The weekly Spanish-language newspaper La Noticia is in its 14th year of providing local and national news to the Charlotte area's Latino community. Now the paper is stretching its legs: An Asheville edition is set to launch Dec. 9, with distribution in Buncombe and Henderson counties as well as other parts of Western North Carolina. […]
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Going Viral
Six months have passed since the first case of H1N1 cropped up in North Carolina. Meanwhile, the more familiar seasonal flu is only now about to start making its annual appearance. Take your best shot: Buncombe County's Disease Control Supervisor preps a dose of the H1N1 vaccine. The Health Department has administered 5,600 doses so […]
City seeks public input on housing allocations
Every year, the federal government funnels some $3 million in Housing and Urban Development funds to Asheville and surrounding areas to develop affordable housing. To help manage that big chunk of change, the city and the Asheville Regional Housing Consortium develops five-year plans, which are then submitted to HUD for approval. City staff and Council […]
Candler au naturel
Innovative entrepreneurs are trying to bring a natural touch to the Smokey Park Highway while injecting more local flavor into the Candler corridor. Sweet woof: MoonDoggies owner Linda Gavel shows off doggie eclairs, nutter butters and macaroons — all available for discerning canines. Photos by Jonathan Welch Linda Gavel, co-owner of MoonDoggies Natural Pet Foods, […]
Merry Kitschmas!
Brevard vintage aluminum tree display opens Friday.
City names economic development chief as Civic Center director
The Asheville Civic Center is getting more than just a new roof: After a five-month search, the city has appointed Economic Development Director Sam Powers as the venue's director. The Civic Center has been operating under an interim director since the departure of Sherman Bass back in June. Bass had served for about a year-and-a-half […]
Local publisher Ira Schultz dies; Stereotypd to carry on his work
Ira Schultz will be remembered by friends and colleagues for his ability to make people laugh. "He had a fabulous sense of humor," says Lin Orndorf, editor of the GLBT magazine Stereotypd. "He loved to be in the spotlight, but only if he was making people laugh." A big impression: Ira Schultz, publisher of Stereotypd […]
Bus routes to be affected by parade
The City of Asheville has released a list of bus routes altered due to road closings during Saturday’s Holiday Parade.
WNC Rail Corridor meets to discuss restoring passenger service to Asheville (via Twitter)
The idea of restoring assenger railroad service to Asheville has been discussed for years. The WNC Rail Corridor group met today to see where the issue stands.
Asheville City Council: Keeping a safe distance
Health Dept. reports on H1N1 Asheville City Market headed to Pack Square It will be up to a new Asheville City Council in a new year to determine what level of protective buffers will be installed around Asheville's streams. That decision by the current Council came at its Nov. 10 meeting, weeks after a Planning […]
Greening the painted ladies
Ashevilleans go gaga over historic architecture and get their geek on when the subject is green technology. But historic homes are notorious energy wasters, and those located in national historic districts like Montford are restricted by national and local guidelines drawn up to ensure architectural conformance to the era in which they were built. The […]
Group vows to put Asheville performing-arts venue back in the spotlight
Bill Miles, board president of The Performance Center in Asheville, was standing on a Grove Arcade balcony outside the offices of architects Calloway, Johnson, Moore and West on November 12, having just announced that the firm would be joining Boston-based William Rawn Associates in crafting a master plan for the long-discussed center. "We do think […]
Downtown Master Plan action committee activated
During the two years it took to draw up the Downtown Master Plan, adopted by Asheville City Council in May, skeptics frequently invoked the specter of other city plans gathering dust on some literal or figurative shelf. That, says project manager Sasha Vrtunski, will not be the fate of the DMP. "We don't want to […]
Sam Powers takes on Civic Center
Asheville’s Economic Development Director has been appointed to oversee the Asheville Civic Center.
Asheville City Council: Transit in transition
One week more for Weaverville Route Annexation agreement keeps Asheville and Woodfin out of Leicester City in talks with CTS neighbors over water lines A sweeping overhaul of Asheville's transit system won preliminary support from Asheville City Council at its Oct. 27 meeting, but concrete changes to the routes, fares and infrastructure won't come before […]
4th annual blogger awards are in!
The results from the SpookyBlogapaloozathon once again tally up the area’s best bloggers and online networkers.
Asheville City Council brief: Oct. 27 meeting
Transit Master Plan in city’s hands, and CTS neighbors hint at voluntary annexation
I-26 connector alternative 4B gets back to its roots
When the Asheville Design Center first proposed Interstate 26 connector Alternative 4B in 2007, the idea was to run the highway beneath Patton Avenue so as to separate highway and local traffic and to allow for a boulevard connection from West Asheville to downtown. But when the North Carolina Department of Transportation finally acquiesced to […]
Campaign Calendar
Wednesday, Oct. 28: Meet and Greet for Asheville City Council candidate Robin Cape, 6:30 p.m., West End Bakery, 757 Haywood Road. Friday, Oct. 30: Get There Asheville early-voting event. Meet at 5 p.m. in Pritchard Park to walk, bike or bus to the polls. Meet-up follows at Asheville Pizza and Brewing, 77 Coxe Ave. Saturday, […]
Asheville City Council preview: Oct. 27 meeting
Two years in the making, the Transit Master Plan will make its big appearance Tuesday evening.
Group proposes Riverfront Redevelopment Commission
Goal is to recommend policies for fostering growth along river