The gas shortage certainly grabbed the headlines this week across Western North Carolina, but there was more to the news than just that. A top mental-health official stepped down from his post after an investigation; a professor has been named “N.C. Fall Color Guy”; energy drinks may be banned from a local school system; and a jellyfish was discovered in a mountain pond.
The Interstate 26 Connector project will create a new highway crossing over the French Broad River and will also include widening Interstate 240 in West Asheville and changing the configuration of the I-26/I-40/I-240 interchange, known as “Malfunction Junction.” The project has been in discussion for nearly two decades. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2013, […]
Here’s a sneak preview of the Sept. 24 edition of Mountain Xpress.
The N.C. Department of Transportation’s computer-generated videos of the Interstate 26 Connector project in Asheville bring to vivid life the construction plans that, until now, have only been seen on flat maps.
Buncombe County officials are considering policy changes regarding the use of county vehicles after receiving a complaint from the public that Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office deputies were using their patrol cars to take their children to school.
The board that oversees WPVM, Asheville’s low-power community radio station, accepted responsibility for the removal of a station volunteer, issued an apology and adopted a direct role in overseeing the station’s management during a meeting last week. But while the board’s action defused the recent controversy, it’s apparent that those involved believe there’s more work […]
Here’s your preview of the Sept. 17 edition of Mountain Xpress, puppets and all.
We all know how critical it is to exercise your right to vote, and there’s no time like the present when it comes to the annual Mountain Xpress reader poll. ALERT: Voting ends at midnight on Friday.
If you’re a savvy entrepreneur with a good idea or a smart investor with a fat wallet, there’s a networking event on Thursday you shouldn’t miss.
The tiny northern flying squirrel has a new way to get around in the Unicoi Mountains along the North Carolina/Tennessee border — modified utility poles
The director of the group overseeing the $20 million makeover of Asheville’s high-profile center-city park is planning to step aside. Park circle: Donna Clark, at right, the spokeswoman for the nonprofit Pack Square Conservancy, says the work on the new Pack Square Park is taking shape week by week. She’s standing next to what will […]
A federal judge will announce the prison sentences of former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford and three of his former deputies on Oct. 6, closing the latest chapter in one of the biggest public-corruption cases in WNC history. Medford and former deputy Guy Kenneth Penland will be sentenced in federal District Court in Asheville at […]
The removal of an on-air personality at Asheville’s WPVM, a low-power station at 103.5 FM, and the subsequent resignation of the station’s manager has roiled some station volunteers and has the executive director of WPVM’s parent organization defending his decisions in running the station. Can you hear me now?: The downtown-Asheville studio of WPVM, a […]
The board of the Mountain Area Information Network issued a public apology to a WPVM radio-station volunteer and to MAIN’s executive director on Tuesday and announced a new governance structure for the station.
Michael Mooney again attempted to set a Guinness World Record on Sunday at the Lexington Avenue Arts and Fun Festival with a harrowing ride on a four-story-tall bicycle — and we captured all the action.
Here’s your preview of the upcoming edition of Mountain Xpress.
The Mountain Area Information Network’s board of directors plans to meet this afternoon to talk about the controversy regarding the recent dismissal of a volunteer at MAIN’s low-power radio station WPVM (103.5 FM).
What’s been in the news this week: The potential for lots of jobs in Rutherford County; the first drink poured in Boone; the question of alcohol sales at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino; the day the mountains shook in Haywood County; the return of the racing pigs; and much more.
The director of the group overseeing the $20 million makeover of Asheville’s high-profile center-city park is planning to step aside.
Buncombe County Clerk of Superior Court Robert H. “Bob” Christy Jr., who for the past 18 years has overseen the administrative end of tremendous growth in the court system, announced his retirement last week. Retirement looms: Bob Christy, Buncombe County’s clerk of court for the past 18 years, plans to retire on Dec. 31. Photo […]
The challenge for teams of Western North Carolina college students sounds simple enough: Take a piece of garbage and create value out of it, while getting across a message of environmental responsibility. The underlying objective: to help teach young people what it feels like to be an entrepreneur. Who’s got the juice? Creative Juice is […]
