AltWeeklies Wire
Not my problem: Local agencies powerless to address sewage leaksnew
Three agencies deal with local sewage issues in Asheville, N.C.: MSD, the Asheville office of the state's Division of Water Quality and the Buncombe County Health Department. And not one of them is necessarily empowered to either repair the kind of problem Vickie Bradley encountered or force a solution.
Mountain Xpress |
Caitlin Byrd |
08-30-2012 |
Environment
Unprecedented: Sitel workers mount historic union organizing drivenew
North Carolina is the least unionized state in the country — only 2.9 percent of its 3.6 million workers carry union cards — and WNC, many labor officials say, is the state’s least unionized region. But some Sitel employees are trying to form a union.
Mountain Xpress |
David Forbes |
08-06-2012 |
Business & Labor
Truth Trackers: Asheville's Cold-Case Sleuths Defy the Oddsnew
Less than 1 percent of cold cases ever get solved. That doesn't stop Asheville detectives Yvonne Cobourn and Kevin Taylor.
Mountain Xpress |
Caitlin Byrd |
07-17-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Young Stroke Victim Fights Her Way Backnew
While Sarah Kucharski focused on a looming deadline as special projects editor for Waynesville’s Smoky Mountain News, a blood clot in her brain stem was about to change her life forever.
Mountain Xpress |
Caitlin Byrd |
05-24-2012 |
Health
A Look at the N.C. Primary Through Storifynew
The emotional tweets, election projections, neat Instagram photos, and more, including comments on the Amendment 1 vote.
Mountain Xpress |
Caitlin Byrd |
05-09-2012 |
Elections
24 Occupy Asheville protesters arrested at Vance Monumentnew
Without incident, 24 Occupy Asheville protesters were arrested at the city's downtown Vance Monument for willfully violating the 10 p.m. curfew at the park.
Mountain Xpress |
Bill Rhodes |
11-03-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, Occupy Asheville
Behind Asheville's WE DO Campaignnew
For two weeks in October, 20 same-sex couples applied for — and were refused — marriage licenses in Buncombe County, N.C. Their efforts culminated in a rally and an act of civil disobedience that led to an arrest. This WE DO campaign drew national attention and, in many ways, demonstrates a different approach to LGBT activism.
Mountain Xpress |
David Forbes |
10-25-2011 |
LGBT
Earrthquake Felt Up and Down East Coastnew
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits outside of Richmond, VA, at 1:51 p.m. The quake was felt in downtown Asheville.
Mountain Xpress |
Jeff Fobes |
08-24-2011 |
Disasters
And the merry love the fiddlenew
The Swannanoa Gathering has lured its share of legends in its 20 years. The folk-art workshop series, held each summer on the campus of Warren Wilson College, has hosted Mike Seeger, David Holt and Fiona Ritchie, host of NPR’s Thistle & Shamrock.
Mountain Xpress |
Stacy Claude |
07-13-2011 |
Performance
Duke Scientists: Dried Coal Ash Highly Toxicnew
An Aug. 15 Duke University study details just how toxic coal ash is: Samples taken from the Dec. 28, 2008, coal-ash spill near Kingston, Tenn., contain high levels of toxic metals and radioactive elements, including arsenic, mercury and radium. As the sludge dries, risk of exposure via inhalation increases dramatically, the Duke team found.
Mountain Xpress |
Margaret Williams |
08-20-2009 |
Environment
New Novel Situates a Worst-Case Scenario in Western North Carolinanew
In his new novel, One Second After, Bill Forstchen paints a distinctly local picture of post-electric life. A history professor who's penned 40-some books, he imagines the end of the world as we know it, telling a tale of what he thinks it would be like in Western North Carolina.
Mountain Xpress |
Jon Elliston |
07-10-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Band of Horsesnew
Band of Horses members Ben Bridwell, Creighton Barrett, Tyler Ramsey, and bassist Bill Reynolds recently spoke to Mountain Xpress.
Mountain Xpress |
Alli Marshall |
06-10-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: indie rock, Band of Horses
Indie Phenoms Band of Horses on Playing to the Home Crowdnew
Band of Horses returns to Asheville and frontman Ben Bridwell talks about going commercial, traveling abroad and almost going to jail in Muscle Shoals.
Mountain Xpress |
Alli Marshall |
06-10-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Eco Folk-Pop Trio Bowerbirds Grow Their Music Career and Their Gardennew
Raleigh, N.C.'s Bowerbirds find their off-the-grid, back-to-the-land lifestyle at odds with their rising indie-folk career.
Mountain Xpress |
Alli Marshall |
05-07-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Afromotive's New Sound, New Lineup, New Visionnew
Asheville, N.C.-based Afrobeat ensemble The Afromotive, now in its fifth year, is no stranger to change. After restructuring, the group returns with an upbeat sound and positive mission.
Mountain Xpress |
Alli Marshall |
04-01-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
