Filter  MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec Year20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 5101520253050100All Filter

• Constitution blamed for ëslow drift toward totalitarianismí

  Created: Wednesday, 26 September 2007 04:40

  By JIM GENARO SWANNANOA ≠ó Not only is the U.S. Constitution inherently undemocratic, it contains built-in provisions that tend to encourage a ìslow drift toward totalitarianism,î according to Dr. Frank Kalinowski, a professor of political sci...

• Science park gains momentum

  Created: Wednesday, 26 September 2007 04:38

  Artistís renderings show plans for Momentum, a 10-acre science park being planned by The Health Adventure for Broadway Street. Features of the $25 million facility will include a large tree house, an amphitheater, gardens, rotating exhibits and ...

• Health Adventure plans $25 million eco-science park

  Created: Wednesday, 26 September 2007 04:38

  By JIM GENARO After 40 years of operating out of rented ó and often limiting ó spaces, The Health Adventure will soon have a home of its own: Momentum Science and Health Adventure Park. Officials with The Health Adventure announced plans for...

• Asheville recreation department accused of mismanaging projects

  Created: Wednesday, 26 September 2007 04:36

  From Staff Reports The Asheville Parks and Recreation Department came under fire last week, as a new report by the cityís Finance Department said that the agency routinely mismanaged money while overseeing $10 million in projects. Among the a...

• City Council delays vote on Merrimon building changes

  Created: Wednesday, 26 September 2007 04:35

  From Staff Reports Asheville City Council voted unanimously Sept. 18 to delay any decision on proposed changes to construction requirements on Merrimon Avenue, after business owners complained that the proposal would hurt them financially and be to...

• Lost pets to be implanted with ID chips

  Created: Wednesday, 26 September 2007 04:32

  ìWhat are the conditions under which we, as a board, can commit future boardsî to such a contract, she asked. Frue replied that the contract allowed for the AHS or the county to break the contract if either were unsatisfied with the other partyí...

• Grizzlies brutalize Broncos 30-6 with title game looming

  Created: Wednesday, 26 September 2007 04:30

  The Asheville Grizzlies whipped the Beaufort (S.C.) Broncos 30-6 in minor-league football at Memorial Stadium in Asheville last Saturday. The Grizzlies were led to victory by quarterback Frank Meade, who tossed a pair of touchdowns; and running bac...

• WCU pummels Presbyterian to end 12-game losing streak

  Created: Wednesday, 26 September 2007 04:30

  CULLOWHEE ó Senior tailback Mike Malone rushed for a career-best 105 yards and two touchdowns while his backfield classmate Todd Spitzer threw for a career-high 239 yards on 19 completions, as Western Carolina snapped its 12-game losing skid with a 33-...

• Undefeated MHC rallies to top West Liberty 28-23

  Created: Wednesday, 26 September 2007 04:29

  MARS HILL ó Demario Zachery caught a 69-yard pass from Ricky Spradling with 9:10 remaining in regulation to lead the Mars Hill Lions to a 28-23 comeback victory over West Liberty State College last Saturday afternoon at the Ammons Family Athletic Cente...

• Wofford knocks off No. 1 ASU 42-31

  Created: Wednesday, 26 September 2007 04:29

  † Kevin Richardson scores the second of his two touchdowns on the afternoon to cut ASUís deficit to 35-31 early in the fourth quarter. SPARTANBURG, S.C. ó No. 13 Wofford College ran for 291 yards and converted 11-of...

• BC Tornados blow through Hawks 45-7 for 1st ë07 win

  Created: Wednesday, 26 September 2007 04:27

  BREVARD ó Brevard College picked up its first win of the 2007 football season† as it defeated Chowan College 45-7 on Family Weekend at Brevard High School Memorial Stadium last Saturday afternoon. The Tornados offense struck early and often, as ...

• Fosterís stellar peformance shines in ëThe Brave Oneí work

  Created: Wednesday, 26 September 2007 04:26

  Roger Ebert How many films have there been about victims of violence who turn into avengers? Charles Bronson made five. Kevin Baconís ìDeath Sentenceî was released two weeks ago. How are we supposed to respond ...

• Buy bottled tap water? Do it yourself

  Created: Tuesday, 25 September 2007 18:45

  If youíre like many people, you may have thought that those fancy bottles of water you buy in the store come from pristine streams or natural aquifers. Itís a reasonable assumption, given the names of the companies that make them ó names like Ã...

• Mother Teresa? Letters reveal iconís tarnish

  Created: Tuesday, 25 September 2007 18:44

    John North Editor & Publisher Having visited Calcutta and Mother Teresaís headquarters about six years ago, I was intrigued by recent revelations that are certain to tarnish her saintly image....

• Letters to the Editor: Sept. 26, 2007

  Created: Tuesday, 25 September 2007 18:41

  Reader sees link between infant mortality, ësanctioned killing spree of human babiesí In answer to Mark Westís column last week headlined ìPrenatal care record for U.S.? Itís horrificî: Yes, this is a problem that needs to be addressed ...

• Looking desperate isnít the same as looking

  Created: Tuesday, 25 September 2007 18:39

  The Advice Goddess Amy Alkon My co-worker always has ìa great weekend!î compared to my lame ones. In fact, my whole summerís been lame because I canít find a girlfriend. She keeps telling me if I stop ìlo...

• Police Blotter: Sept. 26, 2007

  Created: Tuesday, 25 September 2007 18:37

  Asheville firefighter charged with soliciting child online A senior firefighter with Asheville Fire and Rescue was arrested last Monday on charges of solicitation of a child online. Robert M. Kutzer, 32, was hired in May 2003 and most recently se...

• How is the uncertainty of life affecting our kids?

  Created: Tuesday, 25 September 2007 18:30

    Janese Johnson Today was the fourth bomb threat my daughter has experienced in the past six months over at Asheville High School. That, along with a gunman threat that happened towards the end of the s...

• Human adaptation to climate change termed inevitable

  Created: Tuesday, 18 September 2007 16:22

  By JIM GENARO Human beings will adapt to climate change ó the question is whether that adaptation will be planned or not, according to Dr. Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein, a member of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and conven...

• Drummers rock

  Created: Tuesday, 18 September 2007 16:21

  Drummers play at the Friday night drum circle at Pritchard Park downtown on Aug. 31. The weekly event draws crowds of about 300 each week, many of whom play drums or dance. The drum circles have been a downtown tradition for eight years. Staff Photo b...