Here's the press release from the Weinert campaign: TOP LEADERS ENDORSE COUNTY CHAIR CANDIDATE GLENDA WEINERT Asheville, NC April 25, 2012: Glenda Weinert, Republican candidate for Chair of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners, announced… »
The Democratic candidates for the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners in District 3 made their campaign pitches April 14 at the annual party convention. Three candidates are vying for two positions in the May 8 primary: Michelle Pace Wood, Randy Fla... »
Robert Malt lead the campaign against the sales-tax increase last fall. Photo by Jonathan Welch. The rancor over last year’s vote to approve a quarter-cent sales-tax increase is continuing to play out, developing into a major issue in the Republican pr... »
Here’s a few highlights from the April 19 meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. Mountain Xpress will have a full report in the April 25 issue: County health rankings are on the right track, but Harris says there’s still room for improv... »
The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners’ Tuesday, April 17 meeting agenda features a presentation about adult care homes and their impact on the county. Adult care homes differ from nursing homes, and are residencies for older or disabled adults who... »
Pictured here: A part of the huge generator that produces electricity using methane gas produced as trash decomposes in the landfill. Photo by Max Cooper. Here’s a couple of the highlights from the April 3 meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commis... »
Tune in here for live missives via Twitter from the April 3 meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. Read a preview of the agenda here. The meeting starts at about 4:30 p.m. »
Amid a fierce election-year debate over taxing and spending decisions, the Buncombe County manager presented a $337.7 million budget proposal last week that avoids any property-tax increases for the coming fiscal year. Instead, County Manager Wanda Gre... »
