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• City delays decision on 23-story Ellington building plan

  Created: Tuesday, 18 September 2007 16:20

  From Staff Reports After hearing public feedback Sept. 11, both for and against, Asheville City Council chose not to take action yet on a proposal for a 300-foot luxury hotel and condominium building planned for Biltmore Avenue. Developers hop...

• Police Blotter: September 19, 2007

  Created: Tuesday, 18 September 2007 16:19

  Asheville officials accused of breaking contract rules Ashevilleís chief financial officer says that city staff members violated their own purchasing rules when they asked a police consultant to issue a report without signing a written contract...

• Weaverville gives initial approval to merger with Asheville alcohol commission

  Created: Tuesday, 18 September 2007 16:15

  By JIM GENARO WEAVERVILLE ó Plans for a proposed merger between the Weaverville and Asheville Alcoholic Beverage Commissions moved forward last Monday, as Weaverville Town Council unanimously gave initial approval of a deal to join the two systems...

• Sports Briefs: September 19, 2007

  Created: Tuesday, 18 September 2007 16:13

  No. 1 ASU snares 34-21 win over tough, stubborn NAU BOONE ó Trey Elder amassed 298 yards of offense and Walter Payton Award candidate Kevin Richardson set career highs with seven receptions for 122 yards and two touchdowns to lead top-ranked Appal...

• ë3:10 to Yumaí recalls best of classic Western tradition

  Created: Tuesday, 18 September 2007 16:11

  Roger Ebert James Mangoldís ì3:10 to Yumaî restores the wounded heart of the Western and rescues it from the morass of pointless violence. The Western in its glory days was often a morality play, a story about hu...

• Sometimes, trying is what matters

  Created: Tuesday, 18 September 2007 16:06

  For those who were there, the Lexington Avenue Arts and Fun Festival on Sept. 9 will live in memory for years to come. LAAFF is always a great event, and a gathering place for Ashevilleís fabulous and freaky. But this year, a very special event ...

• Who is this politician who claims to hold a low opinion of himself?

  Created: Tuesday, 18 September 2007 16:05

    John North Editor & Publisher Asheville City Councilman Carl Mumpower made a statement that struck me as particularly poignant last week on the 570-AM radio talk show ìTake a Stand!î hosted b...

• Prenatal care record for U.S.? Itís horrific

  Created: Tuesday, 18 September 2007 16:01

    Mark West Imagine 225,534 dead babies. Imagine the disaster implied by that horrible image. A city the size of Jersey City, N.J., or Akron, Ohio, full of nothing but tiny dead corpses. Thatís what the...

• Older guy? At 23, thereís not much to you yet

  Created: Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:59

  The Advice Goddess Amy Alkon Iím a 23-year-old woman and my boyfriend is 37. Weíve been very happy and communicate well, but I recently started hanging with a guy my own age, and I ended up having feelings f...

• N.C. voters care about candidates, even though they ignore us

  Created: Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:53

  by D.G. Martin Has North Carolina opted out of presidential politics? While other states are scrambling to get to the head of the line in the presidential primary process, North Carolina goes ìho-hum.î Even with a very viable and attrac...

• Biltmore Forest tightens rules on violent dogs

  Created: Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:49

  BILTMORE FOREST ó Animal issues dominated the Biltmore Forest Town Commission meeting Sept. 11, as commissioners put more teeth into an ordinance governing dangerous dogs, but tabled a proposal to prohibit residents form feeding wildlife in public. ...

• If men are from Mars and women, Venus, are conservatives from Saturn and liberals, Uranus?

  Created: Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:47

    Janese Johnson Some years ago a book came out and hit the best-sellers list called ìMen are from Mars and Women are from Venus.î The book, written by Dr. John Gray, who is known as an expert in the ...

• Al Jazeera practicing ëcontextual objectivity,í prof says

  Created: Tuesday, 11 September 2007 18:17

    Dr. Mohammed el-Nawawy By JIM GENARO Despite being maligned for perceived biases by many, both in the West and in the Arabic world, the Al Jazeera network is practicing a form of ìcontextual obje...

• Bid for worldís record fails

  Created: Tuesday, 11 September 2007 18:14

  Daredevil Michael Mooney rides a 12-foot bicycle around a parking lot at North Lexington Avenue and Hiawassee Street during the Lexington Avenue Arts and Fun Festival last Sunday. Mooney tried to break a world record by riding a 43-1/2-foot bicycle, b...

• Flood damage group stresses planning, educational efforts

  Created: Tuesday, 11 September 2007 18:13

  By JIM GENARO Planning, education and communication are the keys to minimizing flood damage, Black Mountain Alderman Mary Leonard White told the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 4. In addition to her role as an alderman, White s...

• ëDeath Sentenceí delivers with ësensationalí violence

  Created: Tuesday, 11 September 2007 18:10

    Roger Ebert When he was asked by Johnny Carson how a magazine could quote him saying he really would murder to avenge his family, Charles Bronson looked him in the eye and said, ìBecause the quote is ...

• Sports Briefs: September 12, 2007

  Created: Tuesday, 11 September 2007 18:03

  ASU stomps Lenoir-Rhyne 48-7 before a record crowd BOONE ñ Top-ranked Appalachian State University scored touchdowns on each of its first five possessions and cruised to a 48-7 win over Lenoir-Rhyne in football in front of a record crowd of 28,8...

• City safety officials give OK to Ali Baba

  Created: Tuesday, 11 September 2007 18:01

  ASHEVILLE ó Ali Baba Middle Eastern Restaurant, currently facing eviction by the Grove Arcade, is not in violation of any state building or fire codes, city officials said last week. The small restaurant, which takes up roughly 225 square feet in ...

• Asheville City Council approves franchise for 2nd tour-trolley company

  Created: Tuesday, 11 September 2007 18:00

  Visitors to Asheville who want to see the sights without having to drive will soon have another option, as City Council on Sept. 4 granted a tour-bus franchise to Gray Line Trolley Tours. Howard and Deborah Helmken, of Savannah, Ga., said the new t...

• Asheville Police Department blasted by consultant on race relations

  Created: Tuesday, 11 September 2007 17:59

  Ashevilleís city manager has ordered an investigation into allegations of widespread problems with the departmentís treatment of minority officers and poor relations with the African-American community, following a scathing report by a consultant. ...