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• AC-Tís publisher fields barrage of questions; puts community first

  Created: Tuesday, 26 February 2008 17:09

  By JOHN NORTH A veritable barrage of questions and comments, including some that were highly critical, was fielded calmly by Publisher Randy Hammer of the Asheville Citizen-Times  last Wednesday. The Q&A followed his speech at Leade...

• Making Merrimon greener

  Created: Tuesday, 26 February 2008 17:07

  Three members of Quality Forward plant a tree last Friday in the parking lot of Merrimon Square shopping center in North Asheville. From left are Allison McGehee, Cameron Snyder and Susan Roderick, who is QF’s director. Roderick said the ce...

• City Council to readdress ways to calm traffic on busy city roads

  Created: Tuesday, 26 February 2008 17:06

  From Staff Reports Prompted by citizen requests, Asheville City Council may start addressing a number of city roads where motorists often drive too fast. Council decided on Feb. 19 to look again at traffic-calming measures and determine if t...

• County residents face fee increase of $0.20 per month for trash pickup

  Created: Tuesday, 26 February 2008 17:05

  From Staff Reports As a result of measures passed by the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 19, county residents will have to pay a little bit more for trash collection. The board passed a state-mandated hike of $2 a ton in the t...

• Limiting use of train horns cited as key to riverside development

  Created: Tuesday, 26 February 2008 17:04

  From Staff Reports Advocates of train-horn “quiet zones” argued last Thursday that limiting the use of the horns would make some areas along the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers more appealing to developers and investors. At a f...

• David Gantt files to vie with Ramsey for commission chair

  Created: Tuesday, 26 February 2008 17:03

  Buncombe County Commissioner David Gantt filed paperwork last week to run for the chairmanship of the Board of Commissioners. Gantt, a South Buncombe Democrat, is seeking to unseat Republican Nathan Ramsey. Other candidates who filed paperwork...

• African-Americans urged to take role in mentoring youth

  Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 18:30

  From Staff Reports Attendees at the annual Black Asheville Forum at UNC Asheville last Saturday were urged to take a more active role in the lives of young people. The forum focused on a range of issues facing African Americans, including e...

• Bid for #1

  Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 18:29

  Asheville-based belly dancer and dance teacher Lisa Zahiya traveled to Long Beach, Calif., last week, to compete in the Belly Dancer of the Universe Competition. Zahiya’s piece in the competition fuses belly dance and hip hop. More than 200...

• Impact of private groups on U.S. policy outlined

  Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 18:28

  By JIM GENARO Private aid groups often are more effective than government bureaucracies, but their involvement overseas can result in an undue influence on American foreign policy, according to Marc Mullinax, an associate professor of religion at...

• VMI smashes UNCA 97-75; ëDogs drop 3rd straight

  Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 18:26

  Reggie Williams scored 23 po UNCA’s Sean Smith scored a career-high 23 points last Saturday against VMI. ints, grabbed 11 rebounds and dished out seven assists as VMI roared past UNC Asheville 97-7...

• With leading scorer out, Bulldogs fall to Panthers

  Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 18:24

  UNCA’s Reid Augst scored a career-high 21 points against High Point University last Wednesday night. HIGH POINT — Arizona Reid scored 32 points to lead High Point to an 80-71 Big South Conference victo...

• As mindless excursions go, ëFoolís Goldí at least has plot

  Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 18:22

  By Darel Jevens The ads would have you believe “Fool’s Gold” is pure rom-com, with two sunkissed alpha babes trading patter and pratfalls on their way to renewed love, but there is more to it than that. Oh, nothing intrusive lik...

• Racial profiling affects nearly 32 million people in U.S.

  Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 18:20

  Janese Johnson After a year of research, along with many public hearings, Amnesty International released its findings on racial profiling in the U.S. in 2004. One of the findings was that nearly 32 million people ...

• ëLuck be a lady tonightí

  Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 18:18

  Adelaide, played by Bethany Rowe, catches Sky Masterson (Nathaniel Mason, left) and Nathan Detroit (Anthony Giordano, center) in the act of an illegal craps game in the city sewer in this scene from Western Carolina University’s production ...

• Governorís electric car plan sparks hopes

  Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 18:17

  Gov. Mike Easley deserves high praise for his foresight in asking, in his final budget request of his administration, for money for a research project at North Carolina State University that could lead to a viable electric car. In conjunction with ...

• Letter: WNC governments urged to beware of developers

  Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 18:16

  The Asheville Citizen-Times published two front-page articles and an editorial in the second week of February about a new growth-management focus group called a charrette, composed of the Mountain Ridge and Steep Slope Protection Advisory Committee, est...

• Maharishi, guru to the Beatles, left a mixed but lasting legacy

  Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 18:16

    John North Editor & Publisher The Feb. 5 death of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who was thought to be 91 years old, prompted a magical mystery tour of musings in my muddled mind. He was known as ...

• Advice Goddess: Break up with girlfriend but keep living with her? Keep dreaming

  Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 18:01

  The Advice Goddess Amy Alkon My girlfriend of four years is sweet, smart and sexy, in a vanilla kind of way, but I’ve never felt passionate about her. We’re both grad students and we were getting s...

• Detroit mayor under increased pressure after release of documents

  Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 17:59

  DETROIT — Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick of Detroit is facing increased political pressures after documents from a lawsuit settlement he reached with former police officers were made public last week by a court order. Kilpatrick, who recently was ...

• Holiday parade gets new sponsors, after city declines to take it over

  Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 17:58

  Asheville’s annual Holiday Parade will continue to be held next year, with new sponsorship and as part of a larger series of events, organizers announced on Feb. 10. Adrian Vassallo, a spokesman for the Downtown Association, said that the gro...