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• St. Maryís building will not be demolished

  Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 17:57

  St. Mary’s Episcopal Church has dropped plans to demolish its historic rectory and replace it with a new sanctuary, but it will press forward with plans for a new parish hall. The church’s architect presented the revised plans to the Hi...

• Graham in fair condition at hospital

  Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 17:56

  The Rev. Billy Graham was listed in fair condition Monday at Mission Hospitals, where he continued to recover from an apparently successful operation last Wednesday to replace the valve in his brain shunt. The 89-year-old minister underwent the sur...

• City may boost security measures at City Hall after Missouri shooting

  Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 17:56

  From Staff Reports Just days after a gunman in Kirkwood, Mo., killed five people and seriously wounded the town’s mayor during a public meeting, Asheville City Council discussed ways to improve security at City Hall. Metal detectors an...

• New county health director quits

  Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 17:55

  Vicki Ittel, director of the Buncombe County Board of Health, announced on Feb. 12 that she plans to resign effective March 28 after less than a year in the position. Ittel said she plans to start a community outpatient practice in Asheville focusi...

• 3 commissioners announce bids for re-election to county board

  Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 17:54

  From Staff Reports Three current members of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners have filed paperwork to run for re-election and three newcomer have joined the race. Chairman Nathan Ramsey, a Republican from Fairview formalized his can...

• Black Mtn. aldermen delay vote on workforce housing development

  Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 17:54

  BLACK MOUNTAIN — The Black Mountain Board of Aldermen delayed a vote Feb. 11 on whether to support a recommendation from the Black Mountain Housing Commission to build Habitat for Humanity housing at the Clevenger property off of Blue Ridge Road. ...

• Police Blotter: Feb. 20, 2008

  Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 17:53

  Grove Park Inn employee accuses patron of assault City police are investigating accusations that a Grove Park Inn spa patron sexually assaulted a male employee on Feb. 9. According to police reports, the employee claimed that he was assaulted...

• Beleaguered chief of Swannanoa youth prison quits after 2-1/2 years

  Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 17:50

  SWANNANOA —After 2-1/2 years at the helm of the Swannanoa Valley Youth Development Center, Director June Fowler will be stepping down on March 15. Fowler announced in an e-mail to staff that she would be resigning her post at the youth prison...

• Swannanoa incorporation foes launch their own petition drive

  Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 17:50

  SWANNANOA — In response to a petition drive calling for Swannanoa to be incorporated as a town, a group of incorporation opponents has begun circulating its own petition opposing the plan. The Swannanoa Truth Committee has begun collecting si...

• At 57, EU has had significant impact, scholar tells forum

  Created: Tuesday, 12 February 2008 12:43

  By JIM GENARO A half-century after its humble origins as an industrial alliance, the European Union has made significant progress toward economic and political stabilization in Europe, Dr. Linda Cornett told the World Affairs Council of Western Nor...

• Colors swirl

  Created: Tuesday, 12 February 2008 12:41

  Dancers march to the sounds of the Firecracker Jazz Band during the second annual Mardi Gras Parade in downtown Asheville on Feb. 5. Several hundred people participated in the parade, which started at the Joli Rouge on Patton Avenue and wound its...

• Journalist: American Jewsí situation worsening

  Created: Tuesday, 12 February 2008 12:40

  By JIM GENARO While public opinion of Jewish people in the United States had been steadily improving since the 1940s, the rise of religious extremism in the wake of 9/11 and the growth of anti-Israel sentiment have contributed to a dangerous and incr...

• Asheville faces $1.3 million budget deficit, council members say they wonít raise taxes

  Created: Tuesday, 12 February 2008 12:39

  Slow growth in the housing market has had a negative impact on Asheville’s budget this year, resulting in a $1.3 million deficit, city leaders said Monday. However, City Council members said they would not raise taxes to make up for the short...

• County delays decision on purchase of land for Haw Creek park proposal

  Created: Tuesday, 12 February 2008 12:38

  Buncombe County commissioners again delayed a decision on whether to help purchase land in Haw Creek for a park last Tuesday. Commissioners delayed a vote on whether to spend as much as $250,000 for the nine-acre tract next to the Blue Ridge Parkwa...

• 68 pets adopted

  Created: Tuesday, 12 February 2008 12:37

  HENDERSONVILLE — State animal officials have made some progress finding homes for animals they say were badly neglected at a shelter that was recently taken over by the state. Forty-five dogs and 23 cats were adopted on Feb. 5, the first day ...

• Though it may be shot well, ëRamboí is still violence porn

  Created: Tuesday, 12 February 2008 12:35

  By MIKE THOMAS How violent is Sylvester Stallone’s new “Rambo” film? Put it this way: If you were to make it a drinking game and then take a slug of booze each time someone buys the farm, you’d become either monstrously drun...

• Advice Goddess: Boyfriendís 6-year-old daughter has a Klan-do attitude toward life

  Created: Tuesday, 12 February 2008 12:34

  I’m in a relationship with a man I love and want to spend my life with, but I can’t stand his 6-year-old daughter. She’s obnoxious, has a smart mouth, and is being taught some wicked racism by her mother and her mother’s family. I&...

• Detroit settlement documents must be released, judge rules

  Created: Tuesday, 12 February 2008 12:30

  DETROIT — Documents related to a whistleblower lawsuit against Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick must be made public, a judge ruled on Feb. 5. The documents are relevant to a text-messaging sex scandal involving the mayor and his former chief of...

• Liberty stuns UNCA 83-54, spoils ëDogsí spotless BSC record

  Created: Tuesday, 12 February 2008 12:28

  K.J. Garland dished out 10 assists to become UNCA’s all-time leader in that category against Liberty last Saturday night. Photo courtesy of UNCA LYNCHBURG, Va. –  Liberty shot 68 percent from the ...

• Bulldogs net 1st-ever vote in AP poll

  Created: Tuesday, 12 February 2008 12:26

  The men’s basketball team at UNC Asheville — for the first time in school history — received a single vote in The Associated Press Top 25 Poll last week. The team, which rose three places to 12th on the CollegeInsider.com Mid Majo...