The blues are calling and I must go! Go straight to Soul of the Blues this Thursday from noon till 2pm on AshevilleFM for your blues fix! Listen live at 103.3fm or stream it live and anytime for one week after it airs at ashevillefm.org! The Blueshound will be bringing you loads of new music this week from Keb’ Mo’, Boston’s Walk That Walk, Atlanta’s Tinsley Ellis, blues rocker-Eric Gales and Bernard Allison! Some classic sounds coming your way from Bobby Blue Bland and Taj Mahal! The Notcho’ Blues Artist this week is Donovan Pt. 2! Join the Blueshound this week on Soul of the Blues for two hours of mind cracking, butt fracking blues! You won’t be disappointed!
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Forgotten Pop from the 70s, Vol. 19
In solidarity with Ukraine
Musicians, bands and artists are among the millions of Ukrainians forced to flee their homes or risk their lives fighting for freedom. JD will honor the brave people of Ukraine, as well as protesters in Russia… by presenting two hours of Progressive Rock and related music recorded over the past few years by groups from Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine, and also a couple of his favorite groups from Russia. The people will not be silenced by Putin, and neither will their music! Join in solidarity on Thursday, March 3rd, from 2-4 pm on 103.3 FM in town and world-wide at www.AshevilleFM.org !Peace!
Radio Active Kids February 26! Mostly NOT new music!
For the first time in over two years, we actually have mostly older music this week on Radio Active Kids! I’ve dug through the archive & randomly picked a bunch of fun stuff that I want to hear! We’ve got SOME new tunes by the likes of Itty Bitty Beats, uncle dox, The BenAnna Band, Levity Beet Music, Sylvia, Kaci Bolls Music, & Learna! Aaaaaaaand old tunes by (in alphabetical order): The Deedle Deedle Dees, Future Hits, Harry and the Potters, Here Comes Trouble, Randy Kaplan, Los Migajita Sound Band, Mosquitas Muertas, No Parking Studio, Puppet Time Machine Theatre, Renee & Friends ft. Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, Shine & the Moonbeams, #ToddandCookie (Todd McHatton & Mista Cookie Jar!), & many more!!! 8-10am ET Saturday at ashevillefm.org/show/radio-active-kids or tun.in/pjiei & podcasting at mixcloud.com/Radio_Active_Kids!
Healthy Asheville Report: Mask Policy
Face Coverings in Buncombe County: From Requirement to “Strongly Recommends” & A Reminder to Get Boosted
ASHEVILLE, NC – At their February 15th meeting, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners decided not to renew the face cover wearing policy in indoor public spaces. According to Stacie Saunders, the Department of Public Health “strongly recommends” that face masks be worn in indoor public spaces. Businesses, organizations and each local Board of Education can individually decide upon their face mask policy. The Buncombe County Courthouse and some Buncombe County Government facilities will continue to require that face masks be worn for now. Public transportation will require wearing face masks through March 18th.
On February 16, Buncombe County Health and Human Services hosted a virtual media Question & Answer session. Public Health Director, Stacie Saunders, and Board of Commissioners Board Chair, Brownie Newman, answered questions related to the COVID-19 response in Buncombe County. Stacie Saunders said, “I will still wear my face covering in indoor public spaces” and she “strongly recommends” that everyone wear face masks in public schools.
With cases, transmission, and hospitalizations still running at significantly high levels, the Department of Public Health is planning a media campaign to get the word out that they “strongly recommend” that face masks be worn in indoor public spaces. The campaign will be on social media, at Question & Answer sessions with the media, on the Department website, with media partners, and at any other available opportunities just like they do with promoting vaccinations, boosters, and testing.
Brownie Newman describes this latest policy as one of many “not easy decisions” and emanating from “a series of difficult decisions” since the beginning of the COVID crisis. He wants to take the opportunity to let everyone know that he is aware that more people are getting a booster and “encourages everyone to do that.”
Listen to the full report below:
Contact: Dick Needleman, Health reporter, 103.3 AshevilleFM, healthyasheville@ashevillefm.org
Healthy Asheville Report: COVID-19 Community Update
Buncombe County COVID-19 Community Update: The Rapid Decline of The Omicron Surge
ASHEVILLE, NC – On February 15, the Department of Health and Human Services and Public Health Director Stacie Saunders posted the weekly Buncombe County COVID-19 Community Update. Stacie Saunders said, “Public health leadership will continue to monitor cases and percent positivity and with emphasis on hospitalizations and deaths. We will continue to work with our area medical providers, community partners, and hospital system to adapt to changes in the pandemic at the local level.” The weekly COVID-19 metrics from the Buncombe County Department of Health & Human Services indicate that:
- There is a decrease in the COVID-19 case rate by 26%, fewer hospitalizations and ICU admissions, and an increase in the death rate. The case rate still remains high at a total of 386 cases per 100,000 people per week.
- Percent positivity is 15.5% compared to 19.6% last week. This is well above the 5% level, indicating that the transmission rate is still high.
- Almost 70% of the eligible population are fully vaccinated and 56% of the fully vaccinated have received boosters. Both values are unchanged from last week.
The Department of Health and Human Services recommends:
- Vaccines because they reduce the risk of infection, severe illness, hospitalizations and deaths
- Therapeutics because they reduce the likelihood of severe illness, hospitalizations and deaths in high-risk people.
- Public health measures of vaccinations with boosters, testing, and staying home when not feeling well
Vaccination sites and testing sites can be located through the North Carolina and Buncombe County Department of Health and Human Services.
Listen to the full report below: