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• Weaverville development draws fire from residents

  Created: Monday, 26 December 2005 06:15

  By DAVID FORBESWEAVERVILLE ?? Controversy continues to swirl over a more than 85-acre development passed 4-1 by the Weaverville Town Council last month, as several residents raised complaints in the public comment portion of council??s meeting last Monday...

• Residents speak out against new Wal-Mart store

  Created: Friday, 23 December 2005 07:38

  Bryan Freeborn is sworn in as a member of Asheville City Council following his appointment on a 4-2 vote on a Bible held by his daughter Wild, while his wife Bridget and son Emmett observe.By STEPHANIE THOMAS     Four of the seven prop...

• Brad Norman: There's magic in those mountains: ASU's long road to Chattanooga

  Created: Friday, 16 December 2005 01:35

  Brad NormanBOONE ?? There??s something magical happening in the hidden mountains of North Carolina.And while most unbelievable sports stories unfold in large cities with big colleges, the Division I-AA program at Appalachian State University has capt...

• Outside hitter Unlu snags UNCA's 1st All-East honors

  Created: Thursday, 15 December 2005 10:10

  UNC Asheville outside hitter Elif Unlu was named last week to the All-East Region team, the first volleyball player in UNCA??s history to earn such an honor, by the American Volleyball Coaches Association.Unlu led the Bulldogs to 25-7 overall and ended se...

• UNCA takes down Furman 79-65 with second-half run

  Created: Thursday, 15 December 2005 10:09

  UNC Asheville placed four players in double figures as the Bulldogs picked up their first victory of the season by roaring past Furman, 79-65.Asheville (1-4) was led by senior guard Omar Collington, who scored a career-high 21 points, 18 of which in the s...

• Asheville High's football team wins 1st N.C. title since '22

  Created: Thursday, 15 December 2005 10:06

  DURHAM ?? Asheville High triumphed over Western Alamance 13-10 last Saturday at Wallace Wade to take its first state football championship since 1922A game-clinching interception by quarterback Crezdon Butler with 2:44 left on the clock secured the win fo...

• Janese Johnson: This holiday season, let's give ourselves a rest from stress

  Created: Thursday, 15 December 2005 08:01

  Janese JohnsonWith the holidays upon us, I have noticed that the pace everyone is going has been notched up a few times, and most people are moving faster than the pre-holidays pace. I think that it is very important for us to remember the true meaning of...

• Marc Mullinax: Like conservatives, liberals should own up to weaknesses

  Created: Thursday, 15 December 2005 07:45

  "It??s all good.?∆Marc Mullinax?? Asheville bumper sticker?ÿMARS HILL ?? We turn this week to liberalism, but first an announcement: During 2006, I would like to be invited to your place of worship (whatever religion or denomination). Then, I will...

• Eastern Europe's culture still entices Westerners, author says

  Created: Thursday, 15 December 2005 07:40

  By DAVID FORBES Elizabeth Kostova SWANNANOA ?? Despite bloody ethnic civil wars and decades under repressive regimes, the people of Eastern Europe continue to keep up ancient traditions and a connection with the land ?? a mystique that...

• Mayor touts new direction; Freeborn appointed

  Created: Wednesday, 14 December 2005 01:31

  By DAVID FORBESBryan Freeborn is sworn in as a member of Asheville City Council following his appointment on a 4-2 vote on a Bible held by his daughter Wild, while his wife Bridget and son Emmett observe.In its first actions, Asheville??s new City Counc...

• By saying 'God is Dead,' Nietzsche aimed to upset status quo, prof says

  Created: Wednesday, 14 December 2005 01:20

  "Question every single value constantly.?∆?? Friedrich Nietzsche?ÿBy JOHN NORTHHENDERSONVILLE ?? German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche??s assertion that ?®God is dead?∆ was intended to ?®rattle the cages?∆ of 19th century Lutherans, ...

• County OKs proposal to update its land plan

  Created: Wednesday, 14 December 2005 01:09

  By STEPHANIE THOMASThe Buncombe County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 6 unanimously agreed to hire a professional planning service that will update the county??s land use plan, incorporating recent changes to state laws that are not included in the orig...

• Asheville opens first natural gas station; January startup set

  Created: Friday, 09 December 2005 08:55

  Asheville Fleet Manager Chris Dobbins (center) fills up a Honda Civic GX with compressed natural gas at the opening ceremony last Wednesday.By DAVID FORBESWith the opening of Asheville??s first compressed natural gas station last Wednesday, residents may ...

• Mural ticket stirs debate over Freeborn's appointment

  Created: Friday, 09 December 2005 08:44

  By DAVID FORBESA ticket arising from an unauthorized street mural that remained unpaid for over a year has become an issue in the possible appointment of Bryan Freeborn to Asheville City Council.Freeborn, who finished fourth in the Nov. 8 general election...

• Drug panel launches rewards program aimed at high-level dealers

  Created: Friday, 09 December 2005 08:35

  Police Chief Bill Hogan unveils one of the new posters to be used in the drug commission's reward program while Vice Mayor Carl Mumpower speaks.Officials of the Asheville-Buncombe Drug Commission announced last Friday that it will offer rewards for the ...

• Daily Planet's Opinion: Public discourse cannot be allowed to crumble

  Created: Friday, 09 December 2005 08:27

  On the morning of Nov. 28, a basketball-sized chunk of marble crumbled and fell off the U.S. Supreme Court building, tumbling onto the steps below.The incident is appropriate, considering the current level of public discourse in this country, which is lik...

• John North: 'Good Night' film shows TV 'news' at its best

  Created: Friday, 09 December 2005 08:24

  John NorthEditor & PublisherAmong my colleagues in the news business, our television brethren and their newscasts generally are regarded as lightweights, inasmuch as they and their medium so often pander to mindless escapism and sensationalism (?®If ...

• Letters to the Editor: Latinos still grapple with dehumanization

  Created: Friday, 09 December 2005 08:17

  Our society evidently has its own built-in machinery to degrade itself ?? ?®getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.?∆ But it entirely depends on our cooperation.The process of dehumanization is a complicated one, but now we have some ingredients...

• Matt Mittan: Is UNCA 'too white?" Definition of 'diversity' raises questions

  Created: Friday, 09 December 2005 08:08

  Matt MittanHow do you define diversity? Let me restate that question... How do you measure diversity?Some at UNC Asheville are currently feeling troubled over what they see as a lack of diversity at the school. That??s why they??ve created ?®The New Di...

• Mark West: Thanksgiving: It's really about family...isn't it?

  Created: Friday, 09 December 2005 06:41

  Mark WestThanksgiving is my favorite holiday, more or less by default. Christmas has become a garish nightmare of consumerism, with occasional nods of the head towards religion, in its most cartoonish and mawkish guises, and any sensible person run...