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• Soul singer extraordinaire

  Created: Wednesday, 09 March 2011 07:54

  One of the most acclaimed British soul singers of his generation, James Hunter, performed in concert last Thursday night at the Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall in Asheville. Hunter has toured and recorded extensively with the legendary Van Morrison...

• UNCA blames tight finances for canceling Concerts on the Quad

  Created: Wednesday, 09 March 2011 07:53

  Because of financial pressure and the likelihood of further budget cuts, UNC Asheville on Feb. 15 announced that it will cancel the 2011 Concerts on the Quad summer music series. Concerts on the Quad had become a summer institution in Asheville wit...

• Hard history of black golfers unveiled

  Created: Wednesday, 09 March 2011 07:51

  Pete McDaniel By JOHN NORTH After playing it in college and writing about it later in his career, the game of golf has paid off for Pete McDaniel, so he is deeply disappointed that young blacks are tending to a...

• Police Blotter: March, 2011

  Created: Wednesday, 09 March 2011 07:43

  UNCA police report vandalism outbreak UNC Asheville campus police recently reported the following incidents and investigations: • A fire damaged structures at Rhodes Hall on campus at 6:27 p.m. Feb. 10. The fire resulted in about $20,00...

• Bob Ingle, founder of Ingles Markets, humanitarian, dies

  Created: Wednesday, 09 March 2011 07:41

  Bob Ingle From Staff Reports The founder and chief executive officer of Ingles Markets grocery stores died after an extended illness last Sunday in Asheville, according to a news release on the company&rsqu...

• American Dream under attack from rich, speakers say at rally

  Created: Wednesday, 09 March 2011 07:39

  Asheville City Councilman Cecil Bothwell fired up the crowd at the rally. From Staff Reports Amid blustery winds, a “Rally for Wisconsin Workers” drew about 500 people on Feb. 26 to Pack Square Pa...

• Resurrect Concerts on Quad by charging for admission

  Created: Wednesday, 09 March 2011 07:37

  Instead of simply canceling its long-running and popular Concerts on the Quad series, UNC Asheville should charge for admission and make it a self-sustaining operation. The spring and early summer outdoor concert series, which was free and open to ...

• The Great Migration of 6 million Southerners

  Created: Wednesday, 09 March 2011 07:35

    D.G. Martin CHAPEL HILL — “He had to walk a thin line between being a man and acting a slave. Step too far on one side, and he couldn’t live with himself. Step too far on the other, and he...

• Dazzling dancers put on lively show

  Created: Wednesday, 09 March 2011 07:33

  The 24th Annual Heritage Classic DanceSport Championships returned March 1-5 to the Grove Park Inn & Resort in North Asheville. This was the place to see some amazing ballroom dancing by the nation's best dancers, as shown in these scenes that were ...

• Letters to the Editor: March, 2011

  Created: Wednesday, 09 March 2011 07:30

  Public-sector unions accused of cronyism Hard facts underpin the cronyism. First, unions are simply “Big Money.” Of the top 10 sources of political contributions since 1989, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, f...

• The Candid Conservative: Unions continue to scam U.S.

  Created: Wednesday, 09 March 2011 07:28

    Carl Mumpower Think union and pictures of a hard-working family man struggling to feed a hungry family quickly come to mind. Unfortunately, those images have more to do with 1911 than 2011. Today&rsqu...

• Black golfís pioneers succeeded through tenacity, speaker says

  Created: Wednesday, 09 March 2011 07:26

  Tiger Woods has said that he could not have been successful in today’s game without black golf’s pioneers. By JOHN NORTH During a question-and-answer session that followed at 45-minute screening...

• Advice Goddess: Man says heís managed frisk

  Created: Wednesday, 09 March 2011 07:23

    The Advice Goddess Amy Alkon A recent column of yours really ticked me off. You stated, “While men can have sex without an emotional connection, women generally need to feel emotionall...

• Let them eat cake: A disconnect in Buncombe

  Created: Thursday, 10 February 2011 11:18

    Mike Fryar EDITOR’S NOTE: The following commentary appears here because of the magnitude of the issue it addresses. Mittan, host of the daily radio talk show “Take a Stand” on 570-AM (WWNC...

• Rally held for equality

  Created: Thursday, 10 February 2011 11:16

  Under the banner of “Full Equality For All,” more than 25 faith leaders from a variety of traditions, as well as supporters, marched briefly (above) in the rain from the First Congregational United Church of Christ’s social hall to t...

• 29 unfilled jobs, seven workers axed by UNCA

  Created: Thursday, 10 February 2011 11:16

  Facing continuing budget challenges during the current year and a potential for as large as a 15 percent budget reduction in 2011-12, UNC Asheville has announced the elimination of 29 state-funded staff positions, which will result in the loss of jobs f...

• NASCAR, moonshining linked, prof claims

  Created: Thursday, 10 February 2011 11:14

  Daniel S. Pierce By JOHN NORTH The close ties between the illegal liquor industry and organized stock-car racing were reviewed, with many colorful and amusing anecdotes, by Daniel S. Pierce during a talk at T...

• Zombie preparedness expert leaves crowd howling

  Created: Thursday, 10 February 2011 11:10

   Max Brooks By JOHN NORTH Author and self-proclaimed zombie expert Max Brooks, author of the bestseller “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War,” spooked and teased a near-capacity...

• Americans need to prepare for emergencies that loom

  Created: Thursday, 10 February 2011 11:04

  Given that our planet appears to be going through perilous changes, with the proliferation of catastrophes that have occurred recently worldwide, it is perhaps a sign of entitlement thinking that more than half of American families have not assembled a ...

• Earmarks gone? Pork forever

  Created: Thursday, 10 February 2011 11:03

    D.G. Martin CHAPEL HILL —  No more earmarks. That is what the president promised in his State of the Union speech last month. The commentators and political spinners did not make much o...