WHAT: Pretty Faces: The Story of a Skier Girl benefit screening WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 8, 6 p.m. WHERE: The Millroom, 66 Asheland Ave., Asheville WHY: Pretty Faces, a film celebrating women who thrive in the snow, originated with professional big-mountain skier and SheJumps co-founder Lynsey Dyer, whose objective was to give women and girls, young … Read more
On Nov. 21, Gov. Pat McCrory’s office released a statement saying that all of the jobs North Carolina lost during the Great Recession — some 62,000 positions — had been gained back. Not long after, local unemployment numbers started coming in, showing that Asheville had the lowest unemployment numbers among the North Carolina metro areas at … Read more
While not quite as attention-getting as the impending end of the world would’ve been, the “tube-ocalypse” sucked in a drove of zombie-hungry readers this year: The most-viewed story on Mountainx.com in 2014 was “Asheville Tries for Tubing World Record with ‘Zombie Float.’” Here’s a look at the the top-10 most-viewed stories.
