The State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) recently donated a tract that will aid in the development of the Davidson River Trail, a bike- and walkway linking the Brevard community to the Davidson River Campground, the Cradle of Forestry, and Pisgah National Forest. This connection will give area residents a new way to gain access to Pisgah National Forest and visit such environmental wonders as Sliding Rock and many area waterfalls – all by foot or bicycle.
Ah, spring. Or is it? Touchy weather lately, so let’s look at the signs.
Erika Bogan of Concord, N.C., lives by a simple motto: “Anything is possible.”
As a kind of passive guilty pleasure, Wife Swap held just the right level of appeal to make me say yes. So I immediately called Justin Souther and asked, “Hey, you wanna be on Wife Swap?”
Dress from Terra Nostra.
The Asheville Transit System permanently ended bus service along part of Michigan Avenue in West Asheville on April 15, due to unspecified “safety concerns.” The buses will now use nearby Hanover Street to service residents of the Pisgah View Apartments housing project.
The Southeast High-Speed Rail Corridor, planned to run through North Carolina and Virginia, could get a portion of the $8 billion in federal stimulus money designated for high-speed and intercity rail service.
Students on Patton Ave.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation on Wednesday announced its decision to delay the construction of the long-awaited I-26 connector project one year — until 2014 — to further study impacts in the area. NCDOT will also include the locally developed Alternative 4b in its studies and try to reduce one of the project’s most controversial features — its impact on the Burton Street neighborhood. However, the Asheville Design Center, who developed 4b, say that NCDOT shut them out of the decision.
At Asheville’s version of the Tax Day Tea Party, they chanted. They cheered. They phoned the White House. And above all, the 500-plus protesters pledged to pull America back from the precipice of out-of-control taxation, spending and insurmountable debt.
Celebrate Record Store Day in Asheville on Saturday! Independent record stores around the nation plan special vinyl and CD releases, promotions, in-stores and more. Harvest Records in West Asheville and Static Age downtown have some rad stuff going on.
Eve-olution: A little chick flick-y, but overall an honest, painful, charming and humorous take on modern motherhood. Through April 25 at Asheville Community Theatre’s 35Below.
Our local authors deserve a good read and there’s no shortage (the potential avalanche on my desk attests to this) of material. Here are few worthy options.
A narrative painting, simply stated, is one that tells a story. The conceptual “happenings” of the 70s and the abstract expressionist art of the 80s nearly killed the idea, but during the last decade, it’s surged back. Daniel Avazpour, a newcomer to Asheville, will be displaying his narrative paintings and drawings at the Flood Gallery […]
“I will be forever known as the girl who spits on clothes. That’s not so bad.”
The N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources will pursue voluntary remediation on the contaminated CTS of Asheville site. Local activists have attacked the move, asserting it will leave taxpayers paying for the cleanup and slow any action.
Goes on record with a “yes” vote due to unexcused absence from the Asheville City Council meeting
Each week Xpress reporter Alli Marshall and WOXL DJ Pat Ryan team up to bring you their entertainment suggestions.
This weekend, indulge in the no-cost sounds emanating from Martin Luther King Park, and then take in a few more $5-or-less concerts happening all around the Asheville area.
Money also available for affordable housing, energy efficiency Dropout rate declines Like state and local governments nationwide, Buncombe County is facing budget troubles due to declining revenues. So it came as no surprise when county staff informed the Board of Commissioners during their April 7 meeting that, as instructed by the board, they’re pursuing federal […]
In the Asheville area, Earth Day isn’t just a one-day affair. The 39-year-old tradition falls on Wednesday, April 22, this year, but related events start this weekend and continue for more than a week, promising a bounty of workshops, presentations, kids’ stuff, enviro tips and more. The big picture: Second-grader Noah Sulzman was the grand […]
