county news
Health Alerts
- H1N1 Vaccine Available
- Certain Zicam Cold Remedies Linked to Loss of Sense of Smell
- H1N1: What You Can Do
- Alert -- Immunization Requirement for 6th Grade Entry
Administration
- Commissioners to Hold Press Conference
- Stacey Keith Earns CMC Designation
- Want Ultra High Speed Internet?
- US Census Road Show Comes to WNC Farmers Market - March 13
- How Are We Doing?
Bids :: Purchasing
- Preventative Maintenance Contract for Mountain Mobility Transportation Vehicles
- LPG Conversion for Mountain Mobility Vehicles
- Owen Community Pool Resurfacing - Bid Event #163
Board of Elections
- View a Complete List of Candidates
- 2010 Buncombe County Election Schedule
- Board of Elections Meeting Schedule
Child Care
Cooperative Extension
- Tatting Workshops - March 19 & 26
- Orchard Mason Bees - One of Nature's Great Pollinators
- Gardeners: Practice Rain Recycling
- Worms Can Recycle Your Garbage!
- Spring Garden School: Eat Local - Grow Your Own
- Gardening Information: Just a Mouse Click Away
- You Can Make Your Own Rain Barrel!
- Combating Moles
- Speakers Bureau: Gardening Topics
- Catalog Shopping for Plants
- Operating & Maintaining Your Heat Pump
- Watch Out for Toxins in "Everyday" Products
- Easily Create a Home Recycling Center
- Deadline to Order a Rain Barrel Approaches
- Backyard Composting
- When Is It Best to Prune Shrubs?
- 2010 Perennial Plant of the Year - False Blue Indigo
Geographic Information Systems
- Access the New or Old GIS System
- Buncombe County On-Line Slope Calculation Tool
- 2006 Aerial Imagery Available for Download
- 2006 5 ft Contours Available for Download
- Buncombe County Soil Survey Online
Health Center
- New Public Pool Safety Requirements
- Reser's Fine Foods Recall
- You’re Invited to Ladies Night Out!
- You Can Quit! Help is Just a Phone Call Away...
- County Health Rankings Announced
- You May Be Eligible for a Free Pap Test
- CTS Health Assessment Findings
- Certain Zicam Cold Remedies Linked to Loss of Sense of Smell
- H1N1 Vaccine Available
- Alert -- Immunization Requirement for 6th Grade Entry
- H1N1: What You Can Do
- Acting FAST Could Save a Life
Library
- Pack Library Now Closed
- Read to Children - Become a POP Volunteer
- West Asheville Book Club: The Elegance of the Hedgehog
- West Asheville Library to Show the Film "Earth Days" on March 15
- Bilingual Bedtime Storytime at the Weaverville Library
- East Asheville Book Club: The Geography of Bliss
- Becky Stone as Pauli Murray - March 16
- Black Mountain Mystery Book Club: The Man Who Smiled
- North Asheville Book Club: Indian Givers
- Swannanoa Library Knitters
- Fairview Evening Book Club: The Story of a Marriage
- Skyland Book Club: The Last Dickens
- Weaverville Teen Awesome Group Meeting
- Local Author Terry Hall at the Enka Library - March 20
- Sit and Knit at the Weaverville Library
- Black Mountain Library Knitters
- Leicester Library Knitters
- No State Tax Forms For Libraries and Other Public Facilities
- Free Tax Assistance Through April 15
Parks and Recreation
- Buncombe County Community Recreation Grant Program
- Learn to Protect Yourself - Register by March 18
- Learn About Asheville's Paranormal History - Register by March 18
- Easter Egg Hunt at the Zeugner Center - March 27
- Kid’s Fishing Tournament -- Lake Julian Park
Planning and Development
Public Relations
- Fee-Waived Cat / Kitten Adoption Day - March 17
- Change Your Clock & Change A Bulb on March 14
- Pets of the Week - This Cat's for You
- Pack Square Park - One Year Later
- Pets of the Week
- Credit Card Reform: What You Don't Know Could Hurt You
- Going Green: Frito-Lay Gets Potatoes to Wash Themselves
- Where Is the Cheapest Gas?
- Pets of the Week
- Scholarship Funds Available
- Numbers You Need When the Power's Out!
- Pet Pictures of the Week - Do You Have Room for One of Us?
- Asheville Humane Needs Laundry Detergent
Sheriff
- Have You Seen This Man? You Could Get a Cash Reward!
- Work-From-Home Scams: Don't Take the Bait
- Sharing the Road
- Cheap Rabies Shots - March 27
- Reward Offered for the Mountain's Most Wanted
- Sheriff's Crime Prevention Has a New Phone Number
- Sheriff's Citizens' Academy - Register Now!
- Dispose of Your Unused & Expired Drugs Safely on March 14 or 20
- Dispose of Your Unused & Expired Drugs Safely on March 14 or 20
- Don't Get Scammed at Tax Time
- Traveling to Mexico? This Warning Is for You
Social Services
Solid Waste
- Let's Help Cleanup -- Register Today
- Got E-Waste?
- You Dump It, You Drink It. Recycle Used Motor Oil
- Recycle Your Plastic Bags
- Recycle Your CFL's Today
- Electronic Recycling Made Easy by WastePro
- Buncombe Green -- Share Your Ideas
- Recycling - Did You Know?
- Don't Forget to Recycle These Paper Products!
- Solid Waste Numbers You Need to Know
- Items Banned from NC Landfills Effective October 1
- Recycle Your Plastic Plant Pots and Styrofoam - March 20