Asheville Citizen-Times
- Top 5 hiking trails in Western North Carolina where parking might be available
Friday - 10/23/2020 - 05:49 PMHiking trails in WNC are seeing unprecedented crowds. Check out these trails in the Great Smokies, the Blue Ridge Parkway and N.C. Arboretum.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Popular Asheville creek to get repairs but bacteria problem persists
Friday - 10/23/2020 - 06:30 AMA streambank repair should improve water quality in a popular Asheville creek, but pollution from bacteria remains a problem.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Killer rabbit disease has potential to spread in NC; officials need help monitoring
Thursday - 10/22/2020 - 06:00 AMBiologists with the NC Wildlife Resources Commission are asking the public to help monitor the potential spread of a deadly rabbit disease by reporting any sightings of dead rabbits.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Watch Kamala Harris' full speech at UNC Asheville
Wednesday - 10/21/2020 - 02:19 PMJoe Biden's running mate Kamala Harris spoke at a Get out The Vote campaign event at UNC Asheville on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Asheville Independent Restaurants group wins William A.V. Cecil Tourism Leadership Award
Wednesday - 10/21/2020 - 06:02 AMThe William A.V. Cecil Tourism Leadership Award honors leaders in making Asheville and its surrounds a special place to live and visit
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Missing man's family pleads for help in finding him in Pisgah National Forest
Tuesday - 10/20/2020 - 10:43 AMThe family of Chad Seger, a 27-year-old Asheville man who hasn't been seen or heard from since Oct. 12, pleads for public help in a YouTube video.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Detainee at Buncombe County Detention Facility tests positive for COVID-19
Monday - 10/19/2020 - 03:06 PMThe detainee has been under quarantine since entering the facility and is asymptomatic, according to Buncombe County Sheriff's Office PIO Aaron Sarver.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Search continues for Asheville man in Shining Rock Wilderness, visitors urged to stay away
Sunday - 10/18/2020 - 01:00 PMThe search for an Asheville man not seen for nearly a week, continued Oct. 18 in the Shining Rock Wilderness and Black Balsam Knob area of Pisgah National Forest.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sheriff fires Buncombe deputy after watching body cam video: 'No additional internal review necessary'
Friday - 10/16/2020 - 04:39 PMA Buncombe County deputy has been fired after Sheriff Quentin Miller said he watched body camera footage of an Oct. 5 traffic stop.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Great Smoky Mountains seeks volunteers to clean up litter, care for campgrounds, vegetation
Friday - 10/16/2020 - 06:01 AMThe Great Smoky Mountains National Park hosts its annual fall volunteer drive starting Oct. 24 to assist park staff with litter cleanup, campground maintenance and restoration project.
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- Asheville's lament: Why aren't there more houses for regular, working-class people?
Friday - 10/23/2020 - 06:00 AMAsheville is a hot housing market, and that's just one of several reasons why developers don't build more homes priced for regular working people.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Vital next step' for reparations: City Council could stop sale of land from urban renewal
Thursday - 10/22/2020 - 12:53 PMAsheville City Council will consider halting the sale of all city-owned property obtained during urban renewal programs that activists say tore apart Black Communities starting at least 50 years ago.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Photos: Sen. Kamala Harris visits Asheville
Wednesday - 10/21/2020 - 02:05 PMSen. Kamala Harris, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's running mate, campaigned at UNC Asheville on Oct. 21, 2020.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New Asheville, Buncombe COVID spike: People walking around with symptoms, health director says
Wednesday - 10/21/2020 - 06:00 AMAsheville and Buncombe County COVID infections are spiking to some of their highest numbers while infected people are telling health workers that they have been moving around while having symptoms.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Body of missing Asheville man found in Shining Rock Wilderness of Pisgah National Forest
Tuesday - 10/20/2020 - 10:07 PMSearch teams located the body of missing hiker Chad Seger, 27, of Asheville, Oct. 20 in the Shining Rock Wilderness of Pisgah National Forest.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Vance Monument decision a step forward; Confederate marker task force wants public input
Tuesday - 10/20/2020 - 06:00 AMAn Asheville and Buncombe County task force is holding virtual town halls to gather input on what to do with the Vance Monument, a marker for Confederate-era Gov. Zebulon Vance.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Reparations conversations: Rob Thomas talks discrimination, prison time, systemic inequity
Monday - 10/19/2020 - 07:00 AMAsheville Racial Justice Coalition Community Liaison Rob Thomas has been a chief proponent of the city's landmark reparations program. He uses his life to illustrate systemic problems related to race.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - FBI investigating Black Lives Matter mural threat at UNC Asheville
Saturday - 10/17/2020 - 06:00 AMThe Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into a threat over a Black Lives Matter mural at UNC Asheville that caused the university to shut down Oct. 9.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Asheville chef Hanan Shabazz honored for work preserving foodways, feeding community
Friday - 10/16/2020 - 06:00 AMAt 71, Hanan Shabazz cooks at Southside Kitchen for community members who need food and lends her talents to downtown Asheville's Benne On Eagle
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Record turnout, low voter intimidation as NC opens early voting with a bang
Friday - 10/16/2020 - 09:49 AMState election officials said more than 11% of registered voters have already cast ballots this election.
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- Solutions to Great Smoky Mountains overcrowding, resource damage: fees, shuttles, apps?
Friday - 10/23/2020 - 05:00 AMThe Great Smoky Mountains National Park drew public input on solutions to the park's overcrowding and resource damage issues
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - James Melonas, former US Forest Service in North Carolina deputy supervisor returns to lead
Thursday - 10/22/2020 - 06:00 AMFormer deputy supervisor for the US Forest Service in North Carolina, will return as supervisor after former forest head Allen Nicholas retired in September.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump's letter in food boxes leaves some food banks between a 'rock and a hard place'
Thursday - 10/22/2020 - 06:49 AMNonprofits are obligated to operate as nonpartisan ventures. Some worry either removing or distributing the letter could be a political statement
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bryson City teen Leibfarth earns double bronze at ICF canoe slalom World Cup in Slovenia
Wednesday - 10/21/2020 - 06:01 AMEvy Leibfarth of Bryson City earned double bronze at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup Oct. 18 in Slovenia. She is on a path to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Buncombe giving $1.3M to affordable housing projects, thanks to 'a lot of pressure on regular people'
Wednesday - 10/21/2020 - 07:03 AMThe Buncombe County Board of Commissioners approved $1.3 million in affordable housing projects to try to deal with a problem "that is not going away," Buncombe's top elected official said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - PODS: Pandemic's virtual learning students get much-needed help
Tuesday - 10/20/2020 - 07:27 AMPODS helps city shore up virtual learning shortfalls for marginalized students
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Answer Man: Project Ranger bridge work? Poor COVID communications in school system?
Monday - 10/19/2020 - 06:00 AMReaders ask about a land disturbance near the French Broad River, and schools' response to COVID cases.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Boyle column: My response to $5M for a seat in Congress? Fore!
Saturday - 10/17/2020 - 07:00 AMColumnist John Boyle says the excessive shameless spending for a Congressional seat makes him feel a lot better about his own spending habits.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Answer Man: Courthouse scaffolding? VA COVID testing running slow?
Friday - 10/16/2020 - 05:00 AMReaders ask what the scaffolding outside the Buncombe County Courthouse is all about, and how long it takes to get COVID test results back at the VA.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NC mail-in ballot lawsuits: Signatures required, deadline extended then retracted
Friday - 10/16/2020 - 11:14 AMMeanwhile, judge says mail-in ballots must have a signature from a witness, a provision designed to prevent fraud.
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