“The Moms for Liberty group, by today’s definitions, is certainly conservative in trying to protect young children from sex-related matters (many quite extreme) until they are more mature in their abilities to sort out reasonable choices, and they deal with those questions responsibly.”
New Stories
Letter: Pick leaders who choose safety over ideology
“Let’s prioritize candidates who propose practical policies to ensure our city remains a safe, thriving place.”
Letter: Where is our land ethic?
“Let’s contact our elected officials and let them know that you value our natural resources, wish they would think more about habitat and consider these plans.”
Letter: More input needed on school library book bans
“Are educators the best people to decide what books to ban for student libraries? Absolutely not.”
Sustaining community: A conversation with Asheville City Council member Kim Roney
“There are lots of things we can’t do, but are we doing what we can?” asks Council member Kim Roney, who is up for reelection this year.
Local artist’s new website breaks down barriers to dance
Melvin AC Howell’s HASdance.com seeks to make the art form more accessible to beginners.
TDA approves about $10 million for community projects but not affordable housing
The big question heading into the April 24 meeting of the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority was whether affordable housing projects would qualify for financing from the agency’s new $10 million grant fund. The answer was “not really.”
Sustaining community: A conversation with Asheville City Council candidate Kevan Frazier
“We often study an issue as if we are the first city to consider it. More often we are the last,” says Kevan Frazier, who is one of six candidates vying for three open seats on Asheville City Council.
WNC is ground zero for wilderness skills education
In February, Mountain BizWorks’ MADE X MTNS partnership, which seeks to expand WNC’s outdoor industry, released a study that noted outdoor activities such as backpacking, day hiking and vehicle camping generated an economic output of $4.9 billion per year for the region and resulted in 48,000 full-time jobs.
BID public hearing draws crowd despite scheduling kerfuffle
The BID proposal requires two votes from Council, The first is slated for Tuesday, May 14, and the second on Tuesday, June 11. If approved, the governance structure of the BID will be established at a later date.
Guy Mead wins 2024 Xpress Poetry Contest
This year’s competition asked writers to draft an original, previously unpublished piece on the theme of our shared humanity.
County budget picture slowly comes into focus
County expenditures are expected to grow by more than $8 million next year, to $444.9 million, said Buncombe County Budget Director John Hudson.
Best Medicine: Powering Asheville with ‘pisskey’ and solar panel hats
Comedian Eric Brown is joined by his latest round of fellow local stand-ups to discuss tourism, sustainability and the apocalypse.
Environmental groups keep pressure on U.S. Forest Service
Asheville-based nonprofit MountainTrue and others await responses from the U.S. Forest Service after filing a flurry of legal actions since the federal agency finalized its Pisgah-Nantahala Forest Plan last year.