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West Asheville SLOWDOWN! Stickers are on Sale, ONLINE!

YES! You’ve asked, even begged for them, and we GOT ‘EM! The famous West Asheville Watch SLOWDOWN! stickers are now available online. You don’t even need to live here! $5.00 for 2, $10.00 for 4, $15.00 for 6.   Orders for more can ...
Flooded French Broad River

Aerial Images of Asheville’s Flooded French Broad River

The Flooded French Broad River from above. These images were captured by Jenna Yarosh from a plane earlier this morning.        
Rumbough Place Accident Asheville, NC

City of Asheville Transportation Department will implement year long one-way traffic pattern for Rumbough Place

ASHEVILLE Beginning May 8, 2013, the City of Asheville Transportation Department will implement a one-way traffic pattern for Rumbough Place between Sulpher Springs Road and Harris Street on the west side of Malvern Hills Park.   The designation ...
French Broad River Sewerage Spille

MSD pump failure causes sewage to enter French Broad River

Gray water lifts a sewer lid upstream of the MSD pump failure MSD workers removing sewage from a lagoon to attempt to repair damaged pump For more information.
Asheville's MSD Spill in French Broad River

Update: Asheville Metropolitan Sewerage District reporting 1 million gallons/hour of raw sewage into French Broad

When asked if it was “stinky”, the verdict was…”not horrible”, so we have that going for us, which is good. WLOS ABC 13 reports 1 million gallons per hour of raw sewage from MSD is flowing into the French Broad in Asheville, ...
Volunteers man the rent booth at AMS 2012 reality store

Volunteer help needed at Asheville Middle School

Volunteers man the rent booth at AMS 2012 reality store Do you have some time to volunteer and meet some great kids? Asheville Middle School has a number of volunteer needs in the month of May, from helping out with a “reality store” on Fri. ...
Facebook Magazine Salesmen

West Asheville Door to Door Magazine Salesmen from Fort Lauderdale, SURPRISE! Are Not What They Seem.

West Asheville Magazine Sellers – Whoa..why are you running away, dude! I’m on a bike! In a reaction to a recent rash of posts in West Asheville Watch’s Facebook page regarding sketchy magazine salesmen throughout the West Asheville neighborhood, ...
The crosswalk at the West Asheville Baptist Church is the only adequately marked one on Haywood Road.

Haywood Road Crosswalk Confusion and Safety Concerns

A new style of sign, currently only east-bound at the Brevard Road crosswalk. Ever try to walk across Haywood Road? How about doing with with toddlers? In a wheelchair? With an armload of groceries and toddlers? In a walker? Many of your West Asheville ...
There, I fixed it

Street repair–West Asheville style

There, I fixed it
Rescue workers at the scene where a man jumped from the Jeff Bowen Bridge.

Man jumps from Jeff Bowen Bridge in Asheville –UPDATED

Rescue workers at the scene where a man jumped from the Jeff Bowen Bridge. Asheville, NC.  Exclusive: A man threatened to jump, and then did jump, off the Capt. Jeff Bowen Bridge Monday morning. The Asheville Police have not released his ...