Less than 1,000 Progress Energy customers remain without power this morning, April 5, in the Asheville area. Further east, Duke Energy reported that more than 250,000 customers were without power as of 6:20 a.m. Severe thunderstorms swept through the area Monday night, and crews are assessing the damage.
Image taken from Progress Energy outage map
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Carney, Millin running for Democratic chair
In the latest development in the ever-shifting terrain of the race for Buncombe County Democratic Party Chair, local attorney Emmett Carney has announced his candidacy for the position. Asheville resident Grant Millin, a management consultant, is also running.
Simerly bows out of Democratic chair’s race
Citing a possible conflict with her work for Rep. Heath Shuler‘s campaign, Lindsey Simerly has announced that she is withdrawing from the race for chair of the Buncombe County Democratic Party. This marks the second withdrawal of a candidate from this race.
Former Rep. Goforth goes to work for GOP speaker
Former state Rep. Bruce Goforth who lost to current Rep. Patsy Keever in last year’s Democratic primary, has changed his registration to Unaffiliated and taken a job with Speaker Thom Tillis, a Republican, as an adviser on jobs and the economy.
Buncombe ranked 17th healthiest county in North Carolina
Buncombe County is the 17th healthiest in the state, according to the County Health Rankings project. According to the rankings, the county has excellent health behavior and clinical care but problems with morbidity and environmental quality.
Lit up
Asheville City Council March 22, 2011 meeting Trash pickup may be retooled Living wage approved for city contracts To some observers, it may have seemed as though Asheville City Council members and Ingles Markets were playing a game of development chicken, reaching the cliff’s edge during Council’s March 22 meeting. In February, Council members balked […]
Council community meeting tonight at T.C. Roberson
Asheville City Council will hold a community meeting for South Asheville tonight at the T.C. Roberson High School Theater. Council and city staff will present information on the budget, stormwater management and sidewalks. Follow live Twitter updates here.
Economic “snapshot” of Buncombe: low unemployment, low wages, high cost-of-living
The North Carolina Justice Center has released economic snapshots for the last two years for many of the state’s counties. Buncombe’s reveals lower-than-average unemployment but a tough rental market, below-average wages and high cost-of-living.
Bothwell running for Congress
Asheville City Council member Cecil Bothwell will run for Rep. Heath Shuler‘s congressional seat in 2012 — as an independent.
Bothwell withdraws from Democratic chair race
A day after declaring his candidacy, Asheville City Council member Cecil Bothwell has withdrawn from the race for chair of the Buncombe County Democratic Party, stating it would interfere with his plans to seek other office in 2012.
Two candidates enter race for Democratic chair
The race for Buncombe County Democratic Party Chair is shaping up, with Asheville City Council member Cecil Bothwell and Lindsey Simerly, director of field and outreach for Rep. Heath Shuler‘s campaign, both throwing their hats in the proverbial ring.
Reaching out
Asheville and Buncombe County are all a-Twitter. Both local governments are looking to ramp up their online presence, taking advantage of social media to enhance their communications capabilities. For its part, the city has recently shifted staff as part of an ongoing effort to boost its social media involvement and add another dimension to community […]
A growing hunger
A study released this month by the Washington, D.C.-based Food Research and Action Center identified the Asheville metropolitan statistical area as the seventh worst in the country in terms of people’s basic ability to put food on the table. In the Asheville metro (comprising Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson and Madison counties), 23.9 percent of the people […]
LIVE Twitter and video coverage of March 22 City Council meeting
Follow live Twitter coverage and streaming video of tonight’s Asheville City Council meeting (and the pre-meeting budget briefing) here.
Asheville City Council preview: Ingles edition
A large Ingles supermarket development on Smoky Park Highway seeking an exemption from the city’s regular zoning rules is the main item at the March 22 Asheville City Council meeting.
About those city salaries
So how much do the members of Asheville City Council and Mayor Terry Bellamy get paid? What about City Manager Gary Jackson and the other department heads? Xpress has the details, along with a comparison to two other similarly-sized North Carolina cities.
Rep. Shuler votes against defunding NPR
Accusing House Republicans of “a political stunt,” Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler voted against a bill that would strip National Public Radio of all federal funding. The measure passed the House of Representatives 228-192.
Hunger study: Asheville 7th worst metro area in country
A study released this month by the Food Research and Action Center identified the Asheville metro area as the seventh worst in the country for food hardship.
ANALYSIS Bean counting
Home to nearly a quarter of a million people, Buncombe County ranks among the state's most populous. Its Board of Commissioners and staff oversee a sizable school system, the Sheriff's Office, the courts and extensive social services. In a previous analysis, Xpress considered the city of Asheville’s fiscal challenges, assessing the likelihood of various options […]
Gail Simone to headline this year’s Fanaticon
This year’s Fanaticon event will feature comics writer Gail Simone (Birds of Prey, Secret Six) as its special guest.
Shuler backs placing CTS site on Superfund list
In a statement today, Rep. Heath Shuler declared his support for placing the contaminated former CTS of Asheville site on the national Superfund list. Shuler praised residents of the area and local activists, stating he’d work for a full cleanup “as quickly and thoroughly as possible.”