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Asheville starts open-data nominations

NEWS

David Forbes | 11/19/2012

Does the city of Asheville have some information you'd like to see made available to the public? Let them know, as they're now taking nominations on the city's open-data catalog.

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More information emerges about APD evidence room situation

NEWS

David Forbes | 08/06/2012

More information has emerged about the oversight of the APD evidence room and what might be required to solve its current disarray. Also: Mayor Terry Bellamy has not replied to questions about when she became aware of a contract clause mandating that the city receive a redacted copy of the evidence room audit.

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Is Asheville's government transparent?

STAFF BLOGS

David Forbes | 03/16/2012

Readers, we'd like to know your experience with local government transparency, especially with regards to open records.

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URTV attorney explains call for special meeting to remove board member

David Forbes | 04/06/2009

A petition presented by URTV producer Dale Joyner calling for the removal of outspoken board member Davyne Dial at the last meeting of the public-access channel's board of directors constituted a call for a special meeting of the channel's membership, URTV attorney Scott Dillin asserted in an e-mail today.

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URTV to hold special meeting on board member's dismissal

David Forbes | 04/02/2009

URTV will hold a special meeting of the public access channel's membership on April 29 to vote on the dismissal of Davyne Dial, a member of the station's Board of Directors who has been outspoken in her criticism of management.

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URTV board meets, addresses controversies, station operations

David Forbes | 03/20/2009

Outspoken URTV board members Davyne Dial and Richard Bernier kept their seats — for now — despite a recommendation from the public-access channel's executive committee that they be dismissed. The board also voted to increase the number of annual meetings and scrap a controversial oath.

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Help Xpress report on the URTV board meeting

David Forbes | 03/18/2009

Thursday's meeting of the URTV board will deal with a number of controversial issues, and Xpress is inviting attendees to assist our reporting on the events by joining in on the MXNow Twitter feed.

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Into the vault

Jon Elliston | 03/11/2009

A Sunshine Week selection of hot documents from The Xpress Files

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Whose TV?

David Forbes | 02/25/2009

Embattled public-access channel faces uncertain future

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County says it can't contact URTV executive director, may delay funds

David Forbes | 02/18/2009

URTV Executive Director Pat Garlinghouse has not answered calls from county staff trying to contact her about ongoing transparency controversies at the public-access channel, and Buncombe County may delay funding for the station, County Manager Wanda Greene said at the Board of Commissioners meeting tonight.

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N.C. Division of Water Quality website gets new feature that can access 2.5 million public records

Caitlin Byrd | 03/05/2013

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