News Coverage
Program To Help Residents Find Long-Term, Living-Wage Jobs Gets Financial Boost
July 27th 2022 Asheville, N.C. (WLOS) — More money will be coming to a local community college so it can continue to help low-income residents find jobs.
A-B Tech Community College and Bank of America Announce Continued Support for Skills Training Employment Program (STEP)
July 26th 2022 Asheville, N.C. — Bank of America and Asheville-Buncombe Technical (A-B Tech) Community College today announced continued support for the college’s Skills Training Employment Program (STEP) through a $150,000 commitment from Bank of America over two years.
A-B Tech's Culinary Team Heading To Vegas To Compete For Second National Title
July 19th 2022 Asheville, N.C. (WLOS) — A-B Tech’s student culinary team is heading out West! The team is set to compete in the American Culinary Federation’s National Convention in Las Vegas, scheduled for July 25-28.
Area High Schoolers Take Free College Classes At A-B Tech
July 13th 2022 Asheville, N.C. — It sounded too good to be true. In 2017, Amelia Darnell was a 10th grader at Asheville High School.
A-B Tech Helps Inmates Get College Education
June 21st 2022 Asheville, N.C. (WLOS) — Asheville–Buncombe Technical Community College is participating in the Second Chance Pell Experiment, which is making need-based financial aid available to inmates at Craggy Correctional Center and Western Correctional Center for Women.
A-B Tech Touts Pell Grant Experiment; Only Post-Secondary School In The State To Do It
June 20th 2022 Asheville, N.C. — The mission of the Second Chance Pell Experiment is in the name: It’s about providing second chances.
Chef Stephen Hertz on Carolina Kitchen
June 15th 2022 Asheville, N.C. (WLOS) — Culinary Arts Instructor Chef Stephen Hertz is featured on the Carolina Kitchen with WLOS News 13 in a series of four segments featuring A-B Tech instructors.
Spotlight on StoryCraft Producer Sharissa Thomason
June 7th 2022 As part of StoryCraft BPR’s partnership with Asheville Writers in the Schools and Community (AWITSC), we were introduced to Sharissa Thomason, a 16-year-old student at A-B Tech Community College.
A Taste Of Burma In The 828
June 7th 2022 Asheville, N.C. — In both WNC and across the Southeast, Burmese food is quite elusive — in fact, based on our research, Asheville’s closest Burmese restaurant is all the way over in Carrboro (about a 3.5-hour drive).
Amid Nursing Shortage, Mission Health To Fund Instructor Positions To Boost Enrollment
May 24th 2022 Asheville, N.C. (WLOS) — Amid an ongoing nationwide nursing shortage, Mission Health is funding instructor positions at three Western North Carolina nursing programs to help graduate more future registered nurses (RN).