February 17, 2017 – mountainx.com

Commissioners ask staff to look at property tax breaks; talk teachers, infrastructure, more at retreat

February 18, 2017February 17, 2017 by Dan Hesse

Goals and priorities emerged when the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners held its retreat on Friday, Feb. 17. Among priorities are continuing to increase teacher pay while looking at expanding access to preschool across the county.

Letter writer: Women’s March was full of meaning

February 17, 2017 by Letters

“I saw very few of the ‘profanity-laden’ signs that Carl highlighted. The signs were one of the best parts of the day. The vast majority were humorous or meaningful, or both, and to me embodied the human desire to create that goes all the way back.”

Natural Born Leaders premiere two videos to rock you into the weekend

February 17, 2017 by Alli Marshall

Local hip-hop/indie-soul collective Natural Born Leaders has been not-so-quietly making a name for itself on Asheville stages. The band shared two songs from an Isis Music Hall Show in December.

Rural Heritage Museum highlights history of WNC barns

February 17, 2017 by Max Hunt

From the Ani Katuah to white settlers and tobacco farmers, barns and buildings have played a central role in defining the culture of the Southern Appalachians. Shelter on the Mountain: Barns and Building Traditions of the Southern Highlands traces the evolution of local building practices.

Beyond addiction: Finding sobriety in WNC

February 20, 2017February 17, 2017 by Thomas Calder

Todd Stebbing was a 22-year-old heroin addict when he enrolled in Red Oak Recovery’s program on Sept. 14, 2014. The primary treatment facility in Leicester serves men ages 18-30 who have substance abuse and mental health issues. Stebbing shot up for the first time during his freshman year of college in Norfolk, Va. Within six … Read more

This, That and the Third explores the boundary between convict and convent

February 17, 2017February 17, 2017 by Susan Hutchinson

“I think the book is written to expose the bad guy in all of us. My goal was to show that each one of us has a little worm in our shiny apple.” Local author Abigail Hickman will read from and discuss her book Saturday, Feb. 18 at Malaprop’s.

Commissioners ask staff to look at property tax breaks; talk teachers, infrastructure, more at retreat

Letter writer: Women’s March was full of meaning

Natural Born Leaders premiere two videos to rock you into the weekend

Rural Heritage Museum highlights history of WNC barns

Beyond addiction: Finding sobriety in WNC

This, That and the Third explores the boundary between convict and convent

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