The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one-fourth of young women between the ages of 14 and 19—about 3.2 million teenage girls—are infected with at least one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases (human papillomavirus or HPV, chlamydia, herpes simplex virus and trichomoniasis). Health effects can range from infertility to cervical […]
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N.C. education ranked 30th in recent report; state Republicans call for change
N.C. Senate Republican Leader Phil Berger and House Republican Leader Paul Stam issued a joint press release today calling for education reform, following the announcement that the state ranked 30th in the nation in the “Report Card on American Education” released today by the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Landslides and golf communities
Citing North Carolina’s 2005 law requiring landslide mapping in 19 WNC counties, the Golf Community Reviews blog has posted advice for potential mountain golf-resort homebuyers.
N.C. General Assembly gets down to 2009 business
With the opening of the 2009-2010 session of the N.C. General Assembly, several bills of particular interest to Western North Carolina legislators and constituents went into the starting gate on Jan. 29.
Governor moves to change public education leadership
Gov. Beverly Perdue moved yesterday to change the leadership structure of public education in the state, combining top management and policy positions to create a potentially powerful education chief.
High-speed rail from Charlotte to Atlanta inches forward
Long-range planning for high-speed rail service between Atlanta and Washington, D.C. — via Greenville, S.C., and Charlotte, N.C. — has been deemed feasible by a new study.
Losing by a landslide
The recent mudslide in Maggie Valley, which demolished a home on Wildcat Run, refocuses attention the troubled slopes of Western North Carolina.
Richest counties get lion’s share of corporate incentives from the state
A new study shows that N.C. incentives programs have sparked job creation in better-off counties to a noticeably greater degree than in areas of the state needing the most help.
WCU faculty versus Ayn Rand
Smoky Mountain News offers details on how Western Carolina University faculty looked a BB&T million-dollar gift horse in the mouth and turned it around.
N.C. colleges looking good in Kiplinger’s latest rankings
UNC Chapel Hill took first place for in-state public universities and Davidson College ranked fourth for private colleges in the latest Kiplinger ratings.
Bankruptcy disrupts luxury resort near Boone
The Laurelmor development in Watauga and Wilkes counties — one of WNC’s largest — has been sold as result of bankruptcy.
Capitalism on campus
A $1 million gift from the BB&T Foundation to Western Carolina University has raised basic questions about academic freedom versus funders’ ability to affect curriculum decisions. Freedom’s just another word…: Free-market proponent Ayn Rand (1905-1982), whose controversial books are to be studied in connection with BB&T’s $1 million donation to WCU. The gift has raised […]
Alt-spirits of the season: Gerhard and Mize
Last night’s quiet performance at Jubilee! on Wall Street was quite removed from the splashy Warren Haynes Christmas Jam at the Civic Center, as it exhibited the alternative, silent-night version of the holiday season in downtown Asheville.
Civic Center gets good news for holidays
An upbeat Asheville Civic Center Commission received several pieces of welcome news at their Dec. 2 meeting, including a green light for work to finally begin on replacing the roof of the arena and concourse. “The city and [architect John] Cort have come to an agreement, and he is beginning work,” Civic Center Director Sherman […]
Somewhere over the rainbow?
While the dream of a new performing-arts center in Asheville remains illusive, Durham just lit the spotlights with a 2,800-seat facility.
Checking the pulse of the world’s health
The World Affairs Council of WNC hosts world-health expert tonight (Monday, Dec. 1) at UNCA.
N.C. transit grants frozen by feds
Federal Transit Administration withholds NC-DOT access to $25 million in transit funds for mostly rural programs.
Project designed to strengthen N.C. organic-food market
A North Carolina-branded organic bread flour is the latest undertaking of the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association.
South of the border: large low-country tracts gain environmental protection
Separate conservation actions are set to preserve some 2,260 acres of South Carolina’s famous low country.
Turnout takes the spotlight in 2008
It was a banner election year for North Carolina. At press time, voter turnout hovered between 69 and 70 percent, awaiting full tabulation of provisional and absentee ballots. That amounts to more than 4.3 million of the state’s nearly 6.3 million registered voters, more than half of whom took advantage of early voting. “Turnout overall […]
Figures change for Duke Energy projects
Duke Energy Carolinas has increased the expected capacity of its Cliffside power plant and nearly doubled the anticipated construction costs of its Lee Nuclear Station.