All charges against activists Mark and Deborah Kuhn, arrested July 25 in an incident involving alleged flag desecration, are being dropped, Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan announced on Aug. 2. Free at last: The arrests of Deborah Kuhn, left, and her husband Mark touched off a storm of controversy. “We have conferred with the district […]

A bill co-sponsored by state Sen. Martin Nesbitt would boost funding for public-access channels like Asheville’s URTV while increasing broadband and Internet access throughout the state. Funding for local public-access channels was limited last year when the state took control of local cable franchises away from local governments. Some of those franchise fees are later […]

After years of infighting and stalled proposals, a $20 million plan aimed at revitalizing “The Block,” a historically African-American downtown neighborhood, calls for adding new commercial space and 52 condominiums within the next two years. The plan, a partnership between a nonprofit arm of the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church and the Landmark Group, a […]

A bill now before the General Assembly that would place sharp restrictions on the local governments’ ability to offer broadband and wireless services has come under fire from municipalities across the state. The Local Government Fair Competition Act, which had just passed the House Public Utilities Committee at press time, would require municipalities providing Internet […]

For just more than a decade, Future Visions, at 37 Wall St. in downtown Asheville, has provided statues, candles, incense, artwork and other items from around the globe. But at the end of May, the store will close its doors forever. “She loved that store”: Future Visions, a shop on Wall Street for more than […]