Laura Hackett
ReporterLaura Hackett joined Blue Ridge Public Radio in June 2023. Originally from Florida, she moved to Asheville more than six years ago and in that time has worked as a writer, journalist, and content creator for organizations like AVLtoday, Mountain Xpress, and the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce. She has a degree in creative writing from Florida Southern College, and in 2023, she completed the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY's Product Immersion for Small Newsrooms program. In her free time, she loves exploring the city by bike, testing out new restaurants, and hanging out with her dog Iroh at French Broad River Park.
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Ashevillians weighed the pros and cons of two major projects downtown at the September 26 city council meeting. -
The synthesizer maker has been based in Asheville since 2011.
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What you need to know about the September 19 Buncombe County Board of Commissioners meeting.
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Compass Point Village will be a permanent home for 87 of Asheville’s most vulnerable residents.
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Council also changed the panhandling ordinance and new funding was approved for emergency shelter beds at the September 12 meeting.
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At state AFL-CIO conference in Asheville, Cooper lauds union for supporting workers when Canton paper mill "turned its back on generations of workers.”
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What you need to know from the September 5th Buncombe County Board of Commissioners meeting.
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Asheville officials proposed five different options for renovating the troubled, 83-year old performing space, which saw its HVAC system completely fail this summer.
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Asheville nonprofit Kudzu Culture wants to change how people handle this fast-growing invasive plant with its workshop series.
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The program has helped downtown, low-wage workers save up to $80 per month.
