ASHEVILLE - Members of Buncombe County s top elected body entered a heated community debate over the closure of a primary school campus, echoing parents who say the relocation could damage early learning efforts.
County commissioners asked Asheville City Schools officials pointed questions about the planned relocation of Asheville Primary School during a presentation on construction and other capital needs, an area funded largely by county government.
The presentation to the Board of Commissioners happened at the same time as a city schools special called meeting where parents pushed school board members to keep the campus open. The primary school is Western North Carolina s only public Montessori school, featuring a type of education that centers on student independence. The current plan is to move it to part of Hall Fletcher Elementary.
By Mark Starling
Explosives Found In Brevard
(Brevard, NC) Federal agents are helping Brevard police investigate the discovery of suspected explosive devices in downtown. Officers found several small undetonated devices near the First Baptist Church and the Transylvania County Community Services building on Sunday morning. Area businesses were evacuated as field agents investigated the scene. No one was hurt, and the search for those responsible continues.
Vaccine Eligibility Expands Again This Week
(Raleigh, NC) COVID vaccine eligibility is expanding statewide in two days. Anyone at least 16-years-of-age with certain medical conditions will be added to the list on Wednesday. Those conditions include anyone who is overweight or obese, has asthma or has high blood pressure. Over two-million North Carolinians have received at least one dose of a vaccine.
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GET READY FOR BABY
Homegrown Families offers a variety of childbirth and prenatal classes. Learn more and register at www.ashevillehomegrownfamilies.com.
Virtual Parent Education Classes are offered by Haywood Regional Medical Center. Get ready for baby online. Call 828-552-8440 or visit myhaywoodregional.com for details.
By Mark Starling
New State Orders Begin This Evening
(Raleigh, NC) North Carolina is entering a modified stay-at-home order beginning at five this afternoon. Most businesses will be required to close by 10 p.m., while alcohol sales by-the-drink will end at nine each night. Residents are also being advised to remain under curfew between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. Another 55-hundred new COVID-19 cases were reported by state public health officials yesterday.
WNC To Received Thousands Of COVID-19 Vaccine Doses
(Asheville, NC) Several thousand initial doses of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine are coming to western North Carolina. Mission Health is expected to receive close to three-thousand, while the rest are going to Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville. A Health and Human Services spokesperson told the Citizen-Times that nearly 86-thousand doses in total are being shipped to the state next week.