With the clock ticking on its very existence, Asheville’s Civic Center Task Force staged a Jan. 18 forum to gather public opinion on the timeworn structure’s fate. The eight-member panel, chartered in October, is slated to dissolve next month after presenting a final report to City Council. Chaired by Council member Jan Davis, the task […]
Author: Kent Priestley
Showing 400-403 of 403 results
Weather or not
In the summer of 1587, somewhat more than 100 English settlers staggered ashore at Roanoke Island in the Outer Banks — and into the teeth of the worst drought to strike the region in more than 400 years. It was, patently, a bad time to relocate to the New World. Game was scarce; the surrounding […]
As far as the eye can see
photo by Jodi Ford The new view: Looking down from the Walnut Cove overlook, Parkway visitors now see the mansions and fairways of a gated community, the Cliffs at Walnut Cove. It’s an unseasonably warm November afternoon along the Blue Ridge Parkway south of Asheville, and car after car slows to a halt at the […]
How much grass could a grass carp eat?
It has a B-movie-monster’s name and a reputation to match. Hydrilla, a fast-growing aquatic weed native to Asia, has been rampant in many North Carolina waterways since its discovery, near Raleigh, in 1983. During the past few decades it has spread steadily westward; by 1999, it had made its way into Lake James, near Marion. […]