“People are incredibly generous, especially when it comes to something horrific because they feel helpless, and this gives them the ability to help,” says Lupo Passero, owner of Twin Star Tribe, a spirit-based herbal and energetic school with a location in Asheville.
Families of Asheville City Schools (FACS), a group made up of parents from every school in ACS, has launched a “Two Cents for AVL” campaign lobbying the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners to raise the supplemental property tax rate for the district.
After Tropical Storm Helene, people were desperately trying to understand what had just happened to turn their mountain refuge into an unrecognizable hellscape. Geologist and landslide researcher Phillip Prince thought he might be able to help.
“My multidecade vision for public education is that we become a people that praise educational attainment, uplift everyone who works in education and support students in every way possible as they pursue education,” says Timothy Lloyd, president of ACAE.
Extensive personnel shortages at the NC Forest Service hampered the agency’s ability to manage the wildfires that raged in Western North Carolina this spring, state and county officials say.
RAD Brewing and Mad Co. Brew House reps discuss weathering literal and financial storms.
Of the nearly 800,000 acres of trees that Helene downed, about 187,000 lie in national forests. Salvage logging — a practice scientists and forest advocates have long questioned — is the Forest Service’s primary method of handling such a large disturbance.
The local roots rockers kick off this year’s Downtown After 5 on Friday, April 18 in Pack Square Park.
N.C. Central University’s Marching Sound Machine visits the Asheville High School football field on Thursday, April 17.
A flurry of legal actions and a steady stream of executive orders from President Donald Trump and large-scale firings by the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency have caused confusion and chaos at the WNC veterans medical center.
Tax policy and Helene recovery were the focuses of the 439-page proposal — the first major move in a months-long spending negotiation with the state House.
The group encounters an unexpected open mic, new pub games and something spicy at the South Slope taproom.
The exhibit will be displayed at the First Congregational United Church of Christ’s Gallery through April 30.
Plus, the Michelin Guide comes to WNC, Asheville Proper kicks off lunch service and more Asheville food news.
Released in May 2024, La Luz’s latest full-length album, News of the Universe, continues the group’s creative progression, building on what they’ve done before but always moving outward in multiple directions.
Nearly 50 local restaurants will participate in the April 24 fundraiser.
“If we don’t speak up about how we want to see Asheville grow, then others will make the decisions for us.”
