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    Author:   LA Bourgeois

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    Doctor’s opioid work earns White House recognitio­n

    Posted on May 25, 2023May 26, 2023 by LA Bourgeois

    MAHEC physician gets invited to the White House for work to make it easier to get treatment for opioid abuse disorder.

    2.0 K views+Community NewsNews

    Community Impact Award winner takes on climate change

    Posted on April 19, 2023April 19, 2023 by LA Bourgeois

    UNC Asheville Community Impact Award goes to student who lives their passions. Their advice to others? “I would say that there is never too little or too much support that you can provide to your community. Any amount of action is action.”

    1.2 K views+News

    Shared garden feeds the need to help

    Posted on April 13, 2023April 18, 2023 by LA Bourgeois

    Black Mountain’s community garden feeds its neighbors, figuratively and literally.

    2.0 K views+News

    Nonnative not welcome

    Posted on April 6, 2023April 3, 2023 by LA Bourgeois

    Land steward urges property owners to learn about the ecosystem around them and preserve the native wildness within.

    3.7 K views2EnvironmentNews

    Senior works to keep robots team funded and visible

    Posted on March 30, 2023March 28, 2023 by LA Bourgeois

    Joe Kledis is the captain of operations and marketing for Glitch 2.0, SILSA’s robotics team that competed in its first competition at UNC Asheville on March 4-5.

    1.9 K views2Community NewsEducationNews

    Girl Scout delivers on baked goods to MANNA FoodBank

    Posted on March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 by LA Bourgeois

    Girl Scout creates cake kits to provide ready-made celebrations for MANNA FoodBank. And that’s when she’s not acting, playing saxophone or learning French.

    2.1 K views+EducationNews

    Q&A: Nesbitt Academy senior named county’s Distinguis­hed Young Woman

    Posted on March 9, 2023March 2, 2023 by LA Bourgeois

    High school senior talks about dance, how she avoids burnout, and the experience of performing in the Distinguished Young Women program. (Public speaking is hard.)

    1.6 K views+Community NewsEducationNews

    Q&A: Region’s top principal discusses her life’s devotion to education

    Posted on March 3, 2023March 7, 2023 by LA Bourgeois

    “Everyone works together to make sure our students are educated, that their emotional needs are taken care of,” says Ruafika Cobb, principal of Ira B. Jones Elementary School. “People here just do it.”

    2.6 K views+Community NewsEducationNews

    Q&A: Local scholar discusses her work with NASA’s latest moon mission

    Posted on February 8, 2023February 9, 2023 by LA Bourgeois

    Xpress speaks with Amy Fagan on the importance of lunar geology, what happens on a test mission and the historical impact of putting a woman on the moon.

    2.2 K views+Community NewsNews

    Q&A: Local pharmacist earns statewide award for community work

    Posted on February 3, 2023January 30, 2023 by LA Bourgeois

    Dr. Shawn Taylor discusses her local and international work, as well as how alternative treatments and pharmaceuticals can work together.

    2.4 K views+Community NewsNews

    Q&A: Local disability rights advocate receives recognitio­n for her community work

    Posted on January 26, 2023January 24, 2023 by LA Bourgeois

    If it wasn’t for Kerri Eaker’s son, Dakota Kirkland, she would never have received the Jack B. Hefner Memorial Award for her disability rights advocacy work. In fact, as Eaker noted in her Nov. 2 acceptance speech, “Dakota has always proudly stated that he made his mama’s career.”

    2.9 K views1Community NewsNewsWellness

    Q&A: Travis Rountree on the history of the LGBTQ+ community in WNC

    Posted on January 13, 2023January 15, 2023 by LA Bourgeois

    Since 2019, Travis Rountree, assistant professor of English at Western Carolina University, has worked to help archive Western North Carolina’s LGTBQ+ community.

    3.8 K views+HistoryNews

    Q&A: Kent Purser discusses the mission behind his free joke hotline

    Posted on January 7, 2023December 29, 2022 by LA Bourgeois

    Yes, Kent Purser is full of jokes, as his hotline reveals. But his thoughts behind the free service extend beyond any given punchline.

    3.2 K views1ArtsComedy

    Q&A: What it takes to operate Winter Lights

    Posted on December 25, 2022December 16, 2022 by LA Bourgeois

    Since 2018, Mary Rose Ridderbusch-Shearer has co-designed the N.C. Arboretum’s Winter Lights event. She discusses the ins-and-outs of the annual gathering.

    4.0 K views+Community NewsNews

    Q&A: Judi Maisel on her life in the wig industry

    Posted on December 7, 2022December 5, 2022 by LA Bourgeois

    Judi Maisel, owner of Secrets of a Duchess, discusses her life in the wig industry.

    3.2 K views+News

    Q&A: Mary Crowe on the community effort to rename Clingmans Dome

    Posted on November 24, 2022November 21, 2022 by LA Bourgeois

    Mary Crowe shares her experiences in a community-based effort to restore Clingmans Dome to Kuwohi.

    3.6 K views+Community NewsHistoryNews

    Q&A: Future hopes and plans for Esther Neonatal Kitten Rescue

    Posted on November 19, 2022November 14, 2022 by LA Bourgeois

    Xpress speaks with Andee Bingham, executive director of Esther Neonatal Kitten Rescue, about her organization’s future goals, advice she’d offer those launching a nonprofit and her favorite kitten story.

    2.7 K views+AnimalsNewsNonprofits

    Q&A: Alfred D. Green on bringing chess to the community

    Posted on November 17, 2022November 14, 2022 by LA Bourgeois

    Xpress talks with Alfred D. Green to discuss his nonprofit Young Struggle, what it means to be proactive within the community and how chess is more than just a game.

    2.0 K views+News

    Q&A: Womansong choir sings for community causes

    Posted on November 16, 2022November 14, 2022 by LA Bourgeois

    Xpress sits down with Jennifer Langton to discuss Womansong’s mission, the challenges women choirs face and the benefits of being a nonprofit.

    2.1 K views+MusicNewsNonprofits

    Q&A: The benefits of participat­ory grant-making

    Posted on November 15, 2022November 15, 2022 by LA Bourgeois

    Xpress speaks with Gina Smith about food policy, shared gifting and recommendations for how other nonprofits might integrate new models of fundraising into their operations.  

    2.1 K views+Food NewsNewsNonprofits

    Q&A: Ax thrower discusses the sport and local scene

    Posted on October 27, 2022October 24, 2022 by LA Bourgeois

    Xpress recently sat down with Scott Brindle to discuss misconceptions about the sport, the ways in which ax throwing has helped him get through difficult times and advice he has for those interested in tossing a blade.

    1.8 K views+LivingSports
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