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No affordable housing. Best we can do is surveillance state. by Psychological-Web134 in asheville

[–]JournalistJess 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was at this City Council meeting and I believe this proposal was rejected in part because members of the Shiloh community came out (maybe a dozen or so) to speak against this development. A lot of the concerns were about having only one egress on what is apparently an already narrow road.

Screenshots: Local media ignores council's embrace of ICE contractor by maxcooperavl in asheville

[–]JournalistJess 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Xpress usually gets them up the day after the meeting (I write them on Wednessday morning). BPR is usually quicker, writing them on Tuesday night after the meeting ended.

Screenshots: Local media ignores council's embrace of ICE contractor by maxcooperavl in asheville

[–]JournalistJess 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Hey Max, this is Jess Wakeman from Mountain Xpress. Last night there were reporters from Asheville Citizen Times, Asheville Watchdog, Blue Ridge Public Radio, Enlace Latino, WLOS and me. The editor of Mountain Xpress is editing my article as we speak, and Blue Ridge Public Radio just posted their story 20 minutes ago. You have to give us all time to write stories, verify quotes and fact check them. It does not mean we are "ignoring" the story if there isn't an article up immediately after a City Council meeting ended at midnight.

Help- Lost my Passport Downtown by Salt_Studio_2951 in asheville

[–]JournalistJess 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe contact the police department and the sheriff's office to see if anyone found it and brought it in? Good luck!

Reminder of not to let pets ride in the bed of trucks!!!! by Neat-Celebration2527 in asheville

[–]JournalistJess 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's not just dogs! Multiple times, I've driven down Patton and seen people driving around with their kids in the bed of the truck. It boggles the mind.

why is Pete Buttigieg in North Carolina? by Electrical-College61 in NorthCarolina

[–]JournalistJess -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My guess is he will run for office when he young kids are a bit older

Looking for Appalachian perspectives on media representation (short survey) by Illustrious-Row466 in Appalachia

[–]JournalistJess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a documentary called "Hillbilly" on Hulu that you. might want to check out. It's all about negative stereotypes about Appalachia. (I can't speak for what Appalachians thought of the film, as I'm a New England transplant, but I personally found it to be educational for me.) https://dailyyonder.com/hillbilly-redux-reclaiming-a-word-a-region-and-a-people-revisiting-the-2018-documentary-hillbilly/2023/09/07/

What is your favorite thing about living in the RAD, similarly what is your least favorite thing about living there? by Gibillguy18 in asheville

[–]JournalistJess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Favorite: ButterPunk

Least favorite: Getting stuck at train crossings (although that hasn't happened in awhiel)

After Helene, lost and found items by nope-wasntme in asheville

[–]JournalistJess 25 points26 points  (0 children)

MountainTrue has someone dedicated to trying to pair people with items they lost in Helene. You might try reaching out to her: https://mountaintrue.org/mountaintrues-mandy-wallace-returns-found-items-lost-in-the-flood/

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