At a relatively short meeting tonight, Asheville City Council heard a number of reports on matters ranging from finance to crime, after mulling legislative goals earlier in the afternoon. (photo by Max Cooper)
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LIVE: Twitter coverage of the Nov. 27 Asheville City Council meeting
Follow live Twitter coverage of the Nov. 27 Asheville City Council meeting
Asheville City Council preview: rising tides
After the Thanksgiving holiday and Black Friday shopping frenzies, the city’s own august governing body is back at it on Nov. 27, as Asheville City Council discusses a possible water-system merger, greenway development, and more.
City of Asheville will present water merger report Dec. 11
According to city of Asheville spokesperson Dawa Hitch, city staff will present a long-awaited report on the details of a potential merger with the Metropolitan Sewerage District at Asheville City Council’s meeting on Dec. 11. Council will discuss MSD’s own report on the operational aspects of a potential merger at its meeting tomorrow, Nov. 27.
National Weather service issues fire danger warning for Asheville area until 6 p.m.
The National Weather Service has issued a fire danger warning for the Asheville area until 6 p.m. due to low humidity throughout the region. From the NWS: Minimum relative humidity values will remain below 25 percent across much of the North Carolina mountains and foothills this afternoon. Lower elevations will see the lowest relative humidity […]
OPINION: Fighting over Asheville’s nightlife — what’s behind disputes over noise
Asheville City Council’s recent passage of stricter noise rules isn’t the first fight over the city’s growing nightlife, and it won’t be the last.
APD seeks public’s help in finding suspect in 2007 double murder
The Asheville Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating a man wanted in a 2007 double murder.
Keep it down: Council passes tougher noise rules
Asheville City Council wants the city to chill. To that end, Council members approved stricter noise rules at their Nov. 13 meeting. (Pictured: West Asheville resident Pat Dockery tells City Council the proposed noise rules don't go far enough. Photo by Max Cooper)
Five uneasy pieces: What an MSD/Asheville water-system merger might mean
In the latest chapter of an intense controversy, concerned residents packed a room at the Metropolitan Sewerage District's Riverside Drive offices Nov. 14 to hear what consultants hired by MSD had to say about the agency’s perhaps taking over Asheville's water system. (photo by Max Cooper)
Asheville starts open-data nominations
Does the city of Asheville have some information you’d like to see made available to the public? Let them know, as they’re now taking nominations on the city’s open-data catalog.
NC among states with fastest-growing income inequality
From the NC Justice Center: RALEIGH (November 15, 2012) — Income gaps widened in North Carolina between the late 1990s and the mid-2000s, as they did for the country as a whole, according to a new study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute. North Carolina ranks 12th-worse among […]
Family to establish WCU scholarship in memory of Janice Holt
Full announcement from Western Carolina University: CULLOWHEE – The family of the late Janice Hooper Holt, Western Carolina University executive director of teacher recruitment, advising and career support, is creating a scholarship in Holt’s memory in the wake of her recent death. Holt, of Webster, died unexpectedly Nov. 1, at the age of 58. A […]
City will buy ice plant building
From the Asheville Citizen-Times: ASHEVILLE — The city of Asheville is planning to buy a crumbling building that was the site of a recent homicide and a structure a neighborhood group calls a public safety hazard. The city recently secured an option to buy the graffiti-spattered building at 91 Riverside Dr. and has entered negotiations, […]
Five things you should know from the MSD water system report
Yesterday, consultants from Arcadis hired by the Metropolitan Sewerage District unveiled their first report on the possible impacts of merging the city of Asheville’s water system. Here are five important conclusions from the over-200 page document. (photo by Bill Rhodes)
Age of Access: Asheville’s budding open-data push
Want to know if your landlord has a clean slate or a host of complaints? Looking for data about the number of traffic accidents at an intersection in your neighborhood? If the city of Asheville keeps moving forward with plans to open its digital data trove to the public, this and other information could be at your fingertips. (photos by Max Cooper; cover design by John Zara)
LIVE: Twitter coverage of MSD presenting its plan for city water merger
Live Twitter coverage of the Metropolitan Sewerage District presenting its plan for a merger with the city of Asheville’s water system, beginning at noon.
Council passes stricter noise rules, bonus for city workers
At a relatively short meeting tonight, Asheville City Council signed off on stricter noise rules and a one-time $650 bonus for city employees. Photo by Max Cooper.
LIVE: Twitter coverage of the Nov. 13 Asheville City Council meeting
Follow live Twitter coverage of the Asheville City Council Nov. 13 meeting, including a vote on stricter noise rules, one-time bonuses for city employees, and an update on the possible water system merger.
Asheville City Council preview: the quest for a quiet city
A stricter noise ordinance is before Asheville City Council tonight, along with a one-time bonus for city employees and an update on the proposal to merge the city’s water system with the Metropolitan Sewerage District.
Youth OUTright offers scholarships for creating change conference
Full announcement from Youth OUTright: ASHEVILLE, NC…November 9, 2012…Youth OUTright, WNC, Inc., is offering scholarships for the 2013 Creating Change conference. Creating Change is the premier annual organizing and skills-building event for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and their allies. The conference is run by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and […]
Youth OUTright offers scholarships for creating change conference
Full announcement from Youth OUTright: ASHEVILLE, NC…November 9, 2012…Youth OUTright, WNC, Inc., is offering scholarships for the 2013 Creating Change conference. Creating Change is the premier annual organizing and skills-building event for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and their allies. The conference is run by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and […]