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“No Nukes — No Kidding,” demonstrators proclaimed Friday, July 15

July 17, 2011 by Susan Andrew

A group of around 50 protestors, accompanied by a small marching band and a large, mock nuclear waste cask, carried signs from a rally at Pritchard Park to the Federal Building late Friday afternoon, July 15. Their message: nuclear waste is not welcome traveling on area roadways, nor in a repository once proposed for north Buncombe County.
Photos by Jerry Nelson.

Fisher, Keever urge supporters to speak out against redistricting plan at July 18 hearing

July 17, 2011 by Jake Frankel

In response to proposed Statehouse districts released July 13 that place Democratic Reps. Susan Fisher and Patsy Keever in the same district, both are urging supporters to speak out against the plan at a July 18 public hearing at A-B Tech. If passed, the plan would potentially pit the two colleagues against each other in a primary next year to represent a newly drawn 114th that encapsulates most of Asheville.

OPINION: Gay is the new local: LGBT culture part of Asheville’s unique identity

April 6, 2014July 17, 2011 by Webmaster

Both of us are Southern and queer: From our perspective, there isn’t a better place for Southern LGBT folks than Asheville.

“No Nukes — No Kidding,” demonstrators proclaimed Friday, July 15

Fisher, Keever urge supporters to speak out against redistricting plan at July 18 hearing

OPINION: Gay is the new local: LGBT culture part of Asheville’s unique identity

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