“We, as the Sabbath Circle at Servanthood House, a spiritual community which has functioned for more than 20 years as such, mourn the loss of the chapel and what it has meant.”
Letter: Asheville is dead forever unless we wake up
“It’s time to save our entrepreneurs and local business and open up. It’s time to wake up and save Asheville.”
Unionizer re-mix
Letter: Shouldn’t civic center’s name be changed, too?
“Shouldn’t the name of Asheville’s civic center, Harrah’s Cherokee Center – Asheville, be among those that must be changed, since the Cherokees were also slaveowners?”
To the Max
Letter: Wells has unwavering commitment to community
“I have no doubt that she will bring her fair-minded dedication to this position, benefiting the whole community.”
Letter: Protections make sure your vote is secure
“Much effort has been put into making sure our elections are fair and secure. Please vote.”
Letter: Roney advocates to make city more equitable
“She … stands in solidarity with the intergenerational leadership of Black Asheville Demands, calling for divestment from police and reinvestment in the Black community.”
Letter: Taxpayers’ money should go to help Black and white communities
“We need to elect new Council and county commissioners who know how to spend our money in the right places, not to please someone who doesn’t like to look at the Vance.”
Patriotism or bigotry? The Gospel According to Jerry
“You cannot practice racism and bigotry and still call yourself a ‘patriot.'”
Support local election coverage
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The victim here
Letter: Mission nurses’ victory will ripple across the South
“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.”
Back to school blues
By Irene Olds
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.”
Watch what you eat
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.”