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• Asheville man finishes 1st in weekend ski competition

  Created: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 14:42

  on the first-place prize of $500 in the slope-style ski competition that drew 22 competitors last weekend at the new terrain park, Park Place, at Wolf Ridge Ski Resort, formerly Wolf Laurel.Finishing second and winning $250 was Seth McCurrey of Asheville....

• Bulldogs bag Bucaneers; thwart late rally 53-40

  Created: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 14:41

   Despite a furious second-half comeback effort by Charleston Southern, UNC Asheville held on for a 53-40 victory in menës basketball last Saturday afternoon at the Justice Center.Leading 30-17 at halftime, UNCA (7-14, 3-4) made only seven field goal...

• Asheville moves forward on proposed land sale in East Riverside

  Created: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 14:38

  By David ForbesA deal to sell 10 acres of city property in East Riverside moved forward on Jan. 23, when Asheville City Council voted 6-0 to approve a final public hearing for the matter.If approved, the property would be sold to Mountain Housing Opportun...

• ǃÚPanës Labyrinthë works overall, despite its gratuitous violence

  Created: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 14:36

  By JIM GENAROAs any fan of the Brothers Grimm knows, macabre fairy tales are nothing new. The whitewashed fables that many of us grew up on, with their happy endings and sanitized violence, are a fairly modern invention ÇƒÓ classic fairy tales often ha...

• Despite flaws, Internet has value

  Created: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 14:34

  A new study conducted by the University of Southern California reveals, among other things, that 21 percent of American parents think their children are online too much, as compared to 49 percent who complain that their children watch too much TV.The diss...

• Hispanic panic? Pizzas-for-pesos flap proves revealing

  Created: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 14:33

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• Obamaës black problem No. 1: jealousy from the old guard

  Created: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 14:31

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• Letters to the Editor: January 31, 2007

  Created: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 14:29

  Athiest disputes argumentsmade in spirituality columnI am writing in response to those like Dr. Marc Mullinax who want to cling to their childish beliefs in the supernatural. As a nonbeliever in the supernatural, I would like to point out several facts.At...

• It is time for America to join civilized world in field of health care

  Created: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 14:26

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• Globalization of trade hurts the worldës poor

  Created: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 14:25

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• ǃÚCopper Crownë suffers from absurd plot, muddled writing

  Created: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 14:23

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• Advice Goddess: Save the politics, not the whales

  Created: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 14:19

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• Desireës territory is the map of our vulnerabilities

  Created: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 14:18

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• City passes measure to fight drugs in public housing

  Created: Tuesday, 23 January 2007 17:06

  By DAVID FORBESThe city is developing a comprehensive plan to fight illegal drug sales in public housing, as Asheville City Council voted 5-2 in support of developing such a plan on Jan. 16.The resolution included a call for easing the economic plight of ...

• Swinging downtown

  Created: Tuesday, 23 January 2007 17:03

  Entertaining passersby, lunchgoers and surrounding businesses, musicians Jerome Widenhouse (on trumpet), Henry Westmoreland (on tuba) and Mike Gray (on drums) play a variety of music, mostly swing tunes, in front of the Flat Iron sculpture in downtown Ash...

• Weaverville passes annexation request for shopping center

  Created: Tuesday, 23 January 2007 17:00

  By DAVID FORBESWEAVERVILLE ÇƒÓ Weaverville Town Council on Monday night unanimously approved the voluntary annexation of 86 acres at the proposed site of  the controversial Northridge Commons retail development project, which officials expect to b...

• Buncombe OKs new power plant despite opposition

  Created: Tuesday, 23 January 2007 16:57

  By COBY MANGUMDespite objections from many residents, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners voted Jan. 16 to lease 79 acres of county-owned property near Woodfin to an energy company that plans to build a $72 million power plant that will service the...

• Woodfin OKs town home development at former trailer park site

  Created: Tuesday, 23 January 2007 16:55

  By JIM GENAROWOODFIN ÇƒÓ What was once a trailer park along the French Broad River may soon be a community of luxury town homes, following the unanimous approval by the Town of Woodfinës Board of Aldermen on Jan 16 of a proposed development on Riversi...

• Police Blotter: January 24, 2007

  Created: Tuesday, 23 January 2007 16:53

  UNCA police make arrestfor drunk driving, fleeingAn Asheville man arrested early last Thursday for reportedly driving while intoxicated on the UNC Asheville campus and then fleeing from UNCA police now faces multiple charges. Officer Brandon Hunnicutt fir...

• UNCA ends losing streak with 77-67 win at Radford

  Created: Tuesday, 23 January 2007 16:49

  RADFORD, Va. ÇƒÓ UNC Asheville ended a three-game losing streak with a 77-67 win over Radford in Big South Conference menës basketball last Thursday night.Three players for UNCA (6-13, 2-3) scored in double figures, led by sophomore Reid Augst, who ti...