Asheville resident Kyle Ann Ross, who was tasered by the Asheville Police Department in 2005 while walking in her own Oakley neighborhood, appears on a Fox TV panel Wednesday morning.
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Two boys, two worlds
No one knows how many illegal immigrants there are in Western North Carolina. Statewide, the total immigrant population is estimated to be just over 600,000; 50 to 65 percent of them are believed to be here illegally. Perhaps 80 percent of the state’s immigrants are Hispanic. Trailers in disrepair at one migrant camp are rented […]
Same-day voter registration set for N.C.
No more excuses! One-stop early voting sites will now permit you to register and vote on the same day.
Public assets, backroom discussions
The Asheville Civic Center—groaning under the weight of age-related maintenance needs and multiple studies that have borne little fruit—has seemed to be making progress recently. The city’s current capital-improvements plan budgets $400,000 a year for repairs; an engineer is researching the feasibility of an innovative-but-controversial green roof; and perhaps most importantly, increased revenues have the […]
The battle of the (wallet?) bulge
Are campaign contributions swelling the tide against the property-transfer-tax option for counties?
“Village of Penland” real-estate scheme examined by Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal has highlighted the ill fate of a plan by a Spruce Pine real-estate developer.
Alternative-energy bill gets some illumination
The state legislature’s attempt to boost energy efficiency and increase alternative sources, Senate Bill 3, may go too far into consumer pocketbooks.
Just how progressive should Asheville be?
Democracy for America’s group hosts discussion tonight (July 11) on how politically progressive the city of Asheville is now — and should be in the future.
Green Drinks discusses: A green roof for the Civic Center?
The idea of a green roof for the Asheville Civic Center has not totally withered on the vine — and it’s front and center at an enviro-drinking event Friday, July 6.
Grass-roots organizers challenge partisan elections plan for Asheville
The Let Asheville Vote petition-drive organizers commandeered the front corner of a Merrimon Avenue coffee shop June 21 for a noon strategizing session. They had a rally coming up in City/County Plaza in three days, and they were still collecting ideas for speakers, musicians and signs. Leader Charlie Hume, an electrical engineer by trade, was […]
Major sea change predicted for N.C.
New economic study predicts massive changes in Carolina coast by 2080.
“Let Asheville Vote” group forms
In the wake of City Council’s vote in favor of partisan elections, a nonpartisan coalition is pressing for a public referendum on the matter.
The French Broad’s grande dame memorialized
In the June 13 memorial service for Beaverdam native and Appalachian writer Wilma Dykeman, one word was repeatedly used to characterize her: truth.
Jackson County moves forward with development regulations
In the fourth month of its five-month subdivision moratorium, Jackson County has begun public hearings on its newly drafted proposals for subdivision regulation.
New Buncombe GOP chief wants to do it “right”
Mark Delk, the new chair of the Buncombe County Republican Party in the wake of Mike Harrison‘s sudden resignation from the post, plans to take the high road in his approach to recent disgruntlement in local GOP ranks. “None of us [has] a monopoly on truth,” Delk said in an e-mail to Xpress. Thus, he […]
Shuler ranked as most “contrarian” Democratic freshman
District 11’s new congressman is the least likely of 12 freshman Democrats to vote with his party in the U.S. House, new analysis says.
Buncombe County Republicans hand reins to Delk
Avery’s Creek resident Mark Delk will head Buncombe County Republican Party.
UNCA ranked a bargain — again
Asheville campus named one of nation’s top 50 “Best Values” by Consumers Digest.
Who’s up next? Buncombe Republicans to name new chair June 4
In the wake of the sudden resignation in early May of its new chair, Mike Harris, the Buncombe County Republican Party has been through the rumor mill and come out on the other side.
Peeling the Pumpkins on eBay
Entrepreneurs (read: scalpers) lost no time in listing tickets to the Orange Peel’s Smashing Pumpkins marathon on eBay.
Deadline extended: Pull out the stops if you’re lobbying the legislature
The N.C. General Assembly has extended the crossover deadline for nonmoney bills from May 17 to May 24, giving pro and con forces another week to wield influence over what stays on the table.