Dozens of people from eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina have signed a petition asking the federal government to go easy on legendary mountain moonshiner Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton, who was caught earlier this year with hundreds of gallons of untaxed whiskey.
A Buncombe County audit of the Pack Square Conservancy’s books found that internal financial controls are adequate but that the nonprofit overseeing the massive renovation of Asheville’s signature park is operating on a $20 million budget that hasn’t been approved by county commissioners.
An October audit by a Buncombe County auditor of the Pack Square Conservancy’s books found that internal financial controls are adequate, but that the non-profit overseeing the massive renovation of Asheville’s signature park is operating on a $20 million budget that hasn’t been approved by Buncombe County commissioners. County commissioners and Asheville City Council created […]
Here’s a little different sneak preview of Wednesday’s edition of the Mountain Xpress.
The Asheville Film Festival announced the winners of its AFFY awards on Saturday night in categories that ranged from short films and documentaries to student-made movies and features.
This document is the formal protest filed by Ben “Chip” Craig with the Buncombe County Board of Elections on Nov. 7, 2008. In his protest, Craig asks that he be declared the winner of the election to represent the Owen school district on the Buncombe County Board of Education. Craig garnered 14,417 votes in the […]
What happens when you get elected to a job you said you didn’t want? If you’re Mark Crawford, you take it anyway. But that decision doesn’t sit well with Crawford’s opponent, Ben “Chip” Craig, who filed a formal election protest Friday.
Buncombe County’s election returns were slow to be published to the Web Tuesday night, but despite the technical slow-down, local elections officials say everything went swimmingly.
Life does go on after a big election, as a look at Western North Carolina’s local newspaper Web sites shows. This week, there’s an update on a controversial Jackson County development, a notice that the IRS is looking for you, a profile of an ASU student living in a teepee, a reminder about an upcoming memorial to the director of the Flat Rock Playhouse and more.
It was an historic election night Tuesday, and the Mountain Xpress was there to capture the highs and lows with photos and video.
George Handy had a feeling. After working all day in his art studio at the intersection of Lynn Cove and Webb Cove roads on Monday, Oct. 27, he decided to take a break with his chanting meditation before returning for an evening work session. The decision may well have saved his life. Studio shot: George […]
The Mountain Xpress is providing updates all day long on Election 2008.
Voters trickled into polling places around Buncombe County this morning as Election Day got underway.
Here’s a preview of the Nov. 5 edition of the Mountain Xpress, which will feature the upcoming River Arts District Studio Stroll on the cover.
This year’s Warren Haynes Christmas Jam offers up a jam-packed lineup of jam-masters, from Johnny Winter and J.J. Grey to Steve Earle and Derek Trucks, not to mention the Allman Brothers and the man himself.
Progressive radio talk show host Ed Schultz will tape his show during a “town hall” meeting Wednesday night at Asheville’s Thomas Wolfe Auditorium.
Like a scene out of a Romero scare-fest, the undead emerged from the darkness. They jolted through downtown streets. They screamed for brains. And then a rogue element of Asheville’s zombie horde descended upon the Asheville Civic Center and staged a political protest the likes of which the city has never seen.
Here’s your sneak preview of the Oct. 29 edition of the Mountain Xpress.
By all indications, voter turnout at local polling places is strong this presidential election year, and that includes a voting bloc candidates sometimes dismiss — the pre-school set.
The Mountain Xpress will bring you updates throughout the day Sunday on the Sarah Palin rally at the Asheville Civic Center.
Politics appears to be dominating news headlines this week, but look a little closer and you’ll catch a woolly worm’s winter prediction, excitement about a new Wal-Mart store opening, the result of the state’s investigation into alleged gas gouging, one woman’s battle with a crazed deer and much more.
