M.E. Sprengelmeyer

M.E. Sprengelmeyer is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He has more than 30 years' experience as a reporter, political writer, war correspondent, editor and newspaper publisher.

Photo is from the Kentucky Derby in 2011. AP Photo by Ed Reinke
Local
1 year ago
Crossnore hopes children are winners of this year’s Derby

A derby-themed “Big Hats & Bow Ties” event will raise funds for work helping children who have experienced abuse or trauma.

By mid-2025, butterflies will descend on the Western North Carolina Nature Center, where construction soon will begin on a new "Gateway to the Southern Appalachians" including butterfly exhibits.
Local
1 year ago
Contract clears way for metamorphosis at WNC Nature Center

A $1.1 million contract award Tuesday means work on a gateway and butterfly exhibits soon will start at WNC Nature Center.

Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Man arrested in weekend shooting on Atkinson Street

Local law enforcement agencies teamed up to arrest and charge a 23-year-old man in connection with a shooting Saturday, April 20, at an apartment complex on Atkinson Street in Asheville.

Obituaries
1 year ago
Peter Kok, 1960-2024

Peter Kok, age 63, of Asheville, N.C., passed away on April 23, 2024, at […]

Obituaries
1 year ago
Virginia Curtis Ingle, 1923-2024

Asheville – Virginia Curtis Ingle, age 100, sadly passed away on Monday, April 22, […]

Carroll Tracy Horton
Obituaries
1 year ago
Tracy Horton, 1938-2024

Candler – Carroll Tracy Horton 85, passed away on Saturday, April 20, 2024. Born […]

Black Bear cub, captive, at Triple D Game Farm in Kalispell, Montana on May 15, 2005. (AP Photo/Heather Forcier)
Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Petitions unlikely to lead to charges in bear cub case, agency says

Online petition drives are unlikely to lead to charges against people who snatched bear cubs from a tree, a wildlife official says.

The Asheville City Council has agreed to spend $28,000 to demolish a notorious abandoned home at 158 South French Broad Ave.
Crime & Safety
1 year ago
City to raze house that is a nightmare for neighbors

The Asheville City Council voted Tuesday to demolish a house on South French Broad Avenue that has been linked to violent crime.

The Asheville City Council on Tuesday, April 24, 2024, approved $237,000 in new Strategic Partnership grants, hoping to help narrow an opportunity gap for children from low- to moderate-income families.
Education
1 year ago
Strategic grants tackle a youth opportunity gap

The $237,000 of grants are meant to narrow an opportunity gap for kids from low- to moderate-income families.

Asheville City Council members listen to a report on projects seeking Housing Trust Fund loans on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at Harrah's Cherokee Center.
Housing
1 year ago
Asheville grants $4.8 million in loans for affordable housing

It included the biggest loan the fund ever granted: nearly $3.9 million to Roers Companies for 126 units of in southwest Asheville.

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