franks's Roman Pizza North  85 Weaverville Highway  645-2910
• Merrimon Galleries  365 Merrimon Avenue 252-6036
• Nick's Grill  1461 Merrimon Avenue  252-9335
• The Little Gym of Asheville  2 Town Square Suite 130  687-9887
• The Optical Shoppe  153 Smoky Park Highway  667-3211
• The Oil Can   243 Sardis Road  670-1645

Pack Memorial Library, located at 67 Haywood Street in downtown Asheville, offers a variety of art that you can check out with a library card. You may check out up to four prints for four weeks. The artwork ranges in size and is for children and adults. Currently, Pack Memorial Library has roughly 100 prints. Their phone number is 250-4700.

Black Mountain Library, located at 105 Dougherty Street in Black Mountain, also has 10 to 15 prints that may be checked out. Their phone number is 669-2652.

The Buncombe County Law Library is a public law library. It is part of the Asheville-Buncombe Library System and is located on the 10th floor of the Buncombe County Courthouse.  The Law Library is open to the public and exists to serve the legal needs of the general public and the legal community.

The Library's collection contains approximately 20,000 volumes with an emphasis on North Carolina materials. The collection includes reported state and federal appellate cases and a representative collection of statutes, local ordinances, regulations, treatises, periodicals and law reviews, form books, directories, and commentary.

It's open Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 5 pm. The phone number is 250-4734.

The North Asheville Library, located at 1030 Merrimon Avenue, is now open. The operating hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 am to 8 pm, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 am to 6 pm, and Saturdays from 9 am to 5 pm.  Check out our newest branch library today!

The phone number is 251-4991.