Friday, May 17, 2013 is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys and ridge tops of Buncombe County. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For more information, contact: WNC Regional Air Quality Agency Asheville, NC 28806 (828) 250-6777
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Air quality forecast: Moderate (YELLOW) for Thursday, May 16
Thursday, May 16, 2013 is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys and ridge tops of Buncombe County. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. WNC Regional Air Quality Agency (828) 250-6777 Fax (828) 255-5226
Air Quality forecast for Wedneday, April 10: MODERATE
Wednesday, April 10, 2013, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for area valleys. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For the ridge tops, it is a code GREEN air quality forecast day. This means there are no health impacts expected when air quality is in this range. […]
Air Quality MODERATE today (Monday, April 8)
Monday, April 8, 2013, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for area valleys. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For the ridge tops, it is a code GREEN air quality forecast day. This means there are no health impacts expected when air quality is in this range. […]
Air Quality forecast for Saturday, March 23: MODERATE
Saturday, March 23, 2013, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for area valleys. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For the ridge tops, it is a code GREEN air quality forecast day. This means there are no health impacts expected when air quality is in this range. […]
Air Quality MODERATE today (Monday, March 18)
Monday, March 18, 2013, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for area valleys. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For the ridge tops, it is a code GREEN air quality forecast day. This means there are no health impacts expected when air quality is in this range. […]
Invest local
Brasstown’s residents didn’t have much cash in the 1920s to build a school, but the tiny community at the westernmost tip of North Carolina managed to build one anyway. Neighbors pitched in with what they had: labor, land, timber and the very rocks from their farms. And lucky for them, some people also came forward […]
Air Quality MODERATE today (Monday, Feb. 25)
Monday, February 25, 2013, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for area valleys. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For the ridge tops, it is a code GREEN air quality forecast day. This means there are no health impacts expected when air quality is in this range. […]
Air Quality MODERATE today (Wednesday, Feb. 6)
Wednesday, February 6, 2013, is a code GREEN air quality forecast day for the ridge tops of Asheville. This means there are no health impacts expected when air quality is in this range. For the valleys, it is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged […]
Air Quality MODERATE today (Tuesday, Jan. 29)
Tuesday, January 29, 2013, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys of Asheville. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For the ridge tops, it is a code GREEN air quality forecast day. This means there are no health impacts expected when air quality is in […]
Air quality forecast: YELLOW for Saturday, Jan. 5
Saturday, January 5, 2013 is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys of Buncombe and surrounding WNC counties. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For the ridgetops, it is a code GREEN air quality forecast day. This means there are no health impacts expected when air […]
Air quality forecast: Moderate (YELLOW) for Saturday, Dec. 15
Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for WNC valleys. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. WNC Regional Air Quality Agency (828) 250-6777 Fax (828) 255-5226
Air quality forecast: Moderate (YELLOW) for Saturday, Dec. 1
Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for WNC valleys. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. WNC Regional Air Quality Agency (828) 250-6777 Fax (828) 255-5226
Air quality forecast: Moderate (YELLOW) for Friday, Nov. 23
Friday, November 23, 2012, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for WNC valleys. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. WNC Regional Air Quality Agency (828) 250-6777 Fax (828) 255-5226
Air quality forecast: Moderate (YELLOW) for Thursday, Nov. 22
Thursday, November 22, 2012, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for WNC valleys. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. The valleys are predicted to be code GREEN for the ridge tops of Asheville. This means there are no health impacts expected when air quality is in this […]
Air quality forecast: Moderate (YELLOW) for Wednesday, Nov. 21
Wednesday, November 21, 2012, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for WNC valleys. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. The valleys are predicted to be code GREEN for the ridge tops of Asheville. This means there are no health impacts expected when air quality is in this […]
Opinion: Don’t let Postal reform dismantle national infrastructure in the name of ‘business’
Mark Jamison, the recently retired postmaster of Webster, N.C. — speaking for himself, and not on behalf of the Postal Service — examines the value of the Postal system as national infrastructure. Excerpted below. It’s been four years since the Great Recession began to take its toll on postal revenues, and we appear no closer […]
Triangle’s Independent Weekly sold to owners of alt-weekly Willamette Week
The Association of Alternative newsmedia reports: Steve Schewel, president of Carolina Independent Publications (CIP), announced today that the company is selling the Independent Weekly and its associated website, indyweek.com, to Richard Meeker and Mark Zusman. Meeker and Zusman are the owners of City of Roses Newspaper Company which publishes Willamette Week, the alternative newsweekly in […]
Air quality forecast for Friday, Aug. 24: MODERATE (Yellow)
Friday, August 24, 2012 is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys of Buncombe County. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. — WNC Regional Air Quality Agency Phone (828) 250-6777
Air quality forecast for Thursday, Aug.16: MODERATE (yellow)
Thursday, August 16, 2012 is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys of Buncombe County. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. WNC Regional Air Quality Agency Phone (828) 250-6777
“Who’s who in local food” leaders to meet Aug. 24
Community organizations working to improve WNC’s local food system will meet and discuss their work with members of the Asheville-Buncombe Food Policy Council and the public, according to a post on Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project’s website The session will be held at UNCA’s Wilma Sherrill Center on Aug. 24 from 2-5 p.m. Participating groups include […]