Pack Memorial Library is celebrating Black History Month with an exhibit of photographs from the Andrea Clark Photography Collection that resurrects memories of a once-thriving neighborhood.
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DANGER: DIY signs at CTS plant
While the EPA is still in the process of deciding whether a sign should be posted outside CTS of Asheville on Mills Gap Road, someone has apparently taken matters into their own hands.
UNCA to host second annual State of Black Asheville Forum
Last year, a group of students in a political science course at UNC-Asheville began researching socio-economic issues facing African-Americans in Buncombe County. Led by African Studies Professor Dwight Mullen, their work culminated in a forum that brought elected officials and community leaders to the table to talk about blacks’ experiences relating to health care, housing, […]
APD launches prostitution Web site
The Asheville Police Department has launched a new online police blotter where they will post the photos of individuals arrested on prostitution charges. The photos, names, charges and cities of residence of individuals arrested for prostitution (including the “johns,” as they are called) will be displayed on the site and on the Asheville Channel’s Bulletin […]
The Green Scene
Whenever there’s a storm, Geoffrey Stone pays close attention to how many inches of rain we get. And he’s sure to take note when the forecast calls for cloudy days. That’s because Stone, who lives with his wife, Susan, at Earthaven Ecovillage near Black Mountain, relies upon the sun and the rain even more than […]
Askville: Now you see it …
Vise 1 has clearly done a lot of graffiti in his day, and his name is emblazoned on various surfaces in major cities across the country. Exactly where he won’t say, but since he especially likes to write on trains, he’ll tell you that his art can be seen “everywhere” as it travels the rails. […]
“Hey, we’re watching”
With a new online police blotter, the Asheville Police Department has launched an effort to disseminate names and photos of individuals arrested during a recent prostitution sting. They’re also recording the license-plate numbers of cars in high drug and prostitution areas and notifying the registered owners by mail.
The Green Scene
From Critical Mass to the World Naked Bike Ride, Asheville residents have shown no lack of enthusiasm for bicycles. Nonetheless, the city has been notably lacking in bike lanes. As is often the case, city residents seem divided on the issue. One letter writer in the May 17, 2006, Xpress unwittingly hit a nerve, advising: […]
CTS agrees to assess ground-water contamination
Some 150 south Asheville residents turned out Jan. 31 for an arduous, heated public meeting to talk about the ground-water contamination at the former CTS of Asheville plant on Mills Gap Road. Representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the N.C. Division of Waste Management, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and others […]
You figure it out, Progress Energy funds it
Attention energy-saving geniuses: Better act fast! Progress Energy and advisory council are accepting proposals for $25,000 in grants for local energy initiatives.
The Green Scene
A half-dozen environmental groups say the state has mismanaged a fund established to ensure safe drinking water for residents using wells. Last August, the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources allocated $300,000 from the Bernard Allen Emergency Drinking Water Fund—the entire initial allotment for the fund—for a two-mile water-line extension that benefited just four […]
Be it flash, class or trash, it’s Mardi Gras
The Mystic Mountain Krewe, a “multibunch of fun-loving folk,” according to one member, has invited everyone to “strut with us” in the upcoming Asheville Mardi Gras Parade. Scheduled for (Fat) Tuesday, Feb. 5, it will be the first-ever permitted parade to flood the city’s streets in honor of Mardi Gras. Several weeks ago, the same […]
Cliffside power plant permit approved, environmentalists respond
Division of Air Quality gives Cliffside the green light.
New hope for Shope’s slopes
A months-old controversy that began with a Forest Service plan to log in the national forest concludes with a compromise.
Sampling results will determine next steps at CTS plant
During the final weeks of 2007, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources conducted sampling in the neighborhoods surrounding the former CTS of Asheville plant. In an effort to learn whether the ground water contamination there poses an exposure risk to nearby residents, the agencies sent out […]
The Green Scene
Green homes in Fletcher’s future A mixed-use development planned for Fletcher may raise the bar for green design. With plans for 1,600 solar panels, the 400-unit Rivercane Village is positioned to become the largest residential application of solar-thermal energy nationwide. Plans call for solar technology to provide 80 percent of the community’s hot water, heating […]
A woman’s best friend
When it comes to furry companions, a possum probably isn’t the first creature that springs to mind. A lot of animal lovers keep cats, dogs, gerbils, maybe even rabbits in their homes. But wildlife rehabilitator Sondra Allison specializes in possums—many of which have narrowly escaped becoming roadkill. Allison, whose volunteer gig has earned her the […]
Good timing: Conferences converge
About six months from now, Asheville will be humming with a force to be reckoned with. For starters, more than a thousand women bent on changing the world will descend upon the city for the first Southeastern Women’s Conference, titled Time for Our Power! Meanwhile, creative transformation will be taking place throughout the city as […]
The Green Scene
Flipping off Cliffside The North Carolina Division of Air Quality could issue a decision on Duke Energy’s coal-fired Cliffside power plant “any day, or it could it be in a few weeks,” according to agency spokesperson Tom Mather. What is certain, however, is that if the 800-megawatt plant is approved, the increased power generation at […]
Evergreen Community Charter School kids win national recognition
A nationwide search for the greenest grade school in America has narrowed it down to 10 finalists, and Asheville’s Evergreen Community Charter School is one of them. Some 3,000 elementary schools across the country competed to win the “Go Green with all” (sponsored by all laundry detergent) contest, and each finalist was granted $5,000. The […]
Arthropods like you’ve never seen them
A traveling science exhibit coming to the North Carolina Arboretum might capture the imagination—or bristle the hairs on the back of the neck. Where it’s cool to be creepy: A tarantula with a well-appointed domicile is one one many wonders in an exhibit headed to the North Carolina Arboretum. Reminiscent of a circus sideshow, the […]