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• ASU to face No. 1 LSU in football opener

  Created: Tuesday, 12 February 2008 12:26

  BOONE — Appalachian State University, which has won three consecutive titles in the NCAA’s Football Championship Subdivison, recently released its 2008 football schedule that opens against Bowl Championship Series champ LSU. ASU and LSU...

• Police Blotter: Feb. 12, 2008

  Created: Tuesday, 12 February 2008 12:25

  Canton teacher arrested on drug trafficking charges CANTON — A Canton Middle School teacher faces charges of drug trafficking after police say she purchased opiates from an undercover officer. Selena Bell Blad, 46, of 168 Cindy Lane in...

• Letter: Enough already: Leave Britney alone

  Created: Tuesday, 12 February 2008 12:23

  I read your article about Britney Spears in the (Jan. 30) Daily Planet (John North’s column headlined “24/7 Britney-watch: Driving us crazy — or her?”). I don’t like how they talk badly about her. I’m not a ...

• New DMV ID rules could spawn line rage

  Created: Tuesday, 12 February 2008 12:21

  If one thinks the lines in airports are long, time-wasting and intimidating, just read further: the already-interminable — and inescapable — wait for service at Division of Motor Vehicle offices in North Carolina is about to double. As ...

• Dorothy Parkerís world of wit never gets old

  Created: Tuesday, 12 February 2008 12:20

    John North Editor & Publisher “This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.” — Dorothy Parker • Imagine sitting in on the live...

• Itís the economy, stupid

  Created: Tuesday, 12 February 2008 12:19

  Bill Walz When Bill Clinton was running for president he coined the term, “It’s the economy, stupid,” as the catch phrase that he rode into the White House. Now that Hillary is trying for her turn,...

• Different loving styles can be confusing this time of year

  Created: Tuesday, 12 February 2008 12:17

  Janese Johnson Valentine’s Day is one of those holidays for which some have high expectations. I have heard friends and clients talk about the “exciting new” gift, proposal or adventure they have...

• Skeletal remains identified as those of missing hiker

  Created: Tuesday, 05 February 2008 17:50

  FRANKLIN — The skeletal remains doscovered in the Nantahala National Forest last Saturday are those of missing hiker John Bryant, authorities announced Monday. However, they would not say how the 80-year-old Horse Shoe resident might have bee...

• Cuban students march to honor revolutionaries

  Created: Tuesday, 05 February 2008 17:49

  About 2,800 children from elementary and high schools marched in honor of the Cuban national hero, José Martí, on the 155th anniversary of his birth on Jan. 28 in the Plaza de la Revolución, in Havana. Some students held up l...

• Ex-CTS owners agree to submit cleanup plan

  Created: Tuesday, 05 February 2008 17:47

  From Staff Reports SKYLAND — As more wells near the former CTS plant in Skyland have been found to be contaminated with toxic chemicals, the plant’s former owners have agreed to look into cleaning up groundwater contamination at the s...

• Police Blotter: Feb. 6, 2008

  Created: Tuesday, 05 February 2008 17:46

  Leicester resident charged with rape of child under 13 A Leicester man was arrested last Friday on charges of raping a child. Jeremy Michael Randall, 30, of 1266 Alexander Rd., was charged by the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office with 11...

• UNCA wallops long-time nemesis Winthrop

  Created: Tuesday, 05 February 2008 17:43

  UNCA’s K.J. Garland scored a season-high 26 points against Winthrop last Saturday. K.J. Garland scored a season-high 26 points as UNC Asheville remained unbeaten in the Big South Conference with a 71-56 victory i...

• Anonymous benefactor donates $2.1M to Buncombe high schools

  Created: Tuesday, 05 February 2008 17:41

  From Staff Reports An anonymous donor gave $2.1 million to an organization that supports Buncombe County schools, officials announced last Wednesday. The donation, which is the largest ever made to the school system, will be divided equally a...

• Proposed Weaver Village development gets nod from Weavervilleís council

  Created: Tuesday, 05 February 2008 17:40

  WEAVERVILLE — A plan for a 13-acre multi-family development moved a step forward on Jan. 28 as the Weaverville Town Council unanimously voted to hold a public hearing on the proposal. The project’s developers, Weaverville Partners, LLC,...

• Four join race for county board, including ex-A-B Tech chief, Asheville councilwoman

  Created: Tuesday, 05 February 2008 17:40

  From Staff Reports Four new candidates announced their bids for seats on the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners last week, including an Asheville City Council member and a former president of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. Counc...

• One of yearís best movies, ëJuno,í proves funny, moving

  Created: Tuesday, 05 February 2008 17:39

  Roger Ebert Jason Reitman’s “Juno” is just about the best movie of the year. It is very smart, very funny and very touching; it begins with the pacing of a screwball comedy and ends as a portrait...

• Advice Goddess: New lovers tested by lack of love between dogs

  Created: Tuesday, 05 February 2008 17:33

  The Advice Goddess Amy Alkon Three months ago, my boyfriend rescued a 2-year-old, 85-pound, neutered dog from a shelter. I have a little 35-pound dog I love dearly. She’s been with me seven years. We wan...

• Ugly new buildings insult historic gems

  Created: Tuesday, 05 February 2008 17:30

  The recent decision by Staples Inc. to finally listen to an enraged Asheville public about the appearance of its Merrimon Avenue monstrosity brings to mind the entire issue of ugly new buildings that seem to be proliferating like warts all over the so-c...

• Thereíll always be a motto ó Not! say Brits

  Created: Tuesday, 05 February 2008 17:30

    John North Editor & Publisher A story about the British government’s effort to formulate a statement of values on what it means to be British recently caught my eye and made me chuckle. ...

• To combat hard-drug addiction, quit giving kids gateway drugs

  Created: Tuesday, 05 February 2008 17:28

  Carl S. Milsted, Jr. HolisticPolitics.org Last fall I did a three-part series on the economics of the War on Drugs. I showed how completely outlawing hard drugs was a doomed project, but the government could be...