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What’s In a Name? For Asheville, Signs Point to History of Racism

Jason Sandford August 15, 2020

The African American Heritage Commission of Asheville and Buncombe County is exploring options for “recontextualizing” Pack Square.

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Proposal: Cover entire Vance Monument in downtown Asheville

Jason Sandford June 17, 2020

The entire Vance Monument should be covered up to reflect "the death and eventual erasure of this racist landmark from our public realm," according to a proposal from a local professor of architecture and a ...

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Dook takes care of its own

There’s nothing I like better than watching a rat gnawing its own leg off to try to get out of …

Bele Chere the spirit

Hot breaking music news in Ashvegas – the big Bele Chere lineup for ’05: Susan Tedeschi Derek Trucks Band Karl …

Muddy Waters

If you haven’t been keeping track of the water wars, you need to check out this story of the e-mail …

Sunburst

DaisyI know the weather is going to be rainy and cold this week, but at least I’ll have the memory …

Sign says

My friend Tom has always wanted to put together a coffeetable book of those snappy church signs that are so …

The gambling life

When a new friend, who was visiting from another country, asked me, “Why Ashvegas?” I had to pause for a …

Wanna be a sheriff?

It’s an open secret in Ashvegas that its top lawman is ailing and considering stepping down. As with any elected …

Rashad, we’re pulling for you and your mom

I’m still worried about what ails Rashad. Because it’s as much about what’s in his head as it is anything …

Rudolph unmasked

Ghost of the NantahalaReady to crank up the Rudolph publicity machine? CNN is. The cable news company is already hawking …

Marching in

Little GrinchGoodbye little February, short month of short days of short breath. Goodbye. You haven’t been so bad, although the …

Ass-kickin’ country

If you like country music, Kenneth Brian is your guy. Country, like Hank and Dwight and the old rockabilly boys …

Glacier Breaker

This post is mostly just an excuse for me to put up a bunch of cool photos I shot Saturday …

Uncle Tom’s cabin

Tom’s house is a mansion, really, not a cabin. A mansion, by my standards, and bought for a song by …

Fear and water in Ashvegas

The water battle in Ashvegas just hit the boiling point today. It’s been simmering since last year, when Ashvegas City …

What ails McCants?

I’m starting to get worried about Rashad. Junkyard dawg The media has been reporting that Rashed has been suffering from …

Doh, or no Doh

Could Matt Doherty be coming to the mountains? Doherty was the talk of the basketball world a couple of years …

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