For everyone following the battle over coal-ash regulation, the Democratic National Convention could not have chosen a better location. Right now, every politician staying in the Charlotte area is drinking the same water that 1.5 million local citizens drink. However, anyone arriving by helicopter might have lost their thirst! Right next to Mountain Island Lake […]
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Anything that floats is under way
In today’s RiverLink-sponsored event, the Xpress flotilla fires the first water balloon at the judges.
The cycle of existence in many and bright colors
As part of its weeklong Grand Opening Celebration, downtown Buddhist center Urban Dharma hosted the “Vast and Noble Heart Sand Mandala.” The ritual involves the extremely precise construction of Tibetan Buddhist iconography using colored sand. (Photo by Max Cooper)
Body found in French Broad River, Asheville Police investigating
Asheville police say they found the body of Anthony Sawyer in the French Broad River today off of Amboy Road. An autopsy is scheduled for later this week.
Paddle trail grand opening float on French Broad River
After several years of work, the entire French Broad River paddle trail and campsites are complete.
Enviro cleanup, pre-construction continues at former junkyard on the river
Where once piles of junked cars were stacked by the French Broad River, crews have been digging up concrete remnants and debris — the first step toward turning the old EDACO junkyard into the Karen Cragnolin Park. (photo courtesy of RiverLink)
MSD gives itself high marks in its 2011 performance report
Every day, the Municipal Sewerage District collects and treats — and discharges into the French Broad — an average of 18 million gallons of wastewater, relying on millions of microbes to do what they’ve been doing since the Earth was young: consume organic waste. And every year, the Clean Water Act requires the utility to provide an assessment of how well they’re doing. That report was submitted to DENR August 30; let’s take a look.
RiverLink and Americorps team up for French Broad River cleanup *Video*
RiverLink and Americorps teamed up for a Sept. 9 cleanup of the French Broad River. The group hauled a plethora of trash and unusual items out of a stretch of the river near downtown Asheville, including huge tires, a rocking horse, a news bin and more.
An Asheville native reflects, laments
I grew up here, attended preschool at both First Presbyterian downtown and Asbury United Methodist, [and visited] the north branch of the library when it was behind First Union Bank. I frequented Beanstreets and Reader’s Corner. I’ve watched this town and all the changes it’s been through. Businesses come and go, and some preschools might […]
Dead homeless man found in French Broad River ***UPDATED 12:30 p.m. Tuesday***
On July 3, Asheville Police Department detectives found the body of Nolan Trent Baker, 55, a homeless man, in the French Broad River. Police are investigating the death, but so far have found no signs of foul play and preliminary autopsy results point to natural causes.
Power outage causes Christmas-morning sewer spill into French Broad river
An estimated 374,000 gallons drain into the river from the Woodfin water treatment station.
Clear as mud
“Water is a living thing; it is life itself. In it life began. And everything that lives in water requires oxygen. It is also a moving thing. A burden bearer, water can carry off great loads of humanity’s leavings—but … as the oxygen in water is used up by waste … the living creatures in […]
Raindrops
A welcome sound woke me at 2 a.m. one recent Saturday: Plunk … plunk … . I listened: It was faint and dull. It could be a raccoon fiddling with my trash-can lid (too faint for a bear, too loud for a mouse—we have both here). Plunk. Plunk. Pit. Pat pat pitter-pat. Rain hitting my […]
Fixin’ up the French Broad
RiverLink was recently the recipient of two grants for restoration and improvement of the water quality and habitat in several area streams.
Landscape design interns offer ideas for Asheville’s riverfront
Simply put, Design Workshop is in the business of reinventing our world. This week, the company is bringing 16 of the best landscape-design students in the world to the banks of the French Broad River.