December 14, 2022 – mountainx.com

From CPP: The uncertain future of old-growth forests in North Carolina, part one

December 14, 2022 by Xpress Contributor

The recent decision to harvest 26 acres that encompass an old-growth patch of forest on a 3,500-foot mountaintop — the Southside Project — underscores what some say is the widening incongruity between the U.S. Forest Service’s mission, climate change crisis and the public’s will.

Local churches honor Ukrainian Christmas traditions

December 14, 2022 by Sara Murphy

“Slavic people, whether it’s Thanksgiving, Easter or Christmas, they prepare big dinners,” says the Rev. Mikhail Tikhonov of the Christian Church of Hope in Emma. “There is no television on: We just share life. We laugh, we cry, we sing carols together. It’s like what America used to be 30, 40, 50 years past.”

From Asheville Watchdog: Wanda Greene, back home in Buncombe, talks about her prison odyssey

December 14, 2022December 14, 2022 by Asheville Watchdog

Released nearly 5 years ahead of schedule, the former Buncombe County manager readies for another legal fight.

Poet Mackenzie Kozak reflects on poetry’s gift of greater self-awareness

December 14, 2022 by Thomas Calder

“To me, [poetry is] more about the act of moving someone from one space into another space, to startle them out of their regular way of seeing the world,” says poet Mackenzie Kozak. “I think that is ultimately what builds awareness about ourselves and our environment.”

Asheville’s Jewish community grows in trying times

December 14, 2022 by Jessica Wakeman

“We’ve seen a steady flow of people who are Jewish who’ve come [here] because they see a vibrant Jewish community that they can be part of,” Rabbi Batsheva Meiri of Congregation Beth HaTephila tells Xpress. “And so Asheville becomes attractive to them.”

From CPP: The uncertain future of old-growth forests in North Carolina, part one

Local churches honor Ukrainian Christmas traditions

From Asheville Watchdog: Wanda Greene, back home in Buncombe, talks about her prison odyssey

Poet Mackenzie Kozak reflects on poetry’s gift of greater self-awareness

Asheville’s Jewish community grows in trying times

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