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Countys 30% restaurant capacity mandate absent key local data, damages industry Mackensy Lunsford, Asheville Citizen Times How to know whether a restaurant or grocery store is following coronavirus guidelines Replay Video UP NEXT Buncombe County cut restaurant capacity to 30%, stricter than the state-mandated 50%, without community-based data proving local restaurants role in the spread of COVID, the county told the Citizen Times. "In terms of specific local numbers, the coun...

Madison Cawthorn says he was armed in Capitol during mobs invasion Paul Moon, Asheville Citizen Times © Angeli Wright, ANGELI WRIGHT/ASHEVILLE CITIZEN TIMES Congressional candidate Madison Cawthorn speaks during a "Get Out the Vote" rally with North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis at Taylor Ranch in Fletcher on Oct. 28, 2020. Claims that he  was armed inside the halls of the Capitol on Jan. 6 has Rep. Madison Cawthorn and rules surrounding weapons inside the Capitol facing scru...

Madison Cawthorn says he was armed in Capitol during mobs invasion Paul Moon, Asheville Citizen Times © Angeli Wright, ANGELI WRIGHT/ASHEVILLE CITIZEN TIMES Congressional candidate Madison Cawthorn speaks during a "Get Out the Vote" rally with North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis at Taylor Ranch in Fletcher on Oct. 28, 2020. Claims that he  was armed inside the halls of the Capitol on Jan. 6 has Rep. Madison Cawthorn and rules surrounding weapons inside the Capitol facing scru...

Whats ahead for Asheville in 2021? Will tourism, economy, jobs rebound? John Boyle, Mackensy Lunsford and Derek Lacey, Asheville Citizen Times © Angeli Wright, ANGELI WRIGHT/ASHEVILLE CITIZEN TIMES Construction continues at Sycamore Cottages, a 130-home subdivision in the Fletcher area above Smileys Flea Market, on Oct. 16, 2020. Lets be brutally honest here: 2020 was a year for the wastebasket — or maybe a certain flushable device. Popular Searches The global pandemic shut...

Amid sex assault allegations, Asheville School alumni call for school head, board chair to resign Karen Chávez, Asheville Citizen Times Three of the first women to graduate from Asheville School are demanding that the head of school and the head of the board of trustees mitigate "mistakes" in the handling of a recent alleged assault case or resign their positions. Victoria Jayne, of Hickory, and two of her classmates – Janis Pulley and Frannie Doloboff Miller – from th...

Asheville School head addresses sexual abuse lawsuit in letter to school community Karen Chávez, Asheville Citizen Times In response to a sex abuse lawsuit filed Dec. 15 by an alumnus against Asheville School, Dr. Anthony Sgro, the school head, penned a letter to the school community and spoke of other abuse allegations at least eight years ago by the teachers accused in the complaint. Walter Triplette, who attended the elite, $63,000-a-year boarding school from 1965-70, alleg...

Christmas travel down, but not out over COVID-19 concerns Derek Lacey, Asheville Citizen Times © Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com Passengers disembark from a Delta Airlines flight as their luggage is unloaded from under the plane at the Asheville Regional Airport on March 27, 2019. This holiday season, health officials are urging families to celebrate at home with the people who live in their households. While that message and fears over contracting COVID-19 are making...