07/13/11 North Carolina's state parks are limping into a new budget year with a 25 percent cut from the legislature, growing hordes of visitors and a sense that things could be worse.
07/10/11 There are two streams near Edneyville; one springs from the foot of Sugar Loaf Mountain, the other from Ball Rock Mountain. When they join, they create a creek that spills into the Broad River at Bat Cave. Signs along the Chimney Rock Highway spell it Reedy Patch Creek. That is the wrong spelling. It should be Ready Patch Creek.
07/07/11 Hundreds participated in the 18th annual Kiwanis Firecracker 5K in Weaverville Monday morning. The first male finisher was Seth Hendler-Voss, 33, of Asheville, and the first female finisher was Sarah Jones, 20, of Asheville.
06/29/11 Children take part last year in the North Carolina Arboretum's week-long summer Citizen Science Camp. The N.C. Arboretum, which offers many programs for all ages, celebrates its 25th anniversary starting Friday.
06/22/11 Current beauty pageant queens and junior queens from across North Carolina and their families joined contestants in this year's NC Rhododendron Pageant for a tour of Roan Mountain Recreation Area in Pisgah National Forest to see the rhododendrons in full bloom last Saturday.
06/17/11 "In the Shadows of Chimney Rock" by Rose Senehi, Ingalls Publishing Group, paperback, 289 pages.
06/15/11 Students and teachers at Reynolds Middle School participated in the second annual Reynolds Rocket 5K race June 8 in front of the school. Half of the proceeds from the run benefit Brother Wolf animal adoption center.
06/15/11 Ryan Madamba pulls his daughter, Ava, 2, in a buggy while riding bikes with his son, William, 4, at Carrier Park. Madamba, a triathlete, is helping to start a chapter of Run Buddies, a national program that recruits local athletes to run with children at risk for obesity.
06/10/11 Submit items at least one week in advance of publication for the Outdoors Calendar, a weekly listing of hiking, mountain biking, paddling, running and other activities in Western North Carolina.
06/03/11 A final Republican-penned state budget likely heading to North Carolina Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue's desk takes aim at environmental regulations and funds designed to protect land and water, expand parks and track mountainsides to help avoid development in the path of potential landslides.
06/03/11 A final Republican-penned state budget likely heading to Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue's desk takes aim at environmental regulations and funds designed to protect land and water, expand parks and track mountainsides to help avoid development in the path of potential landslides.
06/01/11 Riders compete in the 11th annual Mountain Sports festival, here at the inaugural Asheville Cyclocross race at Carrier Park, last weekend. / Dustin Stuart/dstuart@citizen-times.com
05/05/11 The seventh annual Mainstay Mountain Medley on Saturday. Submit items at least one week in advance of publication for the Outdoors Calendar, a weekly listing of hiking, mountain biking, paddling, running and other activities in Western North Carolina.
05/03/11 The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation's Kids in Parks Program received a $15,500 Active Trails Grant from the National Park Foundation to build two new TRACK Trails on the parkway in Virginia.
05/03/11 Biltmore House Christmas tree-raising 2010: Biltmore Estate employees raised the Biltmore House Christmas tree Nov. 3, 2010 - a huge annual tradition.
04/27/11 Runners take part in the 11th annual Conquer A Cove 5K, a benefit for the Hope Chest for Women, April 17 in Candler. For more races coming up around Asheville, see the Outdoors Calendar.
04/22/11 Children enjoy the City of Asheville's annual Easter egg hunt last weekend. More family events are scheduled for this weekend. / Margaret Hester/mhester@citizen-times.com
04/21/11 The 11th annual Conquer A Cove 5K, a benefit for the Hope Chest for Women, was held Sunday afternoon on the Mount Pisgah Academy Campus in Candler. There were more than 350 runners.
04/14/11 Submit items at least one week in advance of publication for the Outdoors Calendar, a weekly listing of hiking, mountain biking, paddling, running and other activities in Western North Carolina.
04/11/11 Judging for the 2010 National Gingerbread House Competition at the Grove Park Inn was Monday, but the confectionary artworks will be on display until Jan. 2. Public viewing is available Monday-Thursday only. | 
