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Ranking WNC WRs in 2024 NC high school football season
From Sawyer Belue to Hayezon Tobe, the Citizen Times and Times ranked the top wide receivers for the 2024 NC high school football season in WNC. The start of football practices in North Carolina is a month away. Western North Carolina teams are hard at work in summer workouts and 7-on-7s to prepare for the upcoming NCHSAA and NCISAA seasons.
Asheville City Schools may freeze positions, cut staff; NC schools face fiscal 'cliff'
ASHEVILLE - The city school system is looking at freezing some vacant school positions and cutting central office personnel to cope with a $1.2 million shortfall. Much of the funding gap stems from the loss of $1 million in annual federal pandemic funding, a situation experienced by other school systems, according to Maggie...
NC teacher pay raises? Private school vouchers? Asheville, Buncombe, candidates' stances
How much of a raise should North Carolina public school teachers get? Should the state add hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money to a program sending children to private schools?. Those are two key questions that divided members of the General Assembly, which reached an impasse in late...
Hosting a World Heritage Exchange Student: A Life-Changing Experience
Asheville – The Eastern United States is a vibrant and diverse region, offering exchange students a dynamic and enriching experience. As we approach the fall season, I would like to extend a heartfelt invitation to you and your family to consider hosting a World Heritage Exchange Student. This program brings students from around the world, aged 15 to 18, to live with American families, providing a unique opportunity for cultural exchange and mutual growth.
Opinion: With proposed program cuts, UNC Asheville loses its liberal arts distinction
When UNC Asheville Chancellor Kimberly van Noort announced in mid-June that she would eliminate or reduce five academic majors to clear a $6 million deficit, there was controversy, confusion and consternation. The programs she targeted were Ancient Mediterranean Studies — formerly known as Classics — Drama, Philosophy and Religious Studies....
Letter: Mourning loss of UNCA drama program
[Regarding “UNCA Chancellor Proposes Four Academic Programs for Elimination, One for Reduction,” June 13, Asheville Watchdog via Xpress website:]. I write to mourn the proposed loss of UNC Asheville’s venerable drama program, not to praise it. Chancellor Kimberly van Noort declares it a financial loser, and Chancellor van Noort’s only desire is to serve — and uplift students. So therefore, let theater answer for the crime of not serving or uplifting our students without needless ceremony.
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