Bonds. Local Bonds.
Volume
29
/ Issue 3
Cover Design Credit:
Scott SouthwickCover Photography Credit:
Brent Brown
This November, Buncombe County voters will determine if the county pursues up to $70 million in bonds. If approved, $30 million would go toward land conservation and greenways, while $40 million would fund up to 3,100 affordable housing units.
arts
Nightlands, Jaze Uries, Madelyn Ilana and Eric Congdon release new albums
Electro-rock, '80s-inspired R&B/soul, dreamy folk and Americana are represented in this month's New Album Roundup.Local author reexamines his youth in Asheville, 1960-80
Dan Lewis, an accomplished local musician, recently put down his guitar in order to pen his memoir, Growing Up In Asheville, North Carolina: How Music and Art Spurred a Renaissance…Around Town: Burlesque festival returns to Asheville
The three-day gathering reconvenes for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic at The Grey Eagle from Friday, Aug. 19-Sunday, Aug. 21. Plus: Tyger Tyger Gallery opens…food
What’s new in food: We Give a Share rebrands as Equal Plates Project
Less than two months after assuming the role as director of We Give a Share, Madi Holtzman nervously approached founding board member Elizabeth Sims with the idea to change the local…living
Suicide prevention hotline debuts
On July 15, the federal government debuted 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, a new, easy-to-remember dialing code that operates differently from National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.Creatives in the Crowd: Cyndi’s paintings soothe feline health trauma
The Waynesville-based artist discusses her challenging but inspiring past year.news
Dogwood Health Trust releases early childhood education data
The 66-page report depicts the landscape for working parents of children younger than 6 in WNC, early childhood education options and the education level and compensation of early childhood education…Public weighs in on hospital applicants
Three hospital systems — AdventHealth, HCA Healthcare/Mission Health and Novant Health — are jousting for the opportunity to build a facility in Western North Carolina. During an Aug. 12 public…Renewed optimism
Community energy
Q&A: Ricardo Nazario-Colón discusses his new role with the Appalachian Studies Association
Ricardo Nazario-Colón discusses his new role as president of the the Appalachian Studies Association, how his work as a poet influences his professional life and what Appalachian studies looks like…$70M for land conservation, affordable housing up to Buncombe voters
This November, Buncombe County voters will determine if the county pursues up to $70 million in bonds. If approved, $30 million would go toward land conservation and greenways, while $40…Asheville Regional Airport feels nationwide delay, cancellation trends
How does AVL compare with its regional peers on on-time performance and flight completion?Bus drivers, custodians in short supply at Asheville schools
Asheville City Schools still needs to fill about 50 positions for the school year that starts Monday, Aug. 29. With only 18 of 29 ACS bus routes staffed to roll,…opinion
Letter: We need to transform our way of living
"Promotion of the arms race is a reckless way to create jobs when we need more people in the helping professions, including health care and our schools."Letter: Get on with legalizing medical marijuana
'Why is North Carolina so far behind the other states? We should be moving to legalizing marijuana and mushrooms.'Letter: Don’t use cats as garden patrols
"Let’s wake up and use our technological savvy to build vole-proof garden enclosures and spare the ones who can’t defend themselves against feline encroachment."Letter: Advice for reading Branyon
"A tip for reading Bill Branyon’s letters: Ignore all modifiers — mostly the adjectives, although the adverbs and adverbial phrases are also colorfully irrelevant."Letter: Penland offers impressive management expertise
"Buncombe County deserves responsible leadership. Anthony Penland is running for Buncombe County commissioner this fall and very much has earned and deserves your support."Letter: There’s no magic bullet for growth issues
"What can our officeholders actually do? They can’t call a halt to growth and development, but they can stop or modify some particularly harmful projects."Letter: AHS Class of ’72 celebrates milestone
"In August 1969, members of this legacy class walked through the school’s doors under the iconic spire as sophomores, the initial starting class in the history of the new, consolidated…