The economy may not be as shaky as it was, but many people are still struggling, and rising gas and food prices are affecting everybody’s budget. In Asheville, as elsewhere, there's a sense of uncertainty about just what the economic future might hold. “Supposedly we’re not in a recession,” UNCA economics professor Joe Sulock told […]
On recommendations from staff, Asheville City Council’s Finance Committee decided earlier today not to renew its contract with URTV, and to put out a request for another entity to take over its public access role.
Administrative Services Director Lauren Bradley presents city staff’s recommendations on URTV. Photo by Jerry Nelson.
Comics writer Gail Simone (Birds of Prey, Secret Six) was the guest of honor at this year’s Fanaticon2 convention. She talked with Xpress about creating three-dimensional superheroes, the value of female characters and a possible move to Asheville.
Simone, seen here with an enthusiastic Fanaticon attendee. Photo by Mary Bynum.
The city of Asheville begins an inventory today of equipment at the public access channel URTV, currently in the midst of a dispute with Buncombe County over funds, and Lauren Bradley, the city’s administrative services director, tells Xpress that the channel will go dark in one to two weeks as equipment is removed. She adds that staff are not recommending a renewal of the center’s contract with the city.
The Asheville Police Department has released a composite sketch of a man who allegedly impersonated a police officer in a May 8 incident on Long Shoals Road.
As part of the $52,100 settlement of sexual harassment lawsuit by former Asheville Police Department officer Cherie Byrd against the city of Asheville and her former superior Eric Lauffer, the city received back all of the documents it provided to Byrd, according to records obtained by Xpress. The documents also reveal other details about the settlement.
These documents from the city of Asheville, including a summary of the April 12 closed session, an April 1 legal memo and a Dec. 14, 2010 legal update, reveal deliberations behind the settlement of a sexual harassment case by a former APD officer against her then-superior and the city of Asheville. The city settled the […]
Asheville City Council May10, 2011 meeting Living wage required on some city contracts Council bumps up recycling fee A Kenilworth rezoning proposed by city planning staff proved to be a microcosm of Asheville’s complex zoning issues. Frustration and contention were the order of the day when the proposed rezoning of the Kenilworth Inn and some […]
This year’s contest for Buncombe County Democratic Party chair attracted much more attention than usual, with various candidates jumping in and bowing out of the race. In the end, however, Asheville attorney (and local party activist) Emmet Carney emerged as the unanimous choice, selected by acclamation at the party's April 9 convention. And though the […]
After complaints about a sniper training exercise held Monday, May 16, in Pack Square Park, the Asheville Police Department will move remaining training to the APD firing range or the “secluded and empty” former Volvo plant.
The Asheville Police Departments arrested Jack Meredith Martin, 71, of Arden, this morning as the suspected gunman in the May 6 Country Inn robbery.
Photo from Asheville Police Department
On the heels of Bill Hogan’s abrupt retirement, Asheville has named Capt. Wade Wood, a veteran department administrator, as interim police chief. The city announced Wood’s appointment May 5. In an April 18 announcement, it was revealed that Hogan would be stepping down, effective May 13. “After 36 years in law enforcement, I am looking […]
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At its meeting tomorrow night, Asheville City Council will take up a rezoning in Kenilworth in the area of the rejected Caledonia Apartments project and a possible increase in recycling fees. Also, the annual city budget finally wends its way to a public hearing.
The first year was a tie, the second year a duel. At the end of voting last night, however, there was no doubt: Asheville retained its title in the annual Beer City USA poll by a wide margin, starting with a commanding lead and never relinquishing it. Barley’s Taproom will host a victory toast at 6 p.m. this evening.
The Asheville Police Department is looking for a man who held the manager of the Country Inn and Suites on Brevard Road at gunpoint yesterday. Police believe the suspect was attempting to rob guests’ rooms. This photo of the man — white, in his 60s — was taken by a surveillance camera.
Photo from Asheville Police Department
Republican state Rep. Tim Moffitt has filed legislation that would seize Asheville’s water system, turning control over to the Metropolitan Sewerage District. Asheville City Council member Bill Russell, who also sits on the MSD board, said Moffitt didn’t inform either body before proposing the legislation.
Asheville Police Department Capt. Wade Wood will take over as interim police chief May 12, the city of Asheville announced today. Wood will replace Chief Bill Hogan, who announced his retirement last month amid controversy about the handling of the evidence room and the settlement of a sexual harassment suit against the department.
Photo from the city of Asheville
Asheville City Council April 26, 2011 meeting No tax increase in proposed $132 million budget Weirbridge Village tax exemption approved Leicester incorporation narrowly endorsed It began with the airport — specifically, with proposed state legislation that would take the Asheville Regional Airport away from the city without compensation. The bill also calls for beefing up […]
With the incumbents still undecided on running for another term, four candidates — local engineer Mark Cates, Haw Creek Community Association President Chris Pelly, Timothy Sadler of RelyLocalAsheville and Greenway Commission Chair Marc Hunt — have so far emerged in this year’s race for Asheville City Council.
At their April 26 meeting, Asheville City Council members discussed state legislative action that could “seize a city’s real estate” — in this case, the Asheville Regional Airport. Council also received the the city budget and approved incentives for a south Asheville apartment complex.
