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For the record: EPA reviews 2016 Record of Decision, presence of new contaminants at Chemtronics site
Swannanoa residents met with members of the Community Advisory Group, federal and state environmental protection officials Thursday evening to review the 2016 Record of Decision for the Chemtronics Superfund site. The EPA also revealed the presence of a new contamination detection on the property.
The forest for the trees: Debating Forest Service plan at Newsmakers forum
On Thursday, Nov. 13, the Asheville-based investigative news outlet Carolina Public Press hosted its first Newsmakers series — in this case, a lively discussion that dived questions about the U.S. Forest Service’s draft plan for 1 million acres of public lands in Western North Carolina. (photos by Pat Barcas)
Buncombe Commissioners
Activists call for still greater government transparency Property-tax collections down slightly Activists across the political spectrum have long maintained that the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners’ refusal to televise public comment along with the rest of its meetings has hampered local-government transparency. And at their Jan. 20 meeting, the commissioners unanimously approved a series of […]
Commissioners end public comment blackout
At tonight’s meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners, the board unanimously approved a series of rule changes, including televising public comment after a years-long blackout.
Buncombe County Commissioners preview: End of the public comment blackout?
The years-long blackout on televising public comment at meetings of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners’ meetings may end soon, as a vote to change their meeting rules tops the Jan. 20 meeting agenda.
End of the commissioners public-comment blackout?
At their annual retreat today, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners broached the idea of changing their public-comment period: televising it for the first time in years and shifting it to the end of the meeting. The board will vote on the proposed changes Jan. 20.
Buncombe Commissioners
Time to televise public comment? County staff: no new CTS contamination It was the new Buncombe County Board of Commissioners’ first meeting. Newcomers K. Ray Bailey (the former president of A-B Tech) and Holly Jones, (late of the Asheville City Council) had been sworn in the day before, along with new Chair David Gantt. (Although […]