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• Police Blotter for September 13, 2006

  Created: Tuesday, 12 September 2006 19:14

  Bear tumbles, closes road;recovers, flees to freedomFAIRVIEW ÇƒÓ For more than an hour, a young black bear caused the closure of one lane of the five-lane U.S. 74-A near Ingles supermarket about 6 p.m. Sept. 5.The 75-pound male bear reportedly tumbled ...

• Sports Briefs September 13, 2006

  Created: Tuesday, 12 September 2006 19:12

  MHC stomps Brevard 55-0; adds sting with late scoreBREVARD ÇƒÏ Mars Hill College annihilated Brevard College 55-0 in football in front of 3,814 fans at Brevard High stadium last Saturday.MHC (2-0) added extra sting to its relentless whipping of hapless...

• Influence of money on NFL gives good reason to view college games

  Created: Tuesday, 12 September 2006 19:07

  Erik RhyneBOONE ÇƒÓ We are in the beginning of some of the most exciting months in sports; itës football season. Your weekend is filled with college fo...

• Treviës may be purchased as workers seek recourse

  Created: Tuesday, 12 September 2006 19:05

  Trevi Restaurant & Gourmet Market employees left jobless after the business closed may be back at work soon ÇƒÓ at Treviës.A silent auction is being conducted to sell the restaurant, according to Dale Wolfe, president of the businessës parent com...

• Advice: Power may be the ultimate aphrodisiac for men, but not for women

  Created: Tuesday, 12 September 2006 19:04

  The Advice GoddessAmy AlkonIëd like to be in a relationship again, but I never even get asked out (unless you count frisky 85-year-olds and drun...

• Performance of ǃÚFridayës Fatherë showcases value of storytelling

  Created: Tuesday, 12 September 2006 19:02

  Meg HaleIn yet another sensational installment of the "A Telling Experience" storytelling productions of North Carolina Stage Companyës Catalyst Series, "Fridayës Father" pro...

• Moog continues to benefit area

  Created: Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:59

  One year after his death, Bob Moog, the inventor of the revolutionary Moog synthesizer, continues to help the area.Moogës family and friends announced recently that they are founding the Bob Moog Memorial Foundation, which officially debuted Aug. 21 at...

• ǃÚWho Killed the Electric Car?ë film sizzles

  Created: Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:57

  John NorthEditor & Publisher"Who Killed the Electric Car?" is a roller-coaster whodunit film of an alleged product murder scheme that races at a breakneck pace to the finish line with a predictab...

• Devastated Gulf Coast region deserves ǃÚsacredë distincton

  Created: Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:55

  Roland MartinCHICAGO ÇƒÓ The events of Sept. 11, 2001 were no doubt traumatic to nearly all of America.The unbelievable sight of seeing the World...

• Letters to the Editor - September 13, 2006

  Created: Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:53

  Islamic terrorists, Americanot morally comparableIn Professor Bill Walzës attempt (Aug. 16 Daily Planet) to blame the West for the current conflict he goes back only to the end of WWI, since when, he says, "the West has dealt arrogantly and selfishly wit...

• Whatever happened to idealism in America?

  Created: Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:50

  Bill WalzI have many serious concerns about the state of American culture and politics, but arching over all, I think I am the most concerned that I hear and see so little about idealism in American political discourse. Among ou...

• Blunders of Rove, Bush in Iraq reveal lack of true leadership

  Created: Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:47

  Mark WestGeorge W. Bush, having lost any possibility of being a popular president in his own time, has taken to appealing to the court of history for the final verdict on his administration and its policies. Sadly, the rhetori...

• Grateful Dead bassistës book shines light on good, bad

  Created: Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:44

  Jeremy MorrisonFor the initiated, this book is akin to reading family history. For someone who has never melted into the cheap seats to the melodic thumping of a low E, itës probably way more information than they wanted to k...

• A gap exists between peace activism, angry opposition to war

  Created: Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:41

  Janese JohnsonOne of the many great things about Asheville ÇƒÏ besides the wonderful mountains, people and great music ÇƒÏ is that it draws numer...

• Life above grave must include an awareness of death

  Created: Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:39

  Marc Mullinax"I am not urging you to prepare for the next life, but to use well this, the only life that is given you, in order to face, when i...

• Muddy mess

  Created: Tuesday, 05 September 2006 18:31

  This Aug. 20 photograph shows erosion damage on the south slope of the Richmond Hill construction site. The city received a citation on Aug. 23 from the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources for numerous violations regarding  sediment-...

• Arts council seeks larger role in cityës development

  Created: Tuesday, 05 September 2006 18:26

  By JEREMY MORRISONAbout 50 members of Ashevilleës art community gathered at the YMI Cultural Center Aug. 31 to participate in an open forum in an effort to find their niche within the HUB Project ÇƒÓ an overall economic development plan for the area. ...

• City rolls out carpet to host two Big South basketball tourneys

  Created: Tuesday, 05 September 2006 18:24

  By DAVID FORBESAsheville will host the next two Big South Womenës Basketball Championship tournaments, officials from the college sports conference announced last Wednesday at the Asheville Chamber of Commerce.The conference, which includes 13 colleges a...

• Air quality improves, but still a ways to go, TVA specialist says

  Created: Tuesday, 05 September 2006 18:22

  By JEREMY MORRISONA representative from the Tennessee Valley Authority spoke Aug. 28 in Asheville about the reduction of power-plant pollutants."The story is, air quality is improving," said John Myers, air program manager with TVA. "Weëve probably not s...

• 6 officers added at youth prison; two attacked; inmate charged

  Created: Tuesday, 05 September 2006 18:19

  SWANNANOA ÇƒÓ Hours after two staff members were attacked and taken to the emergency room, six officers were asked to resume duty at the Swannanoa Valley Youth Development Center last Wednesday, expanding the total force to seven officers.Whatës more,...