Wednesday, Sept. 2: "Keeping it Real" campaign event for Asheville City Council candidate Cecil Bothwell, 7-9 p.m. at the Wedge Brewery, 125B Roberts St. Thursday, Sept. 3: WNC Citizens for Change forum for Asheville City Council candidates, 6:30 p.m. at Hill Street Baptist Church, 135 Hill St. Friday, Sept. 11: Deadline for registering to vote […]
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Asheville City Council brief: Aug. 25 meeting
Just in time for the upcoming municipal elections, Council approves four new early-voting sites.
Director seeks new home for water-testing center cut by UNCA
Dr. Steve Patch is not ready to call it quits on the Environmental Quality Institute. The director of the water-testing center, which was recently cut from UNC-Asheville, says he is working with other universities to try to get one of them to pick up the EQI. Meanwhile, UNCA Provost Jane Fernandes says the controversial decision […]
Cape announces write-in reelection bid
Less than three months after saying she would not run for reelection, incumbent Robin Cape announced that she will make a bid as a write-in candidate for Asheville City Council. Cape, who won her seat in 2005, says that she has taken care of the personal and family issues that initially made her pull out […]
Campaign Calendar
Thursday, Sept. 3: WNC Citizens for Change forum for Asheville City Council candidates, 6:30 p.m. at Hill Street Baptist Church (135 Hill St.). Friday, Sept. 11: Deadline for registering to vote in the Asheville City Council primary. Saturday, Sept. 12: Get Out the Vote and Meet the Candidate event for Asheville City Council candidate Esther […]
City calls for Master Plan committee members
Didn’t get to be part of the Downtown Master Plan Advisory Committee? Here’s your chance to sit on the Downtown Master Plan Action Committee.
Asheville City Council preview: Aug. 25 meeting
Early voting and hazardous waste transportation stand out in this week’s agenda.
Robin Cape to seek write-in reelection
Less than three months after announcing she would not run for reelection, incumbent Robin Cape announced today that she will make a bid as a write-in candidate for Asheville City Council.
Asheville City Council: Pushing the boundaries
New flag honoring war dead to fly over Memorial Stadium Stimulus funds coming for bike lanes Nuisance court proposal advances After considering several options, Asheville City Council members failed to agree on a review process for new construction adjoining Pack Square Park at their Aug. 11 meeting. The idea that review might be needed grew […]
Campaign Calendar
The Xpress Campaign Calendar up and running again. So if you are one of the many candidates running in one of the many elections in Buncombe County, or even a supporter hosting an event, we want them in our paper and on our Web site. Send news of public campaign events to bpostelle@mountainx.com or leave […]
Director responds to water-quality testing center closing
In an e-mail to Xpress, the director of the Environmental Quality Institute challenges numbers supplied by UNC-Asheville, and says the university profits from the center.
Asheville City Council brief: Aug. 11 meeting
In a 4-3 vote, Council declined to pass a proposed 100-foot zone around Pack Square Park that would force Council approval of new construction there.
Troubled waters ***UPDATED***
***Note: In the Xpress story below, we stated that the $350,000 UNC Asheville claimed to be saving by closing the Environmental Quality Institute would be on a per year basis. In fact, communications from UNCA officials did not indicate those were annual savings. In this letter from EQI Director Steven Patch, he says the university […]
From Parkside to pilsner
A Pack Square building once slated for demolition now looks to find new life as a bar and restaurant. The Hayes & Hopson Building, which developer Stewart Coleman had planned to tear down to make way for his controversial Parkside condominium project, is instead being renovated and converted into Pack's Tavern. A pint at Pack: […]
Immigration by the numbers
Illegal immigrants' counterfeit documentation can be so plausible that small-business owners may not be able to tell what's legit and what is not, according to an Aug. 4 presentation by U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials. In fact, said Special Agent Darren Vazquetelles, the department itself is barely staying on top of the counterfeit game. […]
Campaign calendar returns next week
It's been nearly a month since the deadline for candidates to file for Buncombe County races, so it's time once again to fire up the Xpress Campaign Calendar. We invite candidates and campaigners to send us information on events that are open to the public. Xpress will list them, along with important voter information, both […]
Asheville City Council preview: Aug. 11 meeting
If you are a smoker, a vandal or just a nuisance, you will be a topic of Tuesday’s Council meeting.
URTV attorney responds to Council committee
A letter from the Van Winkle law firm asks the Boards and Commissions Committee for facts to back up allegations by critics.
Council committee to URTV: Right your own ship
In a July 20 letter to URTV Director Pat Garlinghouse and Board Chair Jerry Young, Asheville City Council's Boards and Commissions Committee spelled out a 14-point breakdown of the problems dogging the public-access TV station. The letter cited concerns ranging from transparency issues and "internal turmoil" to the involvement of individuals with criminal backgrounds and […]
Council committee to URTV: Right your own ship
A letter to URTV heads outlines problems, hints that funding may be on the line
Asheville City Council: Put a lid on it
Council signs check for Civic Center roof Asheville City Council July 14, 2009 City considers endorsing new veterans flag URTV wars come to Council When the sun shines, the roof don't leak; when it's raining, you can't fix it. That simple sentence sums up the Asheville Civic Center's long, painful journey. For more than a […]