In this week’s Local Matters podcast, Xpress News Editor Margaret Williams talks to news reporter David Forbes about the recent controversy-packed Asheville City Council meeting, and with environmental reporter Susan Andrew about a sickness that threatens the WNC bat population.
In this week’s Local Matters podcast, Xpress News Editor Margaret Williams talks to reporter Jake Frankel about the election of Henry Mitchell as the new head of the Buncombe County Republican Party.
In this week’s Local Matters podcast, Xpress News Editor Margaret Williams talks to reporter Jake Frankel about the coming cover story on new perspectives on the “Marion Massacre” union strike, and with reporter David Forbes about Asheville City Council’s recent back-and-forth with the Ingles grocery chain, as well as their recent conversation with NC Treasurer Janet Cowell at a CIBO luncheon.
In this special edition of Local Matters, Steve Shanafelt talks to senior reporter David Forbes and food reporter Mackensy Lunsford about the recent report by the Food Research and Action Center which identified the Asheville metro area as the seventh worst in the country for food hardship.
In this week’s Local Matters podcast, Xpress news editor Margaret Williams talks to reporter David Forbes about Buncombe County’s budget woes, and environmental reporter Susan Andrew about the latest news from the EPA about the polluted CTS site. Xpress freelancer Christopher George also presents a rundown of last week’s City Council meeting.
In this week’s Local Matters podcast, freelancer Christopher George talks about the Downtown Heroes celebration, Xpress news editor Margaret Williams talks to reporter Jake Frankel about this week’s Buncombe County Commission meeting, and Xpress food writer Mackensy Lunsford talks about her new project to eat some fairly strange foods in local restaurants.
In this week’s Local Matters podcast, Xpress news editor Margaret Williams talks to reporter Jake Frankel about the hotly contested Buncombe County Register of Deeds appointment, and environmental reporter Susan Andrew talks about the latest report on heath problems near the contaminated CTS site.
In this week’s Local Matters podcast, Xpress news editor Margaret Williams talks to reporter David Forbes about his interview with Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC 11), and with reporter Jake Frankel and news intern Forrest McDonald about the recent controversial Buncombe County Commission meeting.
In this week’s Local Matters podcast, reporter Jake Frankel talks to David Forbes about the upcoming cover story on the City’s budget problems, and freelance reporter Christopher George gives a run-down of the most recent City Council meeting.
In this week’s Local Matters podcast, news editor Margaret Williams talks with reporter David Forbes about the City of Asheville’s budget cuts, and with reporter Jake Frankel about Buncombe County’s budget issues and the increasing drama over the appointment of a replacement for long-time Register of Deeds Otto W. Debruhl.
In this week’s Local Matters podcast, reporter David Forbes discusses the controversial passing of the 51 Biltmore project’s parking deck by Asheville City Council, and reporter Jake Frankel discusses the recent appeal “full equality for all Asheville citizens” by People of Faith for Just Relationships, as well as several wellness-related stories from the current issue.
In this week’s Local Matters podcast, reporter David Forbes discusses the good and bad in Buncombe County’s heath statistics, reporter Jake Frankel talks about the recent Buncombe County Commission decision to put additional A-B Tech funding to a referendum and Xpress director of business development James Fisher discusses our 2011 Poetry Prize.
In the 1980s, U.S. officials considered storing nuclear waste in Sandy Mush just outside of Asheville. Residents fought the proposal, and it was tabled — but not forgotten. On Jan. 7, a busload of area residents met before dawn in Asheville; with the aim, in part, of making sure Sandy Mush didn’t crop up again as an option, they headed to Augusta, Ga., for a meeting of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future. Xpress talked with two folks who took the trip that day — alternative-energy advocate Ned Doyle and photographer Jerry Nelson.
photo by Jerry Nelson
Our weekly preview podcast of the current issue was nearly lost in the chaos of this week’s snowfall. In this week’s Local Matters, environmental reporter Susan Andrew discusses the current cover story about toxic waste sites in Buncombe County, and reporter Jake Frankel discusses the recent actions taken at the County Commission meeting.
Xpress co-managing editor Margaret Williams talks with reporter Jake Frankel about the MountainX.com’s online trends of 2010, from strangely popular photos of local hip-hop artists to the most popular and commented-upon stories of the year. Xpress environmental reporter Susan Andrew also shares a brief preview of her upcoming story about inactive hazardous waste sites in Buncombe County.
In this special edition of our Local Matters podcast, Xpress staffers Margaret Williams, Rebecca Sulock, Jaye Bartell, Susan Andrew, Jake Frankel, Alli Marshall, Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt and Mackensy Lunsford share insights into their favorite stories of the last year.
Need a freaky calendar? Pondering some winter-sports adventures? Here’s a preview of upcoming news and feature stories for the Dec. 22 issue.
What’s coming up in the next issue? It’s not quite top secret: News Editor Margaret Williams chats with writer (and former managing editor) Jon Elliston about what the National Security Agency was up to while ensconced at what’s now the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute in Rosman. And in other news…
What’s being green all about? Would Mountain Xpress reduce its carbon footprint by no longer printing each week’s issue? Most likely. Here’s a short podcast preview of our Nov. 17 Living Green issue. (No trees were used in the making of this broadcast.)
In this week’s edition of the Local Matters podcast, Xpress staffers Jake Frankel and David Forbes discuss the recent police standoff and the special meeting of Asheville City Council to address pedestrian safety concerns.
The reporters recorded the conversation as they huddled at the site of the standoff on Otis Street, between the federal courthouse and the RBC Bank.
Two days after downtown Asheville was the scene of a two-and-a-half hour standoff between police and a man from South Carolina, big trucks arrived at the renovated Pack Memorial Library: “The Books Are Back,” Mountain Xpress staff photographer Jonathan Welch reported in a Thursday, Sept. 2 blog post.
