December 17, 2020 – mountainx.com

Mission COVID-19 patients double as holidays approach

December 18, 2020December 17, 2020 by Molly Horak

While there’s light at the end of the proverbial COVID-19 tunnel, Western North Carolina residents cannot let down their guard. Over the last week, the percent of positive COVID-19 tests has risen to 7.8% in Buncombe County; the county’s daily COVID-19 case counts now average 100 or higher.

State economic leaders tout diversification for WNC recovery

December 18, 2020December 17, 2020 by Molly Horak

To position the WNC for future growth, the region must look to emerging markets, customer bases and supply chains, state economic development leaders shared during a round table discussion with local business owners.

Field to Shroud seeds healthy death culture

December 17, 2020 by Gina Smith

Burnsville resident Katherine Savage feels a unique kinship with a small patch of ground on the campus of Warren Wilson College. The 5-foot by 60-foot plot was home this year to a crop of flax, a traditional Southern Appalachian fiber plant, which she is helping process into linen that she will someday wear as her burial shroud.

Marshall phone carves out space for spirituality and grief

December 17, 2020 by Laura Hackett

Marshall’s wind phone offers a unique conduit for connecting with those who have died or are absent.

A&E Roundup: YMI, local artists celebrate Kwanzaa

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 by Edwin Arnaudin

Community leaders and local musicians bring the annual celebration of African American culture online, a local screenwriter’s film debuts online and more area arts news.

Mission COVID-19 patients double as holidays approach

State economic leaders tout diversification for WNC recovery

Field to Shroud seeds healthy death culture

Marshall phone carves out space for spirituality and grief

A&E Roundup: YMI, local artists celebrate Kwanzaa

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