But he found himself longing for the sense of community a church provided, and he joined a congregation near his hometown of Buffalo, N.Y. As he became involved with the church's committees and community service programs, he learned how the older …

The Hunts will receive the Award in Philanthropy for their commitment to giving back to the local community. The couple most recently founded Hunt Utilities Group, a coalition of minds focusing on research and development of alternative energies as …

The Boy Scouts of America has disallowed Scouts deemed morbidly obese from attending its national Jamboree, which opened Monday at a new site in the West Virginia mountains, writes the Associated Press. Only troop members and leaders with a body …

Officials gathered Wednesday afternoon for a proclamation signing with Russell Mayor Curt Mader, who declared it “Russell County Area Community Foundation Day.” Since its inception 12 years ago, the Community Foundation and donors have returned …

Matthew Fleurant, age 4, is thinking more about his next video game session than the chain of events set in motion by a near-fatal accident last October. That's OK. His family — including grandparents Paula (above) and Ken Fleurant — tell the story …

The 28th Judicial District Bar of Buncombe County will sponsor a Habitat for Humanity house in Swannanoa. Members of the bar will raise $55,000 to help pay for the cost of building and will also donate their time to help build the home. The celebratory …

The most maddening ones are when an album is really heavily anticipated, like In Rainbows was or the new Daft Punk record or Watch the Throne, where you literally see people react to these records 20 minutes after they're available. And even they know …

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Mr. McDonnell is now drowning in a sea of scandal that appears to reflect his love of money and luxury after stories emerged revealing how the McDonnell family has accepted tens of thousands of dollars in unreported gifts from a friendly businessman …