2019

Rob Neufeld

Longtime Asheville Citizen-Times columnist Rob Neufeld, a highly respected local historian known for his love and respect of his adopted Western North Carolina mountains, was the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award for 2019. Neufeld, 65, garnered numerous awards for his research and writing, continued his “Visiting Our Past” column for the newspaper until his death from ALS on October 20, 2019.