North Carolina – The Blue Banner

Asheville property value increases while Black population decreases

November 14, 2020November 14, 2020 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments affordable housing, Asheville, avl, college, North Carolina, reparations, UNC Asheville, unca

Cameron Woodyard Contributor cwoodyar@unca.edu The median price for homes in Asheville gradually increases while the population of Black residents steadily

News

Joe Biden wins Electoral College, loses North Carolina with Election Day vote

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments 2020 election, absentee voting, Asheville, avl, Bulldogs, college, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, news, North Carolina, UNC Asheville, unca, wnc

Joe Lehrman Sports Editor jlehrman@unca.edu In the weeks leading up to the November elections, the Democratic and Republican parties filed

News

Youth suicide rates in North Carolina increasing alarmingly, experts say

October 25, 2020 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments health, medicine, mental health, North Carolina, Substance abuse, suicide

Nora Donovan Contributor ndonovan@unca.edu Suicide rates among North Carolina children, between ages 10 to 17, skyrocketed, reports say. According to

News

Buncombe County sees a 175 percent increase in mail-in voting

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments 2020 election, absentee voting, Asheville, Bulldogs, Buncombe county, college, Donald Trump, Early voting, Joe Biden, local, mail-in voting, North Carolina, student voting, vote, voting

Joe Lehrman Sports Editor jlehrman@unca.edu Buncombe County received an influx of mail-in votes as the state began accepting absentee ballots

Sports

The colorful world keeps us nourished through these times of hardship

October 4, 2020October 4, 2020 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments health and wellness, North Carolina, photography, UNC Asheville

Jennifer Guardado Sports Writer jguardad@unca.edu The rapid spread of COVID-19 changed public interactions in a dramatic fashion and in doing

Arts & Features Features

Disparities in education create challenges for rural students

September 13, 2020 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments North Carolina, rural, UNC Asheville

Ezra Maille Managing Editor emaille@unca.edu Amanda Wray grew up in a small town in rural Kentucky. Her mother worked as

News

Black students address the health and racial disparities highlighted by disproportionate cases of COVID-19

April 19, 2020 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments covid-19, health services, inequality, North Carolina, racial injustice

Marian Foster Arts & Features Writer mfoster3@unca.edu Black UNC Asheville students discuss America’s racial and health disparities amid the disproportionate

Sports

A&T joins the Big South Conference

February 25, 2020March 21, 2020 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments Ashevillem, avl, competition, North Carolina, sports

Melissa Brown Sports Writer mbrown17@unca.edu North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will become the newest member of the Big

Features

Beat from the street (Apr. 24, 2018)

April 27, 2018 Larisa Karr 0 Comments Asheville, beat from the street, Cat Pigg, color, color photography, daytime, downtown, interview, Larisa Karr, nc, North Carolina, outside, photography, street, street photography, United States, US, USA, wnc

Genevieve Louise Williams has her strength, her health and she loves the place she’s in. She’s eager to step out in the world and celebrate her role in it.