March 5, 2009 – mountainx.com

A-B Tech president resigns to take college president’s job in Houston

March 5, 2009 by Jason Sandford

Dr. Betty Young, inaugurated as president of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in May 2008, will officially leave the college on Friday to become president of Coleman College in Houston, Texas. Her departure ends a short tenure marked by upheaval at the college.

Buncombe Commissioners: Pitchforks and health care

March 5, 2009 by David Forbes

At their March 3 meeting, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners gave staff the go-ahead to work out the details of switching the county’s indigent health-care services over to a local nonprofit. Also: conservative activists wielded (cardboard) pitchforks.

Buncombe Commissioners will move offices, meeting space

March 5, 2009 by David Forbes

Due to a growing need for space in the overcrowded courthouse, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners will move both its offices and meeting spot down the street beginning in April, according to a release from the county today.

Book Report: Literary events in March

March 5, 2009 by Alli Marshall

Take your pick: A reading by a renowned poet, a selection of book clubs, new releases and an Akashic Books author coming to Asheville.

A-B Tech president resigns to take college president’s job in Houston

Buncombe Commissioners: Pitchforks and health care

Buncombe Commissioners will move offices, meeting space

Book Report: Literary events in March

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