Photo courtesy Of Asheville Fire and Rescue On Nov. 15, Asheville Fire and Rescue’s women’s relay team placed second in the Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge world finals in Las Vegas. The event, which runs participants through a series of firefighter scenarios, wraps an eight-month competition; the Asheville men’s team made it to the semifinals. The … Read more
The Asheville Civic Center will begin offering public ice-skating sessions beginning on Monday, Dec. 22, and lasting through Jan. 25. Civic Center Director Sherman Bass said he and his staff are still working out exact dates and times for the 75-minute public-skating sessions, which will cost $5. Skate rental will cost $1.50. Aside from the … Read more
Hip Replacements, the secondhand clothes/T-shirt/accessories shop on Lexington Avenue, has changed hands again. The store, which also carries a large inventory of quirky items, has been a fixture of Asheville digger and hipster culture for well more than 10 years now. The new owners are Kip Veno, 38, and his partner for the last two … Read more
There was a lively crowd gathered on the bottom floor of Pack Place as the words “Thank you for your many years of service” played across a video screen, accompanied by a huge, drifting autumn leaf. We’ll meet again: Outgoing Chair Nathan Ramsey gets a laugh from outgoing commissioner David Young at their farewell celebration. … Read more
DOT to include alternative 4b in connector study County gets clean bill of financial health Board bids farewell to Ramsey, Young Nov. 18 was the last meeting for Buncombe County Board of Commissioners Chair Nathan Ramsey and longtime Commissioner David Young. Nonetheless, the board had some major business to deal with. Foremost was a proposal … Read more
On an ice-cold November night, almost 200 people gathered for a public hearing called by the state Division of Water Quality concerning developer Jim Anthony‘s request for permission to alter 6,149 feet of streams and disturb about a quarter-acre of wetlands at The Cliffs at High Carolina. The 2,780-acre project straddles a mountain ridge between … Read more
If economists and retail analysts are to be believed, this holiday shopping season is setting up to be a grim one, thanks to a baleful economy and a precipitous drop in the Consumer Confidence Index, which hit an all-time low in October and is not expected to improve much, if at all, by Christmas. Still … Read more
Talk to anyone who has seen a Toubab Krewe show and they’ll tell you the same thing: This is a band you have to see live. Trained in traditional West African instruments, with WNC roots: The band sets up along the Niger River in Mali. Fitting, then, that Toubab would choose The Orange Peel as … Read more
The word “change” has been thrown around a lot these days as a slogan, an idea, a mantra for some and even a source of derision for others. But for singer/songwriter David LaMotte, change isn’t just a buzzword—it’s where he finds himself and his career. Peacemaker: LaMotte is retiring from music to pursue a World … Read more
