At its June 15 meeting, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners refused to give any additional funds to URTV as it faces closure in September after hearing from producers. A compilation of live tweets from the June 15 meeting.
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Buncombe County Commissioners preview: Budget vote and URTV bailout?
At this week’s June 15 meeting, the board will vote on the county’s $327 million budget proposal for the fiscal year 2010-11, consider a plan to allocate $600,000 towards a new Pharmacy School Initiative at UNC Asheville, and review a report on the status of the struggling WNC Community Media Center, which operates public-access station URTV.
The Beat: Weekly news roundup
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Buncombe to Bonnaroo (ongoing coverage)
Thanks for sharing your views from ‘Roo! In this post, we have an aggregated Twitter feed and coverage from throughout the weekend.
Asheville b-boy posse Hunab Kru wowed crowds at ‘Roo. Photo by Jake Frankel.
Buncombe Commissioners: No comment
Buncombe County Board of Commissioners June 1 meeting Homelessness down but so is funding URTV going broke The June 1 public hearing on Buncombe County's proposed $327 million budget for fiscal year 2010-11 was marked by a lack of public input. Summing it up: County Manager Wanda Greene presented the $327 million budget to the […]
The Beat: A look at what’s been making headlines this week
Congressmen, guns and forests Rep. Heath Shuler has been making national news lately, first for casting a party-bucking vote against repealing "Don't ask, don't tell" (see "Shuler Says No" in this issue), and then for his response to a recent death threat. Not in our backyard: At a June 3 public information session, NC DOA […]
The Beat: Weekly news roundup
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Grovemont neighborhood organizes against proposed VA Nursing Home entrance ***UPDATE***
At a June 3 public information session, N.C. DOA and DOT officials promised residents of Grovemont in Swannanoa that they would look at alternatives to putting an entrance to a new nursing home through their neighborhood.
A look at what’s been making headlines this week
Beerosphere battles rage on An online war of words between Asheville and Portland, Ore., bloggers has been raging since last week's Examiner.com poll christened our town "BeerCity USA 2010." Snapshots of Asheville's past: (from top left to bottom right) the future location of Malaprops, The Orange Peel, and The Grove Arcade; the 100 block of […]
ASKville: Pro cyclist sets a wickedly fast pace
Asheville can now call itself home to a new world-record-breaking bicyclist. At the Pan American Road and Track Championships, held in Aguascalientes, Mexico, on May 12, local racer Lauren Tamayo and her two U.S. teammates defeated Cuba in the team pursuit finals. In the process, they lowered the world record by nearly two seconds, completing […]
Buncombe Commissioners consider budget, URTV situations
A compilation of live tweets from the June 1 meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners.
Buncombe County Commissioners preview: Budget hearings and homelessness
This week’s June 1 meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners will feature a public hearing on the county’s proposed $327 million budget and an update on the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program.
The Beat: Weekly news roundup
A look at what’s been making headlines this week.
Scenes from the Moogus Operandi pre-party
Last night, May 26, Erik Norlander and a group of local musicians including Woody Wood, Ellie LaBar, Adama Dembele, Shen Hunt, Oso Rey and Debrissa McKinney jammed-out at the Moogus Operandi pre-party at Echo Mountain Studios. The main event goes down tonight at the Orange Peel starting at 7 p.m. See last week’s feature “Feeling the Moog Spirit” for more info.
Black bear takes a tour of downtown Asheville
On May 26, a black bear roamed around downtown Asheville for about 45 minutes, attracting an entourage of onlookers as it wandered across Biltmore Avenue and stopped at the First Presbyterian Church to eat some berries. The Asheville Citizen-Times captured this video of the bear’s stroll.
Cherokee advises all tourists to carry Cherokee Passport
In an attempt to exercise their sovereign rights and entice visitors as the summer tourist season approaches, the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians has announced a new program that encourages all reservation visitors to obtain a free Cherokee Passport. The reservation provided this photo of a “Border Patrol Official of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.” The program goes in to effect today, May 27.
Buncombe Commissioners: Doing more with less
Buncombe County Board of Commissioners meeting May 18 Adult protective services demand up 62 percent City, county schools to get additional $231,000 At their May 18 meeting, the Buncombe County commissioners confronted a budget proposal that strives to reconcile dramatically increasing demand for human services with shrinking tax revenues. Making due: Though not as much […]
The Beat: A look at what’s been making headlines this week
Balancing budgets The ongoing debates over city and county budgets for the fiscal year 2010-2011 will soon come to a head across WNC. Strive Not to Drive Leadership Ride: On May 17, about 30 local elected officials and community leaders took a rainy bicycle tour of the city designed to highlight recent infrastructure improvements and […]
The Beat: Weekly news roundup
A look at what’s been making headlines this week.
Scenes from the “Sidewalks for Safety” march
On Saturday, May 22, over 200 people marched Tunnel Road’s “Goat Trail” in a demonstration intended to rally city leaders to build more sidewalks in east Asheville. The march highlighted a mile-long stretch of worn grass and rocky paths along the road where many veterans walk each day between the Veterans Restoration Quarters and the VA Medical Center.
Sidewalks for Safety group gets set to hike the “Goat Trail”
Following its “Sidewalk Summit” last month, east Asheville pedestrian advocacy group Sidewalks for Safety is planning a Saturday, May 22, demonstration to draw attention to its cause of getting more sidewalks installed in its neighborhoods. Studies by the organization show east Asheville has only 7 percent of the city’s sidewalks.