Full announcement from the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources: RALEIGH – Staff with the state Division of Water Quality’s Asheville office have been honored with the 2012 Pigeon River Award for significant contributions to protecting Haywood County’s land and water resources. The Haywood Waterways Association presented the award Thursday night to the […]
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Asheville Council member Marc Hunt: strengthen watershed conservation easement
Full announcement from Marc Hunt: Between 1916 and 1927, the foresighted citizens and leaders of Asheville acquired the 17,000-acre North Fork and Bee Tree watersheds near Black Mountain to be protected forever as pristine sources of clean drinking water for the community. In 1996, the City took a step toward ensuring that permanent protection by […]
NC Justice Center: New unemployment insurance proposal will harm NC families
Full announcement from the NC Justice Center: RALEIGH (December 5, 2012) – Policymakers unveiled a proposal this morning that will cause extreme harm to unemployed families and North Carolina’s economy for years to come by severely cutting unemployment benefits, eligibility, and the duration of benefits, all while doing nothing to address the long-term financial footing […]
Asheville’s transit system rolls out nine new buses
Full announcement from the city of Asheville: ASHEVILLE – Upgrades to Asheville’s transit fleet continue with the replacement of nine buses with newer models. The new buses, two hybrids and seven diesels, began partial service this week and are expected to be in full operation within the next ten days. The streamlined models are expected […]
Snapshots: Bevy of reports illuminates city’s status
No easy answers: Lexington Avenue’s uncertain future
Some business owners say violence and rents are on the rise on Lexington Avenue, one of Asheville most unique urban streets. This is the heart of a downtown district known for its independent spirit, quirky local business and an annual street feature celebrating the city’s diverse alternative cultures.
Asheville City Council Dec. 7 retreat cancelled
***UPDATED 2:37 p.m. Dec. 5: the retreat has been cancelled.*** Asheville City Council’s retreat this Friday will focus on relations with state and county legislators.
Buncombe County invites applications for emergency funds
Full announcement from Buncombe County: Buncombe County has been awarded Federal funds made available through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/ Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program. Buncombe County has been chosen to receive $101,180 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county. The selection was […]
Hall-Fletcher Elementary to give students books donated by Yale Alumni group
Full announcement below: Hall-Fletcher Elementary School will put into the hands of its K-5 students free books donated by members of the Western North Carolina Yale Alumni Association. The public event will take place at the school at 12 noon, Thursday, December 6. Attending the event will be three of the four major donors novelists […]
Asheville businesses Amazing Savings, Small Terrain face trademark threats
Two local businesses — grocery discount chain Amazing Savings and homestead supply shop Small Terrain — are facing trademark threats from a New York merchandise chain and from retail giant Urban Outfitters, respectively.
APD Citizens Police Academy graduates 43, largest class yet
Full announcement from the Asheville Police Department: ASHEVILLE – The City of Asheville Police Department celebrated the graduation of its largest Citizens Police Academy class to date on Nov. 23. Forty-three people took part in the 13-week program, including seven high school students participating for their senior projects, making this the biggest class since the […]
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will play Asheville March 17, tickets on sale Thursday
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will make a stop in Asheville on their next live tour, playing the Orange Peel March 17 at 9 p.m. Tour dates were announced earlier today. Tickets ($42 in advance) go on sale at 10 a.m. this Thursday, Dec. 6.
AFD releases more details of river rescue
From the Asheville Fire Department: AFD crews were dispatched to 191 Lyman St. late Sunday night. Reports stated that a car went off the road and into the French Broad River without the driver exiting. AFD personnel arrived on the scene to find the car upside down in approximately 4 feet of water but uncertain […]
UNC-TV series tackles environmental issues in NC parks
Full announcement from the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources: RALEIGH – A three-part series on North Carolina state parks, produced by UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication students, will air Dec. 3-5 at 7:30 p.m. on UNC-TV’s “North Carolina Now.” The reports look at environmental issues facing Gorges State Park in the […]
AFD rescues woman from car stuck in French Broad River
Full announcement from the Asheville Police Department: Asheville – The Asheville Police Department responded to a report of a traffic crash on Lyman Street where a vehicle was upside down & partially submerged in the French Broad River with an individual trapped inside. The preliminary investigation indicates that a 1999 Acura TL 4-door operated by […]
APD investigating child struck by car in Malvern Hills
Full announcement from Asheville Police Department: On December 1, 2012 at 1448 hours the APD Traffic Safety Unit investigated an 8-year old child being struck by a vehicle on Rumbough Place. TSU Officers responded to the scene and their preliminary investigation indicates that a 2005 Toyota Sienna mini-van was traveling northbound on Rumbough Place when […]
APD seeks man in connection with shots fired at Erskine Apartments
Full announcement from the Asheville Police Department: On November 30, 2012 at approximately 12:30 pm Asheville PD Officers went Erskine Street Apartments for a report of shots fired near the 39 Building. When Officers arrived they found that 38 Erskine Avenue was hit by five or six bullets that tore through the house. The house […]
APD arrests second suspect in assault on officer
From the Asheville Police Department: On November 29, 2012 Lloyd Phillips turned himself in for the warrants that he had open for his arrest for assaulting Officer Torgow on November 24, 2012. On that night Officer Torgow saw a fight in front of Magnolia’s Bar on Walnut Street. When she tried to intervene, one of […]
MSD offers $57 million water system deal to Asheville
The Metropolitan Sewerage District has proposed a $57 million compensation deal as part of a possible merger with the city of Asheville’s water system. More about what’s in the deal, and what it might mean.
Former Asheville City manager Jim Westbrook dead at 68
Former City Manager Jim Westbrook died yesterday evening in a car wreck in Vass, N.C. Westbrook served as city manager from 1995 to 2005.
APD arrests man with synthetic marijuana for DWI, damage to property
Full announcement from the Asheville Police Department: On November 27, 2012 at approximately 12:21pm APD officers saw a Jeep driving on US 70 in east Asheville. Officers noticed that the driver was smoking a substance from a pipe and that a green gas nozzle and hose was hanging from the gas tank of the Jeep. […]