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Residents and Council raise questions about proposed updates to city bus routes

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By Jessica Wakeman Verified
| Mountain Xpress Verified
In her opening remarks to Asheville City Council during its July 28 meeting, Ashley Haire, the city’s transportation director, noted her department began analyzing its transit network in March 2025. On average, the Asheville Rides Transit (ART) transports 4,300 daily passengers. Last November, Haire continued, Council directed her staff to design a network with a shift toward increasing ridership.
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Asheville City Council’s public comment process vexes some constituents

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By Jessica Wakeman Verified
| Mountain Xpress Verified
On May 12, Sean Snyder took off early from his IT job to make it to Asheville City Hall for that evening’s City Council meeting. He arrived at  4:30 p.m., he says, and was one of the first people to sign up with a clerk in the hallway. He came to speak during public comment.
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Small Town, Big Pride

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By Jessica Wakeman Verified
| The Assembly Verified
Inside a grand old home on Waynesville’s Walnut Street, a transformation is occurring. Flamy Grant has been painting her face, starting with her eyebrows, since 7:30 a.m. She has a ring light balanced atop an Amazon box, and two cups packed with makeup brushes, multiple brightly colored eyeshadow palettes, NYX Buttermelt blushes, a Tarte Shape Tape Concealer, a powder, and sweat-proof primer are strewn across the vanity.
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