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• Help Tibet by threatening Olympics boycott

  Created: Tuesday, 18 March 2008 18:46

  It is indeed tragic that the Chinese are cracking down harshly on unrest in Tibet. Mass arrests, beatings and shoot-to-kill orders in Lhasa, Tibet’s provincial capital, have followed reports of protesters burning shops and cars to vent their ...

• When oneís clutter runneth over ....

  Created: Tuesday, 18 March 2008 18:44

    John North Editor & Publisher A New Year’s Day column in The New York Times headlined “A clutter too deep for more bins and shelves” would have inspired a New Year’s res...

• Socialized health care threatens civil liberties

  Created: Tuesday, 18 March 2008 18:42

    Carl S. Milsted, Jr. HolisticPolitics.org Many liberals are up in arms these days over the USA PATRIOT Act and other recent assaults on our civil liberties. Hurray! Alas, many of these same liberals are...

• Quaker church dismissed over gay issue

  Created: Tuesday, 18 March 2008 18:38

  For supporting gay and lesbian rights, City View Quaker Church has been forced out of its regional organization. City View reportedly asked to be dismissed from the N.C. Yearly Meeting, which is part of the national Friends United Meeting, because ...

• Public outcry needed to get drinking water cleaned

  Created: Tuesday, 18 March 2008 18:37

    Janese Johnson The Associated Press recently spent five months researching and testing water throughout the United States. Not only are The AP’s findings shocking, but also the response from Benj...

• ëCollege Road Tripí proves unfun for the whole family

  Created: Tuesday, 18 March 2008 18:35

  Raven-Symoné (left) plays a high-school whiz-kid traveling to visit colleges and universities with her dad in the Disney family film ‘College Road Trip.’ By DAREL JEVENS “College Road...

• Police Blotter: March 19, 2008

  Created: Tuesday, 18 March 2008 18:27

  Biltmore Forest jeweler charged with embezzlement Police arrested the owner of a Biltmore Village jewelry shop last Thursday and charged him with taking customers’ jewelry for repairs and consignment and then going out of business. Poli...

• Russian election consistent with history, prof says

  Created: Tuesday, 11 March 2008 14:52

  By JIM GENARO As he steps back from his position as Russian president, Vladimir Putin leaves a legacy that shares much with the totalitarian leaders of the former Soviet Union and czars, according to Dr. David Dorondo. An associate professor o...

• Freeway project protested

  Created: Tuesday, 11 March 2008 14:51

  About 20 activists from the environmental organization Greenpeace this past Monday re-created a strip of freeway in Mexico City in front of the national Office of the Environmental Secretary (“Semarnat”), to protest the routing of the...

• Poet, Rumi translator blends humor with mysticism

  Created: Tuesday, 11 March 2008 14:49

  • By JOHN NORTH Coleman Barks signs books after his poetry reading and talk at The Asheville School last Thursday night. “Thinking gives off smoke to prove the existence of fire. A mystic sits...

• Police Blotter: March 12, 2008

  Created: Tuesday, 11 March 2008 14:46

  AHS students suspended, 1 may face criminal charges About a dozen students at Asheville High School have been suspended and one may face criminal charges in the wake of a series of fights that forced the school’s closure last Thursday. ...

• HRMC loses insurer, board chair, in wake of failed govt. inspection

  Created: Tuesday, 11 March 2008 14:44

  WAYNESVILLE — Haywood Regional Medical Center’s woes continued last week, as the hospital’s board chair resigned and a second private insurer suspended the hospital from its network. Dr. Nancy Freeman submitted her resignation to ...

• Filing period ends for May 6 races; county, state candidates released

  Created: Tuesday, 11 March 2008 14:43

  The filing period for county and state elections ended Feb. 29. The candidates for each race in the May 6 primary are as follows: For chairman of Buncombe County Board of Commissioners: • David Gantt, a Democrat from south Buncombe. • N...

• Downtown Commission backs Pack Square condominium plan

  Created: Tuesday, 11 March 2008 14:41

  The Asheville Downtown Commission has endorsed plans for an 11-story condominium building planned for the south side of Pack Square. The commission voted 5-2 in favor of the plan on Feb. 8, despite objections from some that it would overshadow City...

• Ali Baba dispute to be resolved out of court

  Created: Tuesday, 11 March 2008 14:40

  Both sides in a dispute over the continued presence of a Middle Eastern restaurant in the Grove Arcade now say they wish to resolve the matter out of court. Amro Ali, who, along with his parents Fahti and Reda Ali, runs the Ali Baba Middle Eastern ...

• Sports corruption prevails, writer claims

  Created: Tuesday, 11 March 2008 14:39

  Ethics in sports are on shaky ground and government intervention may be necessary to straighten out the mess involving widespread cheating by athletes and coaches, according to Pete McDaniel, an Arden native, UNC Asheville graduate and best-selling go...

• Catamounts catapult defensive end; two players ink pacts to join WCU

  Created: Tuesday, 11 March 2008 14:37

  CULLOWHEE — One more player who was on last season’s squad no longer is listed as a member of the football team at Western Carolina University. Paul Gilmore, a defensive end who played at T.C. Roberson High School in Asheville, recently...

• Winthrop tramples UNCA 66-48 in tourney finale to clinch NCAA slot

  Created: Tuesday, 11 March 2008 14:37

  Kenny George netted 13 points for UNCA last Saturday. Michael Jenkins exploded for 33 points to lead second-seeded Winthrop to the 2008 Big South Conference championship with a 66-48 victory over top-seeded UNC As...

• Bulldogs douse Flames 75-57 in BSC semifinals

  Created: Tuesday, 11 March 2008 14:35

  Kenny George and Bryan Smithson scored 19 points each as top-seeded UNC Asheville downed fourth-seeded Liberty, 75-57 in the semifinals of the Advance Auto Parts Big South Conference Tournament at Justice Center lstt Thursday night. \The Bulldogs (...

• ëDogs put bite on Buccaneers 87-63 to advance in tournament

  Created: Tuesday, 11 March 2008 14:34

  Bryan Smithson scored 22 points to lead five players in double figures as top-seeded UNC Asheville roared past eighth-seeded Charleston Southern, 87-63 in the quarterfinals of the Advance Auto Parts Big South Conference Tournament on March 4 at Justice ...