Watch Your Mouth: Is it safe to go to the dentist?
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While regular dental hygiene visits may be able to wait a bit longer, some urgent dental appointments can’t be put off. What steps are local practices taking to ensure the health of staff and patients during the coronavirus pandemic?
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Smart Bets: Say Their Names + Racial Justice
The Oak Street Gallery of First Congregational UCC opens the second part of its social justice series on Aug. 6.Smart Bets: Crafted Roots
The Center for Craft's new exhibit will be on display through Oct. 30.Smart Bets: Costume Drama: A Fashion Show
Asheville Community Theatre's annual “Project Runway”-esque show pivots will be livestreamed on Aug. 8.Smart Bets: Inspirational Cragmont Community Ancestors
Regina Lynch-Hudson's four new short films are available to view via the Swannanoa Valley Museum & History Center's website.Eleanor Underhill returns with new solo album
Eleanor Underhill's 2018 solo debut, "Navigate the Madness," made plain her desire to expand her musical vision to encompass a wider view. But even that eclectic collection of songs might…food
Food trucks adapt and roll into new territory
More relaxed regulations mean food trucks can operate at apartment complexes, community centers, libraries and other locations as long as they are more than 50 feet from an occupied residence.Cottage food businesses offer creative ways to connect with community
“We saw immediately that popcorn seemed to become a comfort food with parents sending it to their kids, friends to friends, companies to staff working remotely,” says Poppy Handcrafted Popcorn…living
Safety in the dentist’s chair
While regular dental hygiene may be able to wait a bit longer, some dental appointments can't be put off. What steps are local practices taking to ensure the health of…news
Asheville Archives: Roughly 50,000 Black residents leave North Carolina, 1889-90
With concerns over a new voting law, an agricultural recession and ongoing exploitation through the state’s crop lien system, roughly 50,000 African Americans left North Carolina between 1889-90.Green in brief: Local governments fund community solar, Asheville School conducts first in-city deer hunt
Together, the city of Asheville and Buncombe County approved over $11 million in funding to install roughly 7 megawatts of solar power at public facilities and area schools. The projects…What does the future hold for the TDA?
With the area's formerly booming tourism industry mostly on hold as COVID-19 infection rates in nearby markets remain high, the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority faces an uncertain future. Add…Asheville protesters, medics share their stories
Asheville made national headlines the night of June 2, when Asheville Police Department officers destroyed medical supplies and forcibly handled volunteer medics during international protests for racial justice. Xpress spoke…Council adopts 2020-21 operating budget with three months of funding
The Asheville Police Department is still fully funded — at least through September. On July 30, Asheville City Council voted 5-2 to adopt an annual operating budget that will allocate…‘Unacceptable:’ Residents criticize changes to Council procedures
Community members claim Asheville City Council tried to limit opportunities for public comment during its meeting of July 28 by introducing several new policies to regulate callers.opinion
Letter: Work together as a community to defeat virus
"It is time for us to all hang together before we end up all hanging separately."Letter: Not ‘every man for himself’ in COVID-19 era
"Dead people, I once heard, make terrible employees and fighters for better living conditions."Letter: Honor country’s greatest with new monuments
"Come on Asheville, set an example. Now is the time."Letter: Thanks and farewell to The BLOCK Off Biltmore
"We are sad to see you go and blessed to have had you for the time we did."Letter: WNC scarred by road rage bullies
"It seemed like the driver wanted to intentionally cause an accident with me."Letter: Artsville fails to impress
"Your city is a prissy little bourgeois phony art town filled with middle-class housewives doing arts and crafts."Start planning now for November vote
"But whatever you decide, please don’t let anything stop you from voting!"…You might be a no-broadband-neck
Last call
Letter: No one should have to risk health while shopping
"There’s no need for anyone to risk their health and safety at retail stores that refuse to implement this very simple and effective measure to hamper contagion."