Working Like a Dog: Local canines clock in
Volume
30
/ Issue 35
Cover Design Credit:
Scott SouthwickCover Photography Credit:
Jessica Wakeman
Not all of Asheville’s dogs live a life of leisure. Some have jobs providing comfort in our libraries and schools as well as on our streets. Xpress met up with three community canines who work hard for the money — OK, the dog treats. This week’s cover features eight-year-old Cora Geitner and Flora, a certified therapy dog.
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Best Medicine: Local comedians reimagine the Asheville Tourists’ mascot and name
Friday, April 5 is the Asheville Tourists' opening day. In this month's "Best Medicine," co-host Cayla Clark speaks with fellow local comedians about the team and if there's a more…Local poet revisits her father’s cocaine trafficking in latest collection
Poet Nicole Farmer describes her father as a true chameleon. "He went from the mean streets of Chicago to being a golden gloves boxer, studying acting with Lee Strasberg, appearing…Around Town: Blue Ridge Mountains inspire debut suspense novel
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Longtime educator and advocate for the deaf recognized by NCRID
“Most deaf kids are born to hearing parents, and there’s usually a lag time of identifying deafness in a baby and often a struggle with accepting that you have a…Gardening with Xpress: Replenish the soil so your plants can ‘eat’
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Asheville’s canines clock in
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"Thankfully, U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-11th District, can act today to address the Alzheimer’s and dementia public health crisis in North Carolina and across the nation."Pulling pandemic weeds as time stretched wide
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HCA critics may not realize they’re also shareholders
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"The evil of war-making will not drive out evil. Kindness, respect, toleration and cooperation will create a better world."Premature enfoliation