“I also predict that nurses will earn a higher hourly rate and will be able to work in an environment with higher nurse-to-patient ratios.”
Letter: Ideas to enhance our movie lives via Xpress
“I know I would certainly appreciate and enjoy reading those reviews more than the obscure offerings I see each week through your present offerings.”
Letter: Wells brings people together
“The attraction of the candidacy of Terri Wells for county commissioner is that of a person who realizes our immediate goals must be the same as our long-view goals: goals for the common good.”
Letter: We don’t need Cawthorn’s nonsense
“He’s supposed to be running to represent us, not Trump, and has zero knowledge of the needs of the people of Western North Carolina.”
Letter: Move needle back to moderate with Davis
“We do not need another extreme-right politician to further these misguided policies.”
Letter: Development rate isn’t ‘sustainable’
“Adding more population, cars and demand on natural resources is only going to bring extreme climate change right here faster.”
Letter: Cawthorn’s comments raise troubling questions
“But his visit to Berchtesgaden and his comments there raise troubling questions that he has failed to answer.”
Letter: Growing pains in Arden
“It’s going to cost gazillions to retool the economy, rebuild infrastructure and control COVID-19. That’s just the icing on the cake. The cake is global warming.”
Letter: Wells offers proven leadership for county
“She advocates for environmental stewardship, equity and inclusion, public education and rural broadband.”
Letter: Climate change must be addressed for WNC farmers
“Without a direct and unflinching acknowledgment of the climate crisis, we cannot ensure the future of North Carolina agriculture.”
Letter: Complete the census to get fair funding, representation
“Asheville and Buncombe County are in danger of losing a significant amount of financial support from the federal government by residents not completing and returning their census information by Sept. 30.”
Letter: Peace Day can start the healing at home
“Peace in Asheville has never been more important than in the year 2020.”
Letter: Don’t defund police, but properly train them
“We urge Asheville City Council not to defund the police but make changes needed to rid police of the ‘bad apples’ after due process, and to properly train officers going forward.”
Letter: What Mission nurses should consider in union vote
“The nurses voting at Mission Hospital should know there is likely no going back if NNU wins this election.”
Letter: Encourage nurses’ union to improve hospital system
“What kind of community hospital do you want?”
Letter: Be aware of what your meat purchase supports
“Many who avoid clothing made in sweatshops and who buy Equal Exchange coffee and chocolate may be unaware what they are supporting when they purchase meat.”
Letter: Why didn’t someone help driver make bail?
“I thought Asheville has a bail reform group that helps people in jail make bail.”
Letter: We can talk about HIV and prevent it with PrEP
“We have providers of this medication all over the state, especially here in Asheville, where you can contact WNCAP (Western NC AIDS Project).”
Letter: How welcoming is Asheville to people of less means?
“I couldn’t help wondering how our ‘native’ population, of all races, who are struggling with gentrification, unaffordable housing, nonliving wages and income inequality might be feeling when they hear that story.”
Letter: Contact legislators to support renewable energy
“This is a call to action for the citizens of North Carolina to contact their legislators and demand a necessary change to support 100% renewable energy by 2050.”
Letter: A new prescription: health care for all!
“No one foresaw the COVID-19 pandemic, a condition that has now made Medicare for All a much more urgent issue.”