February 12, 2021 – mountainx.com

Council cuts school board field despite teacher, community concerns

February 12, 2021 by Daniel Walton

Daniel Withrow, president of the Asheville City Association of Educators, says that his organization had been preparing to make its first-ever endorsements for Asheville City Board of Education seats this year but was caught off guard when Asheville City Council voted to trim the candidate pool ahead of its posted schedule.

Moving the needle

February 12, 2021 by Brent Brown

Letter: Looking forward to better days

February 12, 2021 by Letters

“But if we all continue to stay careful, we could stay out of harm’s way from this terrible world pandemic and plague.”

Antibody therapy comes to WNC COVID-19 patients

February 12, 2021 by Molly Horak

Early data suggests monoclonal antibody therapies may reduce hospitalizations in people at high risk for severe COVID-19 complications by 70%. Limited supplies are now available in Western North Carolina.

New digital archive examines Nina Simone’s relationship with Langston Hughes

February 12, 2021 by Thomas Calder

In 1949, poet Langston Hughes spoke at the Allen High School in Asheville. One of the students in attendance was Eunice Waymon, later known professionally as Nina Simone. In time, the poet and the singer developed a unique relationship, which author and N.C. State University professor W. Jason Miller is currently documenting in an online archive, Backlash Blues: Nina Simone and Langston Hughes.

Council cuts school board field despite teacher, community concerns

Moving the needle

Letter: Looking forward to better days

Antibody therapy comes to WNC COVID-19 patients

New digital archive examines Nina Simone’s relationship with Langston Hughes

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