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View Comments Local schools anticipate students will not perform as well as usual in state testing due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s weighty strain on education.  Buncombe County Schools Director of Testing Steve Earwood said because “many students have had their education disrupted,” the district is preparing for lower test scores.  “The results may be lower than they would have been in a normal year, but it will be reflective of the learning that has taken place,” Earwood said. “We...

Paul Woolverton and Brian Gordon USA TODAY NETWORK North Carolina teachers, other school workers and child care providers will start getting vaccinated against the COVID-19 disease on Feb. 24, Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Wednesday, and teachers are glad. “Yes, it is excellent news!” said teacher Daniel Withrow, president of the Asheville City Association of Educators. “So many school staff are desperate to return to in-person learning, but are concerned for their health, the health of t...

Closed schools: Asheville parents band together, favor in-person learning Derek Lacey, Asheville Citizen Times © Angeli Wright, ANGELI WRIGHT/ASHEVILLE CITIZEN TIMES Nathan Feimster, 8, works on his third grade assignments during the Positive Opportunities Develop Success, or PODS, program at the Tempie Avery Montford Center on Oct. 19, 2020. The partnership between Asheville City Schools, the Asheville Housing Authority, Asheville Parks and Recreation and a number of communi...

BARRE – A Berlin man is accused of going into someone’s apartment and smashing a table over loud music. Alex Nathan Ballantyne, 40, pleaded not guilty Monday in Washington County criminal court in Barre to a felony count of unlawful trespass into an occupied residence and misdemeanor counts of unlawful mischief and aggravated disorderly conduct. If convicted, Ballantyne faces a maximum sentence of four and a half years in prison. He was released on conditions. Officer Daniel Withrow, ...

the vietnam legacy from ford to obama. i want to thank everyone who participated today and we will see you again tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. eastern. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> coming up, a senate hearing on health care costs since the passage of the 2010 law. after that, the players labor unions discuss collective bargaining rights in sports. later, nominees to be ambassadors speak at a senate foreign r...

>> no, he was in switzerland. ill send you the chapter. >> okay. >> he was in switzerland, and he found the care pretty good there. he found -- so -- >> in switzerland, i read the book, and he interviewed -- they had a battle there several years ago, and to regulate the insurance companies, and the conservatives fought it, but now they are very happy with it, and they interviewed a conservative, and said since this reform, has any swiss citizen gone bankrupt because of the health care ...