The Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society is on the move. The organization, which specializes in helping people in a modern society find their history, is also working on finding a permanent home. In the meantime, the OBCGS plans to celebrate its recent move from cramped quarters on Tunnel Road to spacious new offices across town […]
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Asheville City Council action agendas, October 2008
Here’s the Asheville City Council’s action agenda for its Oct. 14, 2008, meeting. Items included a fuel update, a public hearing to consider conditional zoning for a proposed hotel and restaurant on Biltmore Avenue and a resolution of appreciation to the N.C. Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration for support in the evaluation of […]
Xpress-rated: Video sneak peek at the Oct. 22 issue
Here’s a sneak preview of the Oct. 22 edition of the Mountain Xpress, which features our 2008 Voter Guide.
Abortion protesters found guilty of trespassing
Asheville activist Meredith Hunt and two of his children were guilty of trespassing on the campus of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College last October during an abortion protest, a jury decided after a trial in Buncombe County Superior Court on Wednesday.
WNC News Roundup
Newsmakers this week ranged from the Rev. Billy Graham to a descendant of Horace Kephart. Then there was Bigfoot.
Askville: Hiking with a purpose
Jennifer Pharr Davis’ epic Appalachian Trail trip this summer involved a lot of spirit—not to mention shoe leather. Jennifer Pharr Davis The 25-year-old Davis through-hiked the trail to honor the spirit of a woman who was killed in the north Georgia woods back in January. In the process, Davis wore out several pairs of trail-running […]
Expanding Buncombe’s health-care safety net
How can Buncombe County expand health-care services to low-income, uninsured residents? It’s a question the county’s health-care community has long addressed—and had several notable successes in tackling. But with demand pressures increasing every day, there’s a new urgency among local leaders who are working on plans that could dramatically remake the safety net of services […]
In praise of the pumpkin patch
At churches like Asheville’s Abernethy United Methodist, it’s not fall until the pumpkins arrive.
Xpress-rated: Video sneak peek at the Oct. 15 issue
Here’s a preview of the next edition of Mountain Xpress. This week features the results of our annual Best of WNC reader poll.
WNC News Roundup
The sentencing of former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford grabbed the spotlight early in the week. But controversy over a Henderson County firing range, the closing of a Polk County textile mill and a firehouse wedding all made news this week, too.
A change in the weather
Ray Russell watched in awe as the howling power of the Blizzard of ‘93 paralyzed Western North Carolina with as much as 3 feet of snow and near-hurricane-force winds. But while “the storm of the century” kept area residents shivering in the dark for days, it also fired up Russell’s long-standing fascination with the weather. […]
Medford allowed to have surgery before incarceration; other key players sentenced
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford won’t have to report to prison until Oct. 28, two weeks after a scheduled back surgery. The judge also announced punishment for four men convicted in the government’s illegal-gambling investigation that snared Medford.
Xpress-rated: Video sneak peek at Oct. 8 issue
Here’s your sneak-peek video for the upcoming edition of Mountain Xpress, produced by URTV video guru Ralph Roberts.
Sunday Obama rally live blog here
Follow Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama‘s visit to Asheville here.
Medford set to be sentenced Monday
A federal judge is scheduled to announce the prison sentence of former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford on Monday, despite a last-minute request from Medford’s attorney that the sentencing be delayed
Medford sentencing date set
A federal judge is scheduled to announce the prison sentence of former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford on Oct. 6, despite a last-minute request from Medford’s attorney that the sentencing be delayed. The sentencing will close another chapter in the Medford case, which began last December with his arrest on federal charges related to his […]
‘Anywhere USA’ will get Asheville screening
Here’s your chance to see Anywhere USA, the Asheville film that won an award at the Sundance Film Festival at the start of the year, and help send its director of the London Film Festival.
WNC News Roundup
Big news for WNC this week: Sen. Barack Obama will appear in Asheville; Rep. Heath Shuler and his opponent Carl Mumpower will finally debate; an embattled Haywood County hospital has a new CEO; a textile plant is closing but a furniture factory is ramping up operations; and much more.
Greene vs. Duncan: Irreconcilable differences
Two of Buncombe County’s most powerful officials are waging a very public battle over control of the Sheriff’s Office. A complaint from a resident that Buncombe County deputies were using their patrol cars to take their kids to school set off an initial round of sparring between County Manager Wanda Greene and Sheriff Van Duncan. […]
Asheville contingent in the spotlight at Montana festival
A performance-art piece by Asheville fashion designer Brooke Priddy will take center stage Oct. 2 at a multidisciplinary arts-and-cultural event in Montana that a group of organizers plans to replicate in Asheville next April. Stitching together art and fashion: Asheville designer Brooke Priddy fashions a dress on a live model during a HATCHfest introductory party […]
Xpress-rated: Video sneak peek at Oct. 1 issue
Here’s your video sneak preview of the Oct. 1 edition of Mountain Xpress.