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Carmela Caruso

After a reduction in the number of incidents reported to the Asheville Police Department in 2021, local shoplifting numbers are
"Karma is real" shoplifting sign
While current city ordinances place some restrictions on panhandling, in most instances it is a legal means of making money.
Panhandling sign
Over the past several years, due in part to community changes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, many local nonprofits have
Charlie Jackson and Molly Nicholie
A $25,670 grant from The Community Foundation of WNC is helping MountainTrue continue testing begun last year; eventually, the group
MountainTrue E coli sampling
The Asheville-based Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture project has found that the number of Western North Carolina tobacco farms declined by 97%
Cigar wrapper tobacco field
Sybriea Lundy counts herself lucky to have been able to participate in programs offered by Light a Path, an Asheville-based
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