January 14, 2015 – mountainx.com

Reader likes analysis of local economy

January 14, 2015 by Letters

Cameron Huntley’s analysis of the local economy, [“It’s All Good, Right?,” Dec. 31, Xpress] was well-organized, very thorough and enlightening. It should serve as a template for all future writing in the Mountain Xpress. Steve Rosenthal Asheville

Keeping our forests safe: Forest Keepers program provides eyes and ears for WNC’s National Forests

January 15, 2015January 14, 2015 by Erik Peake

. Gathered on an unpaved road, beside a never-bridged brook, in a forest that’s never been logged, the group itches to begin — to explore and experience, assist and learn, and join with the world outside. These are the Forest Keepers, and the wild slopes of wooded places are their workspace.

Local author Sarah Addison Allen’s First Frost revisits the Waverly family

January 15, 2015January 14, 2015 by Alli Marshall

In some instances, readers know more about the books that local author Sarah Addison Allen has written than she remembers of them herself. Her fans are not only interested in her novels and characters, they’re invested.

Venture Asheville presents ‘Pitch for Pitchers’ Jan. 14

January 14, 2015 by Jake Frankel

Aiming to cultivate entrepreneurial energy, Venture Asheville has started a new event series dubbed “Pitch for Pitchers.” An entrepreneurship initiative of the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County and the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, Venture Asheville recently got a shout-out in a Popular Mechanics story that ranked Asheville the second best start-up city in … Read more

Low-income taxpayers pay nearly twice the rate of high-income taxpayers in NC

January 14, 2015 by Hayley Benton

According to a study from the The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and the Budget & Tax Center, North Carolinians with the lowest income pay more than 40 percent more in taxes (as a percent of their income) compared to the state’s wealthiest residents. The ITEP even calls the state and local tax system “unfair,” … Read more

Reader says racist script underlies media coverage of chief’s resignation

January 14, 2015January 14, 2015 by Letters

In response to previous letters on “Ogden: Two Officers Drive False Narrative about Chief of Police.”

Theater review: Food and How to Eat It

July 31, 2015January 14, 2015 by Jeff Messer

If you want an evening of heaps with laughter, this is the show for you. Magnetic takes a few dashes of comedy spice and ladles on the special sauce that is this talented ensemble.

Joe Hollis talks about going local with Chinese herbs

February 2, 2015January 14, 2015 by Lea McLellan

With the rising interest in alternative medicine and alternative crops, many forward-thinking growers are starting to raise Chinese herbs on American soil. Joe Hollis — the gray-bearded teacher at Daoist Traditions College in Asheville’s Montford neighborhood — has been at it for decades.