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• Police Blotter: February 7, 2007

  Created: Tuesday, 06 February 2007 15:36

  Woman in critical conditionafter high speed car chaseBLACK MOUNTAIN ÇƒÓ A woman remains in critical condition at Mission Hospitals following a car crash while being chased by Black Mountain police last Friday night.Police were asked to assist the State...

• Theologian answers questions on social activism within churches

  Created: Tuesday, 06 February 2007 15:33

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• Flames incinerate Bulldogs 80-65; withstand late rallies

  Created: Tuesday, 06 February 2007 15:29

  LYNCHBURG, Va. ÇƒÓ Liberty University grabbed an early lead and withstood some second-half rallies by UNC Asheville to win 80-65 in Big South Conference menës basketball on Jan. 30 at the Vines Center.UNCA (7-15, 3-5) was led by junior guard K.J. Garl...

• Winthrop rips UNCA 88-69; Eagles fans taunt Bulldogs

  Created: Tuesday, 06 February 2007 15:29

  Winthrop University walloped UNC Asheville 88-69 last Saturday at the Justice Center en route to its 15th consecutive regular-season victory over the Bulldogs in menës basketball.As Winthrop scored virtually at will in the Big South Conference matchup te...

• Despite many flaws, ǃÚVolverë proves unpredictable, creative

  Created: Tuesday, 06 February 2007 15:21

  By ANNA LEEPedro Almodovarës new film "Volver" is bizarre ¨?ÇƒÓ complete with incest, adultery, murder and family forgiveness.Some weird, funny foreign films are good. Remember "Amelie?"  That was a delightful movie.Unfortunately, "Volver" i...

• Make Bele Chere Festival local

  Created: Tuesday, 06 February 2007 15:18

  Anyone who has lived in Asheville for at least one summer is well aware of the monstrosity that occupies our city for one long weekend in July: Bele Chere.Billed as the "largest outdoor festival in the Southeast" (a designation that apparently presumes Ne...

• Wanted: An Arab-Muslim M.L. King (or Gandhi)

  Created: Tuesday, 06 February 2007 15:17

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• Despite critics, Obama rates as true African-American

  Created: Tuesday, 06 February 2007 15:14

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• Letters: Feb. 7, 2007

  Created: Tuesday, 06 February 2007 15:11

  Ringling Bros. taken to task over treatment of animalsRingling Bros. will soon be in Greenville,  S.C., and they are already advertising on our local airwaves.  They are calling this yearës show the "All New Red Tour."  Donët be fooled; i...

• ǃÚPowersë nails brutal, seedy side of comic heroes

  Created: Tuesday, 06 February 2007 15:07

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• Advice Goddess: Avoid five oëclock eyeshadow

  Created: Tuesday, 06 February 2007 14:58

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• Intuition can be used in our everyday lives

  Created: Tuesday, 06 February 2007 14:51

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• Human nature is forged between Heaven, earth

  Created: Tuesday, 06 February 2007 14:49

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• Impact of corporate chains discussed by author

  Created: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 14:59

  By JIM GENAROThough the growth of "big box" corporate chain stores over the past 20 years has devastated smaller, independent retailers, there is some indication that the tide is starting to turn, according to writer and activist Stacy Mitchell. The autho...

• Dancing at the Fringe

  Created: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 14:57

  Dancers with World Spirit Luna, a Baraka Mundi student belly dance troupe, perform in the Asheville Fringe Festival last Saturday night at the Future of Traditions in the River Arts District. From left are Rowena Link, Trysh Clow, Jessica Treadway and Sha...

• China is a rising world power, scholars tell forum

  Created: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 14:53

  By JIM GENAROChina is an ascending world power whose rapid development and rising political and economic influence has far-reaching consequences for the United States and the world at large, according to Dr. Steven Levine and Dr. Sarah-Ann Smith. The two ...

• City pledges $120k to move residents of housing project

  Created: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 14:51

  By DAVID FORBESAfter hearing pleas from residents of McCormick Heights, Asheville City Council voted 5-1 on Jan. 23 to approve aid of up to $120,000 to help the residents move, even though a deal for the city to buy the complex from its current owners has...

• Police Blotter: January 31, 2007

  Created: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 14:49

  Body of 48-year-old mandiscovered under bridgeThe body of a homeless man was discovered under the Smokey Park Bridge, near Roberts Street, last Sunday.The body of James Lovin, 48, was found by a walker picking up aluminum cans on a state-owned property ad...

• Questions about threat of China addressed at world affairs forum

  Created: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 14:45

  By Jim GenaroAfter outlining some of the political and economic factors of Chinaës ascendancy as a world power at UNC Ashevilleës Reuter Center on Jan. 18, Dr. Steven Levine and Dr. Sarah-Ann Smith answered questions about what Chinaës growth means for...

• Developer steps out of Black Mtn. project

  Created: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 14:43

  BLACK MOUNTAIN ÇƒÓ A plan to redevelop a 2.5-acre section of downtown Black Mountain along State Street has been taken off the table after the firm that had been planning the development announced last week that it was withdrawing from the project.Citi...