In preparation for the primary election of Tuesday, May 17, Xpress sent questions to all candidates in contested races representing Buncombe County voters. Responses from candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, N.C. General Assembly, Buncombe County-level races and Asheville City Council are all collected here.
Primary candidates in the 2022 Asheville mayoral election share their positions with Xpress.
Candidates in the U.S. House of Representatives District 11 2022 Republican primary share their positions with Xpress.
Candidates in the U.S. House of Representatives District 11 2022 Democratic primary share their positions with Xpress.
Candidates for the Buncombe County Sheriff Democratic 2022 primary share their positions with Xpress.
Candidates for the Buncombe County District Attorney Democratic 2022 primary share their positions with Xpress.
Candidates for the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners District 1 Democratic 2022 primary share their positions with Xpress.
Candidates in the Asheville City Board of Education 2022 primary race share their positions with Xpress.
Candidates in the N.C. Senate District 46 Republican 2022 primary share their positions with Xpress.
Xpress answers common questions about voting in the 2022 primary election, including where to find your sample ballot, how to vote by mail and if identification is required at the polls.
Candidates in the N.C. Senate District 49 Democratic 2022 primary share their positions with Xpress.
Candidates in the N.C. House District 115 Republican 2022 primary share their positions with Xpress.
Primary candidates for the 2022 Asheville City Council race share their positions with Xpress.
Candidates in the Buncombe County Sheriff Republican 2022 primary share their positions with Xpress.
Community members reflect on the life and legacy of Karen Cragnolin, a dedicated champion of the French Broad River and its possibilities.
Will Madison Cawthorn greet WNC with “Hello, Cleveland!” after completely losing track of his district? Will the Asheville’s reparations end up as a lifetime supply of CBD products to take the edge off structural racism? Xpress staffers offer their humorous takes on the year ahead.
Western North Carolina bustled with electoral intrigue in 2021. From Woodfin, Asheville’s neighbor to the north, to the Jackson County seat of Sylva in the west, challengers bested incumbents in many nonpartisan town council and commission races.
“About 3:30 a.m., I suddenly awoke. My two cats were sitting on the floor, staring right above me.”
As part of the Local News Ideas-to-Action Series, the Virginia-based national media nonprofit American Press Institute awarded Xpress a $9,300 grant to create a guide to local government decision-making for land development. The guide will cover the stages of review that projects face on their way from concept to final approval, what aspects are considered at each step and what avenues exist for public input.
The paper’s 2020 Voter Guide earned second place in the special section category of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia’s annual awards, announced on July 23. The competition included 54 publications and 598 entries from across the U.S. and Canada.
N.C. Employee Ownership Center prepares for business transitions Just as the COVID-19 pandemic is waning in Western North Carolina, local businesses face another, slower-moving economic crisis. According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, around half of all privately held businesses with employees in WNC — roughly 14,000 firms — are owned by people over […]
