Beer nation Using data from the 2010 U.S. Census, the Brewers Association, a Boulder, Colo.-based trade group, reports that Vermont has the highest per-capita number of breweries, with one for every 29,797 people. North Carolina ranks 28th among the states, with one brewery for every 199,010 people. The association offers these tallies for U.S. breweries … Read more
As Asheville’s rates of hunger increase, local agencies are trying to keep pace. Standing in MANNA FoodBank’s warehouse holding a small bag of groceries, Beth Stahl, the nonprofit’s youth program coordinator, reflects on the value of food to the many Buncombe County children facing crippling hunger. “It’s kind of scary that this little bag of … Read more
A week after the passage of Amendment One, declaring “that marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized” in North Carolina, its impacts on everything from domestic partner benefits to protections for unmarried couples remain unclear, with both local and state legal experts scrambling to make sense of the new rule.
