Face to Face: Bear encounters on the rise in WNC
- Volume 29
- / Issue 45
Cover Design Credit:
Scott Southwick
Cover Photography Credit:
iStock
As bear and human populations rise in Western North Carolina, their paths cross more often — and the interactions don’t always go well. An increasing number of area residents are discovering the hard way that bears, bird feeders and dogs don’t mix.
arts
Creatives of color see little change in arts equity efforts since 2020
Sekou Coleman, Jenny Pickens and Lau Malintzin discuss what's changed and what's stayed largely the same over the past three years.Asheville woman writes a guide for terminally ill and their loved ones
“Dying is a big thing, and I want the details of it to be as easy as possible on my family as it can be," Kae Mance, who has stage…Local artists work to raise awareness about domestic and sexual abuse
“I want people to know that they have a community, that they have resources,” says singer and producer Allison “A.G.” Hammond. She emphasizes that domestic violence and sexual abuse are directed not…Around Town: Asheville Gay Men’s Chorus celebrates 25 years
A 25th anniversary concert celebrating the Asheville Gay Men's Chorus. Plus, the 26th annual Bluff Mountain Festival; The Big Secret returns; and more.
food
Fresh Dish: Katie Button on ramps, Spanish pastries and raw oysters
"One thing about ramp tops is you can puree and then freeze them in portions and have them for the rest of the year," says Katie Button. "So it's not…What’s new in food: Mother expands to South Slope
Mother, after establishing its first bread and wine retail shop in February 2022, has just opened its second location: a community market and café concept on the South Slope at 244…
news
Fighting sex trafficking takes multipronged approach
Sex trafficking doesn’t look like the plot of the 2008 film “Taken” starring Liam Neeson as a father who dramatically rescues his daughter from Albanian gangsters.Bear-human conflicts are getting more intense
Residents learn in hard and terrifying ways that bears and dogs don't mix.Citizen group coalesces around police support
Shared concerns about crime and an understaffed Asheville Police Department fostered an unusual alliance in today’s partisan times. An advocacy group called Asheville Coalition for Public Safety formed in October,…Buncombe school board opposes proposed change in district lines
Since 1975, Buncombe has elected one school board member to represent each of the county’s six attendance zones — Enka, Erwin, Owen, North Buncombe, Reynolds and Roberson — and one…Service industry workers petition for affordable housing funding from BCTDA
Representatives presented a petition signed by 2,000 workers and supporters asking the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority to consider using the Legacy Investment From Tourism fund to increase subsidized housing…
opinion
Letter: The problem with highway banners
"While hanging a banner over a highway may seem trivial to some, the hazard created could be quite serious."Letter: Question the priorities of APD and DA’s office
"The purpose of this letter is ... to motivate city/county residents to question the priorities of the APD and the DA in these times of staff shortages and increased serious…Disinterest rates
Letter: How can instructional gaps be closed at Asheville High?
"We are hemorrhaging teachers, and I know the administration is in a hard spot, but leaving kids uninstructed is unacceptable."Summer breaks
