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Panda Express Targets Smokey Park Highway for Asheville Expansion

TL/DR - A new Panda Express fast-food restaurant is proposed at 146 Smokey Park Highway in Asheville, near the Chick-fil-A and Ingles. The plans lodged with the city indicate the site will include a 2,697 square foot building with 40-50 parking spaces, 52 seats inside, plus new sidewalks and a drive-thru window service. The project, which will be…

Latest Property Transfers in Buncombe County & Asheville: Dec 23-30

TL/DR - The article lists the property sales filed in Buncombe County and Asheville, North Carolina from December 23 to 30. This includes residential properties, commercial properties, and vacant lands. The sales are categorized by the respective areas such as Asheville, Barnardsville, Black Mountain, East Buncombe, Enka-Candler, Fairview, French…

Urgent: Benny T’s Vesta Sauces Recalled – Risky Mislabeling Issue

TL/DR - Vesta Fiery Gourmet Foods, headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, has issued an allergy alert for five varieties of its Benny T's Vesta Dry hot sauces due to the use of wheat flour, which is not specified on the label. The sauces were distributed nationwide to wholesalers in the US beginning in January and September 2022, with lot…

Florida Bookstore Returns Banned Books to Students

TL/DR - Firestorm Books, a queer and trans-owned bookstore based in Asheville, recently received thousands of children's books from the Duval County Public School system in Florida after they were banned from school libraries. The bookstore will launch the “Banned Books Back!” campaign to ship books removed from Duval County schools directly to…