March 6, 2013 – mountainx.com

Crowd shows up to object to Progress rate hike

March 6, 2013 by David Forbes

At a five-hour hearing conducted by the North Carolina Utilities Commission last night, every speaker except those representing the Council of Independent Business Owners and Biltmore Farms objected to rate hikes proposed by Progress Energy. The speakers’ reasons for opposition ranged from the impact of the rate increases on the working poor to projected environmental damage. Photo by Max Cooper

Storify: Western North Carolina gets a snow day

March 6, 2013 by Caitlin Byrd

After a series of snow predictions that (literally) fell short of expectations this year, Western North Carolinians woke up to snow on March 6, 2013. These are the tweets, photos, video and more taken by folks at home, at work and out in the snow. This post will be updated throughout the day. (photo by Instagram user @Skippyhaha)

Financial aid: Commissioners consider new Asheville schools

March 6, 2013 by Jake Frankel

Asheville City School officials pitched the Buncombe County commissioners on building two new schools March 5, but no decision was made on funding the roughly $65.8 million request.

Got mold? Where there’s moisture, there’s a problem

March 6, 2013 by Megan Dombroski

Asheville resident Jasmine George knows firsthand that mold in your home means something’s wrong. When she returned from a four-day Thanksgiving visit with family a few years ago, the walls of her trailer were warped and covered in a slime-like mold. (Photo by Megan Dombroski)

Crowd shows up to object to Progress rate hike

Storify: Western North Carolina gets a snow day

Financial aid: Commissioners consider new Asheville schools

Got mold? Where there’s moisture, there’s a problem

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