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• Sports Briefs: July 25, 2007

  Created: Wednesday, 25 July 2007 17:34

  Trailing 3-0, Tourists rally to top 1st-place RiverDogs With outstanding pitching and some offensive spark, the Asheville Tourists battled back from a 3-0 deficit to beat the the first-place Charleston RiverDogs 5-3 in front of 2,339 fans at Mc...

• ëWorld on Fireí brilliantly dissects free marketís assumptions

  Created: Wednesday, 25 July 2007 17:31

  David Forbes Iíve never gotten why the term ìCassandra,î referring to the ancient Trojan prophetess who rightly warned about ìGreeks bearing gifts,î was considered a slur. Every now and again, someone wi...

• Gunman opens fire on crowd at community center; 3 suffer injuries

  Created: Wednesday, 25 July 2007 17:27

  A gunman opened fire in a crowded recreation center last Monday, wounding three people and causing the Mission Hospitals emergency department to be locked down while police searched for the attacker. No one was killed in the attacks and all three peopl...

• Police Blotter: July 25, 2007

  Created: Wednesday, 25 July 2007 17:26

  Victim of brutal beating dies one week after attack Asheville police have opened a homicide investigation after a homeless man died July 17 as a a result of a severe beating he incurred nearly a week earlier. Police found Michael E. Jones, 36...

• Petition for vote on partisan election appears to fall short of signatures

  Created: Wednesday, 25 July 2007 17:21

  An effort to hold a referendum on whether Asheville City Council candidates should be partisan appears to have fallen short of the required signatures, according to unofficial authentication by elections officials. However, that could change if 39 ...

• ëYou Kill Meí: terrific cast hurt by tepid, puerile script

  Created: Wednesday, 25 July 2007 17:18

    Jim Emerson Has ìThe Sopranosî whacked the mob comedy? It sure feels that way ó at least for now. Just about anything is going to feel slight next to David Chaseís 86-episode magnum opus,...

• Another starfish saved because people do care

  Created: Wednesday, 25 July 2007 17:12

    Janese Johnson In these days there seems to be a lot of despair going on in the world. With despair seems to come complacency and complaining. Sometimes when I suggest to people about how we can m...

• Partisan voting critics say referendum petition succeeds

  Created: Tuesday, 17 July 2007 19:39

  From Staff Reports Opponents of partisan elections in Asheville say they have gathered 6,192 signature on a petition calling for a referendum on the matter ó more than a thousand over the number they needed to make last Monday nightís deadline. ...

• Drainage yields surprises

  Created: Tuesday, 17 July 2007 19:38

  A pier looms over dry dirt at Beaver Lake in North Asheville. The lake is being drawn down to repair its drainage system. Last Thursday, a mass of cremated human remains, including bones, was found on the banks of the lake. In addition, the lake ...

• City takes steps to improve immigration enforcement

  Created: Tuesday, 17 July 2007 19:37

  From Staff Reports Asheville City Council took steps July 10 toward stemming what Councilman Carl Mumpower called a ìfloodî of illegal immigration. Among the measures passed was a directive to Police Chief Bill Hogan to report on July 24 abo...

• In spite of appeal, Weaverville grants developer a review

  Created: Tuesday, 17 July 2007 19:36

  By JIM GENARO WEAVERVILLE ó Despite an ongoing legal battle, the Weaverville Town Council voted unanimously last Monday night to allow a developer to begin the process toward a possible rezoning of a controversial property. Weaverville Partne...

• Police Blotter: July 18, 2007

  Created: Tuesday, 17 July 2007 19:25

  Man faces multiple charges following shooting incident Police arrested Terrance Lamont Gates Jr., 20, on numerous charges last Saturday, including intent to kill, following a weekend shooting rampage. Gates, a resident of Hibernia Street, was...

• City Council tightens regulations on steep-slope developments

  Created: Tuesday, 17 July 2007 19:16

  From Staff Reports Asheville City Council on July 10 passed a set of building restrictions intended to tighten the cityís existing steep-slope development rules. The new rules, which were passed 5-2, are intended to prevent landslides, avoi...

• Incorporation plans stalled in Leicester

  Created: Tuesday, 17 July 2007 19:14

  LEICESTER ó The deadline for Leicester to be incorporated as a town has passed for this year. State Rep. Susan Fisher, D-Buncombe, recently told incorporation advocates that the time for a state commission to send a recommendation to the N.C. General ...

• Application for plant in Weaverville pulled

  Created: Tuesday, 17 July 2007 19:14

  WEAVERVILLE ó A proposal to build a concrete plant in the Flat Creek area was stalled July 11 when officials with the Buncombe County Board of Adjustment pulled the permit application, saying it was incomplete. Asheville Concrete can still reapply...

• County sale of Pack Square land criticized by conservancy board

  Created: Tuesday, 17 July 2007 19:13

  The board of the nonprofit group overseeing the renovation of Pack Square has asked its attorneys to investigate whether the sale of a piece of the park by Buncombe County was illegal. The move by the board of the Pack Square Conservancy came in re...

• Backup catcher hits for cycle to lead Tourists to victory

  Created: Tuesday, 17 July 2007 19:09

  Backup catcher Jhaysson Agustin hit for the cycle to lead the Asheville Tourists over the Greenville Drive 11-5 in front of 2,817 fans at McCormick Field last Sunday afternoon. Agustin, who finished 4-for-4 with four RBIs, smashed a two-run homer i...

• Tourists third baseman goes hitless in U.S. defeat

  Created: Tuesday, 17 July 2007 19:07

  SAN FRANCISCO ó Ian Stewart, a former third baseman for the Asheville Tourists, started for the United States team as the designated hitter in a 7-2 loss to the World team in the All-Star Futures game on July 8. Stewart, who went hitless in four a...

• UNCA standout named to baseball all-star team

  Created: Tuesday, 17 July 2007 19:06

  Kevin Mattison, an outfielder for the UNC Asheville baseball team, was† named to the Coastal Plains League All-Star team last Wednesday. Mattison, who is from Kernersville, will be one of 24 players on the national team that was to play in the al...

• After heated debate, Asheville City Council rejects voter referendum

  Created: Tuesday, 17 July 2007 19:00

  From Staff Reports The ongoing fight over Ashevilleís recent switch to partisan elections flared up July 10 as City Council debated and rejected the possibility of calling for a referendum on the matter. After a heated debate, council voted 4...