Smoky Mountain High School senior, Jacob Jones, was awarded the Mary Jane Queen Music Heritage Scholarship.

There’s still time to sign up for the Summer Dance Camp for Youth run by Mars Hill College’s national champion dance team, the Bailey Mountain Cloggers.

A mandatory April 19 Asheville Middle School assembly that included religious content has school officials apologizing, and promising to be “a little more skeptical” in the future. The assembly featured Time to Revive founder Kyle Martin, while the organization was holding a seven-day revival event in Asheville. According to Asheville Schools spokesperson Charlie Glazener, Martin was a different ...

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Asheville High senior Alice Jamison is congratulated by Principal Carol Ray during the 2012 Academic Awards Banquet for Asheville City Schools. / John Coutlakis/ This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Buncombe County schools are considering taking advantage of a federal program that would pay for a free breakfast for all students. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports ( http://avlne.ws/JlZE0M ) that the school board will discuss the idea at its meeting next month.

Taylor Chappell, Bo Dossett and Chris Hawley work together to improve the trails on campus during the annual Work Day at Warren Wilson College. Warren Wilson College students and faculty joined together for their annual Work Day on campus Wednesday.