It is unfortunate that Ms. Copley had a bad experience while visiting Warren Wilson College [“Not Just a Walk in the Park,” Letters, March 18]. Due to traffic congestion along Warren Wilson Road, we’ve found it necessary to restrict parking around the forest. There are also major safety concerns related to cars parked in front […]

After reading “WPVM’S Vision Stays Strong” [Letters, March 11] and other comments and past news reports, I wonder at this level of defensiveness by Mr. Bowen. When I have encountered this level in the past, I am reminded of what my grandmother use to say: “Where there is smoke, there is fire.” — Rodney Flynt […]

Volunteers at WPVM—the local FM radio station whose license-holder is the Mountain Area Information Network—have struggled for years under a lack of structure and written policies, and with erratic, poorly focused oversight. After the first station manager left, volunteers formed a committee to keep the station on the air. They did the same when Kim […]

Last Sunday was a beautiful warm day. The sun was shining, a cool breeze brushed through the trees and people were ready to be outside. I am from Virginia but come to the area frequently to visit. I was with three other friends, and we wanted nothing more than to do something outside. We’d all […]

Regarding Randy Molton’s cartoon of March 4: Before progressives here in the 11th Congressional District spend a lot of energy fanning their indignation about Rep. Heath Shuler’s vote on the stimulus bill and turn their flames toward smoking him out of office or organizing a challenge to him with a more liberal candidate—or believe a […]

I’m writing to second Ann Craig’s endorsement of Cecil Bothwell for Asheville City Council [“It’s Never Too Early,” March 11]. Bothwell understands the issues we will be seeing in the near future—issues relating to peak oil and global climate change and what will be required in order to create a sustainable economy in the coming […]

Water, water everywhere—but not necessarily in the right place at the right time. Clean drinking water is already a serious problem in many countries of the world. In the future, it will be a number-one tragedy as people fight over water for drinking, crops and health. Really. I’m not making this up. And while “big” […]

According to my research in Food & Water Watch’s publication, “Take Back the Tap” (www.fwwatch.org), Clean Water for North Carolina’s information, and the Web site www.thinkoutsidethebottle.org, you may want to consider the following before you buy that next plastic bottle of water: • On average, bottled water costs 900 times the amount of tap water. […]

We need creative ambitions after the rich man cries broke, [instead of] all this talk about the worsening economy by a media and economic system that promoted the death-to-debt mentality at the expense of the environment. Well-funded wars appear to be our only solutions. How we treat each other is how we treat the Earth. […]