News

Re-energizing Asheville

Rebecca Bowe

Buncombe Commish: the Democrats

Jones, Bailey top vote-getters; incumbents Peterson and Stanley clear the bar

Brian Postelle

Mumpower’s the word

Republican will challenge Shuler in congressional race

Hal L. Millard and Lisa Gillespie | 3 Comments

Buncombe Commish: the Republicans

Dunn has strong lead; GOP voter numbers remain low

Kent Priestley

Fall of the gambling lords

Video-poker machine owners and operators dominate second week of Medford trial testimony

David Forbes and Jason Sandford

Painting by the numbers

Statewide primary races yield big results

Nelda Holder

Results for statewide primary contests

Nelda Holder

The Green Scene

The life of your laptop

Rebecca Bowe

Arts & Entertainment

Let’s get physical

The lowdown on headbands, short-shorts and get-fit-quick schemes

Alli Marshall

Hail to the chiefs

The Presidents of the United States of America still wonder about their own strange brand of success

Jason Bugg

Magically delicious

Local author Sarah Addison Allen returns

Alli Marshall

All the clutter is gone

The Galen Kipar Project explores greater depth with simpler tools

David Cole

Seeing the forest for the frieze

Multimedia exhibit rethinks landscape art

Connie Bostic

Smart Bets

Your guide to what's happening in music, theater and the arts in Asheville and Western North Carolina

Xpress staff

Top Drawer: Fashion news and views

Brown-bag upgrade

Alli Marshall

Opinion / Letters

Libraries have to change with the times

Ambitious plans afoot for Pack Memorial Library

Commentary by Ed Sheary | 1 Comment

Backyard dogs need up-front attention

Letter by Lisa G. Leming

Watching the pot

Letter by Parrish Rhodes | 1 Comment

Looking again for WMDs

Letter by Kevin Roeten | 1 Comment

Fairway warning?

Letter by Francois Manavit | 3 Comments

Campaign fruit has ripened

Letter by Chris Busby | 24 Comments

Features

Outdoor Journal

Kent Priestley

History on the water

John Bowers | 1 Comment

The Dirt: The Corn Diaries, part 1

Dreaming of corn

Margaret Williams

Garden Journal

Kent Priestley

Edgy Mama

Anne Fitten Glenn

Asheville Disclaimer: 05/14

• Local man’s sexual experimentation
• Cool New Superpowers
• Ways to stimulate the economy
• News Briefs


Border Fence Battle | Molton

Obama’s Travels | Molton

Food & Drink

No rules, just (what feels) right

Contemporary serving etiquette is an exercise in fusion

Melanie M. Bianchi

Small Bites

Asheville-area food and restaurant news

Hanna Rachel Raskin

Movies

Mountaintop Removal

Ken Hanke

Redbelt

Ken Hanke

Salo or the 120 Days of Sodom

Ken Hanke | 13 Comments

Speed Racer

Ken Hanke | 4 Comments

The Black Room

Ken Hanke | 5 Comments

The Gang’s All Here

Ken Hanke

What Happens in Vegas …

Justin Souther | 6 Comments

NEWS
David Forbes | 23 hours, 41 minutes ago

At a press conference this afternoon, Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan reacted to the conviction yesterday of his predecessor, Bobby Medford, on federal corruption charges, asserting his office has changed and is focused on the future.


NEWS
Brian Postelle | 23 hours, 47 minutes ago

We don’t know what day you are reading this, but as we write it, it is Friday.


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A&E
Ken Hanke | 1 day, 5 hours ago

Each and every one of the films in question have indeed shaken a finger at the viewer — and they’ve done so without any distancing. It’s one thing to suggest that we as a people might have bungled something in the past, or that we were somehow not as attentive or aware as we might have been. It’s another thing to lecture the viewer that they’re doing the same right now.


NEWS
Jason Sandford | 1 day, 23 hours ago

It will only cost you a quarter to ride the bus on Friday, the last day of this year’s Strive Not to Drive effort to encourage people to stash their cars, trucks and SUVs and find alternate modes of transportation.


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NEWS
Rebecca Bowe | 1 day, 23 hours ago

Through a partnership with the city of Asheville and Buncombe County, a waterline will be extended to serve south Asheville residents whose wells tested positive for trichloroethylene.


A&E
Alli Marshall | 2 days, 4 hours ago

Gari Carter’s Troubled State and D.C. Force’s Family both draw from inherited history.


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NEWS
Jon Elliston | 2 days, 4 hours ago

Government documents offer details about controversial condominium proposal next to City/County Plaza


A&E
Alli Marshall | 2 days, 4 hours ago

Atlanta-based author Joshilyn Jackson comes to Asheville to read and discuss her newest novel.


A&E
Alli Marshall | 2 days, 5 hours ago

Each week Xpress reporter Alli Marshall and WOXL DJ Pat Ryan team up to bring you their entertainment suggestions.


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NEWS
David Forbes | 2 days, 5 hours ago

Former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford and former reserve Capt. Guy Penland were found guilty on all counts in their federal corruption trial this morning.


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NEWS
Brian Postelle | 2 days, 6 hours ago

After seven hours of testimony, public comment and deliberation Wednesday night, the Buncombe County Board of Adjustment voted unanimously to deny a conditional-use permit for a concrete plant proposed for north Buncombe County.


NEWS
David Forbes | 2 days, 21 hours ago

Defense attorneys for former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford and former reserve Capt. Guy Penland finished up their closing arguments today. Prosecutors shot back—and a verdict is expected tomorrow.


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NEWS
Kent Priestley | 2 days, 23 hours ago

The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office has released its 2007 report.


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NEWS
Nelda Holder | 3 days ago

Jackson County teacher Doug Ward explains his refusal to give a sure-to-fail student the required end-of-grade test.


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