At their March 3 meeting, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners gave staff the go-ahead to work out the details of switching the county’s indigent health-care services over to a local nonprofit. Also: conservative activists wielded (cardboard) pitchforks.
Due to a growing need for space in the overcrowded courthouse, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners will move both its offices and meeting spot down the street beginning in April, according to a release from the county today.
Take your pick: A reading by a renowned poet, a selection of book clubs, new releases and an Akashic Books author coming to Asheville.
The owner of the Lexington Avenue coffee shop plans on running a “comfortable, cozy” spot.
This document contains a survey that the city of Asheville will circulate in April to gauge citizens’ opinions of the city’s performance. Developed by the National Research Center, Inc. and the International City/County Management Association, the National Citizen SurveyTM, hits on a wide variety of topics, from transportation to crime to general demographics. Alongside the […]
Sara’s hat came from Constance Boutique, her vest is from Target. Photo by Julie Tracy.
Insect Time of month Patterns to Match type Blue-Winged Olive All month days 16-18 Mr. Rapidan, 16-20 BWO Parachute, 20 BWO Biot Spinners, 18-22 BWO Klink Emergers 16-22 Skinny Nelson, Poison Tung, Mighty May, AP Nymph, Best Nest black dry subsurface Blue Quill early 16-20 Blue Quill, Thunderhead 16-20 Hare’s EarNymph or Bird’s Nest dry […]
Each week Xpress reporter Alli Marshall and WOXL DJ Pat Ryan team up to bring you their entertainment suggestions.
I recently finished hiking all the trails in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. That makes me the 248th member of the 900 Miler Club. The finish line: It took a few years, but author Danny Bernstein hiked every maintained trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park—gaining her a place in the 900 Miler […]
Council pitches compromise on water laws Parks plan needs more work Bele Chere ‘09 scaled back Asheville City Council’s Feb. 24 meeting—all seven hours of it—was book-ended by dollar signs and question marks. It started with a city budget update and ended with a report on the federal stimulus package, both of which presage more […]
The U.S. military fights in all sorts of weather, so our armed forces know full well the value of an accurate forecast. And when commanders want a reliable weather report before moving troops, setting out to sea or calling in an air strike, they look toward Asheville. The 88 staffers of the little-known 14th Weather […]
A paratrooper descends into a battle zone, sheds his parachute and hits the ground running. A minesweeper steps gingerly through a field, scanning for unexploded ordnance. A Marine slogs through the jungle, his feet fighting their way through the dense underbrush. Different warriors in different settings, but they all might have one thing in common: […]
Thus far, the two-front “war on terror” has claimed the lives of 4,865 U.S. military personnel. One hundred nineteen of them hailed from North Carolina, and six of those called Western North Carolina home. Below are details about our area’s service members who’ve perished in Afghanistan and Iraq. Sgt. William S. Kinzer Jr., Hendersonville: Kinzer, […]
The United Nations secretary-general speaks in grave tones to a room packed with officials from some of the world’s largest, most powerful countries. He’s called them together, he says, to help them save their nations by saving the planet. The situation’s getting desperate: A Category 5 hurricane has reduced much of Miami to ruins and […]
Western Carolina Rescue Ministries plans to launch a $7 million construction project in May that will double the amount of space it has to provide services for homeless people and those battling drug and alcohol addictions. A $1 million grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta puts the nonprofit about halfway to its […]
About 25 protesters, including several breast-feeding mothers and chanting supporters, held a Feb. 22 nurse-in outside the Denny’s restaurant off Patton Avenue in West Asheville. Breast is best: About 25 protesters stood outside the Denny’s restaurant off Patton Avenue in support of Crystal Everitt, a nursing mother who was asked by the manager to cover […]
The future of the Mountain Area Information Network, Asheville’s nonprofit Internet service provider, lies in providing mobile broadband and developing a full-fledged news operation. That’s the vision put forth by Executive Director Wally Bowen in a presentation titled “MAIN 2.0.” MAIN hopes to capture $1.8 million from the $787 billion stimulus package that President Barack […]
The Asheville Design Center, the Burton Street Neighborhood Association and the WNC Alliance are organizing a March 9 neighborhood tour and forum concerning the four competing designs for the controversial Interstate 26 connector. “Folks in the Burton Street community, because there’s such an impact on their neighborhood, had wanted to know more about the various […]
The number of chronic homeless people in Asheville is down 25 percent from the last year, according to figures from the city of Asheville and Buncombe County. However, perhaps driven by the state of the economy, the overall number of homeless rose by 5 percent. The area may get some federal stimulus money to combat […]
The Asheville Police Department and the Henderson and Buncombe County sheriff’s offices will create a joint task force to “combat the rise of gang-related activity” in the area, according to an agreement signed Feb. 18. “This agreement is something we’ve been working on now for four to six months,” APD Capt. Tim Splain explained at […]
When last discussed before Asheville City Council, the prospect of a pet crematory next to an incoming condominium project left some Council members queasy. Back to back: The field behind this Forest Lawn entrance is the future home of the Main Street at Enka Village, a mixed-use development by Tony Fraga’s FIRC Group. Photo by […]
