Council greenlights Ferry Road mixed-income development
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by Brooke Randle
13h ago
Hundreds of units of mixed-income housing are coming to a Ferry Road property, resolving years of uncertainty over the use of the land ..read more
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Buncombe considers incentives to convert short-term rentals to affordable housing
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by Greg Parlier
13h ago
At its meeting on Tuesday, April 2, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners will consider launching a pilot program that could transition up to 20 units from STRs to affordable long-term rentals for residents in its first year ..read more
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Longtime educator and advocate for the deaf wins statewide award
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by Xpress Contributor
13h ago
“Most deaf kids are born to hearing parents, and there’s usually a lag time of identifying deafness in a baby and often a struggle with accepting that you have a deaf child. There’s a long process in which there can be a lot of language deprivation for children. So for us, that’s a big part of our job, being language role models and teaching,” says Kim Martin, lead interpreter for Buncombe County Schools ..read more
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Local poet revisits her father’s cocaine trafficking in latest collection
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by Thomas Calder
18h ago
Poet Nicole Farmer describes her father as a true chameleon. "He went from the mean streets of Chicago to being a golden gloves boxer, studying acting with Lee Strasberg, appearing on Broadway and years being a college history professor before he made his bold criminal move to raise money he needed to open his own honky-tonk ..read more
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Buncombe begins 3-month budget process
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by Greg Parlier
18h ago
County staff reported sales tax revenue growth continues to slow from a peak in 2022 and occupancy tax collections are down 3% year-to-date compared with last year. That, along with expiring funding from the American Rescue Plan Act has the county projecting essentially a no-growth budget ..read more
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Gardening with Xpress: Replenish the soil so your plants can ‘eat’
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by Chloe Lieberman
2d ago
Replenishing the soil is first step to a successful growing season ..read more
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Business improvement district proposal praised at State of Downtown address
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by Jessica Wakeman
2d ago
The mayor shared her enthusiasm about a potential business improvement district, or BID, in the city’s downtown ..read more
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Around Town: Blue Ridge Mountains inspire debut suspense novel
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by Gina Smith
3d ago
A Weaverville author launches her debut novel with an event at Blue Mountain Pizza. Also in this issue: Book discussion and activism events highlight Asheville Prison Books, a Yale singing group performs at the Basilica of St. Lawrence, Mountain BizWorks' spring Craft Your Commerce workshop series and more ..read more
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From CPP: Former attendees describe ‘nightmare’ at therapy camp in NC mountains. DHHS suspended admissions after 12-year-old died.
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by Xpress Contributor
3d ago
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has suspended admissions to Trails Carolina, a residential therapeutic camp in Transylvania County, after a 12 year boy died there Feb. 3, according to a letter DHHS sent the camp ..read more
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What’s new in food: Couple trade corporate life for kimchi
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by Andy Hall
3d ago
An Asheville couple leave their corporate jobs to make kimchi; a new coffee and baked goods purveyor opens in Black Mountain, Guajiro Cuban Comfort Food gets extended hours and location, and more ..read more
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