The Black Mountain-Swannanoa Valley Endowment Fund awarded 16 grants totaling $124,130 to nonprofits serving the community in its recent grant cycle. The Endowment, in partnership with The Foundation ...

BLACK MOUNTAIN – Tom Haney can bring “magic” to a still figure. Haney, a Black Mountain resident, is also an artist specializing in automata, which he described as a “kinetic, figurative sculpture” ...

The 100 Black Men of Coastal North Carolina held a scholarship brunch on Saturday morning. The organization helps to mentor ...

Camp Green Cove, 617 Green Cove Road, Zirconia, NC, 828-692-6355, greencove.com. Founded in 1945, Camp Green Cove is a ...

Ruth Asawa's exhibit at SFMOMA marries depth and breadth of Asawa’s work to the story of how her approach to life made the ...

Two of the Mountain West Conference's better defenders from the 2024 season announced their commitments to the NC State Wolfpack ... his career at American River College where he spent the first ...

Improved high school graduation rates notwithstanding, Black students are still significantly underrepresented on college campuses. In 2022, just 36 percent of Black 18- to 24-year-olds were ...

The low enrollment of Black males in college has remained a concerning statistic for as long as I can remember. It often seems overlooked in serious discussions and is only mentioned when ...

When Malik Robinson graduated from high school, the decision to attend college was an easy one. “The knowledge of self that you get from an HBCU [historically Black college or university] in ...

Black Mountain Town Manager Josh Harrold said the back nine holes of the golf course are anticipated to open early May 2025. The golf course has been closed since September 2024 when Tropical Storm ...

The causes are many. Higher college costs, the immediate financial needs of Black families, high suspension rates in high school and a barrage of negative messages about academic potential all ...

when Griffin was a student at the University of North Carolina. (AP Photo) ...