Rep. Heath Shuler gets an earful on the CTS contaminated-waste site, and a Senate committee approves a bill introduced by Sen. Elizabeth Dole to protect against trichloroethylene.
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Mumpower’s the word
Beginning the evening with a somber group prayer and cautiously guarded optimism, friends, family and other supporters of GOP congressional candidate Carl Mumpower ended the night in banner-waving, balloon-floating joy as their candidate won a close race. Mumpower, 55, now faces the much more daunting task of unseating first-term incumbent Rep. Heath Shuler in the […]
Shuler pledges prez super-delegate vote to local popular-vote winner
Rep. Heath Shuler says he’ll throw his super-delegate vote for the Democratic nomination to whomever wins the popluar vote in the 11th Congressional District.
The challengers
This time two years ago, Democrat Heath Shuler was the upstart political neophyte hoping to unseat long-time incumbent Republican Charles Taylor for the 11th Congressional District seat. Swept into office on a wave of national support for Democrats, Shuler now is the one with a target squarely on his back. Despite an occasional and marked […]
GOP House hopefuls debate on WWNC this afternoon
The three candidates vying to run against Rep. Heath Shuler can be heard from 3 to 5 p.m. on 570 AM
Shuler’s immigration bill catches notice
U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler will talk about his immigration bill tonight on CNN’s Lou Dobbs Tonight program.
What has Heath Shuler ever done for the environment?
Actually, quite a bit, as a new League of Conservation Voters legislative scorecard points out.
Blow struck against ‘Road to Nowhere’
New federal spending bill includes funds for a settlement with Swain County.
Tribune convinced Taylor won’t run again
Well, it was a good try, but The Asheville Tribune’s two-part interview with ex-Congressman Charles Taylor has failed to answer the burning question among area politicos: Will he or won’t he run again? However, the paper seems convinced he won’t.
Armor announces for Congress
Highlands lawyer John Armor, who waged a failed bid in 2006 to wrest the GOP nomination for the 11th Congressional District seat from then-incumbent Charles Taylor, announced last week that he will try again. Armor may have an easier time of it than he did in 2006, when he lost to Taylor in the GOP […]
Under pressure, agencies visit hazardous-waste site
The bluish, oily sheen coating the surface of a tiny creek that runs downstream from CTS of Asheville is obvious to any observer. So is the sharp odor it gives off. All in a day’s work: Harry Zinn, a DENR staffer, takes a water sample near the old CTS plant. A concerned state representative and […]
Environmental agencies respond to pressure on CTS factory-site cleanup
The hazardous-waste site on Mills Gap Road has received attention from concerned neighbors, a state representative, a member of Congress and a nonprofit group. Now, the state and EPA are beginning to take notice.
Potomac Fever
After resolving it in his “heart, mind, body and spirit,” Asheville psychologist and City Council member Carl Mumpower says he’s ready to vie for the GOP nomination in a bid to unseat Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler in next year’s Congressional election. Our next Congressman?: City Council member Carl Mumpower says he’s ready to challenge Rep. […]
Mr. Mumpower goes to Washington?
Asheville City Council member Carl Mumpower has tossed his hat into the 11th Congressional District ring.
Shuler working on Interstate 26/40 issues
Rep. Heath Shuler says he has spoken with Rep. James Obersater (D-MN), the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, regarding the highway needs facing Western North Carolina, especially I-26 and I-40.
Shuler: Small business needs health-coverage assistance
Rep. Heath Shuler met with local business owners and area executives in the medical and insurance fields on Thursday to discuss the need for, and the lack of, health insurance for small-business employees.
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.
Blog Alert: The big blog round-Up
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National Park Service to recommend cash settlement in lieu of “Road to Nowhere”
Good things come to those who wait—but sometimes they have to wait almost 60 years. Last week, Dale Ditmanson, superintendent of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, announced that the National Park Service will recommend paying a cash settlement to Swain County instead of building the so-called Road to Nowhere in the southwestern corner of […]
Shuler sounds off on immigration
If you’ve begun thinking that political voices on NPR are limited to party bigwigs like Trent Lott, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, think again.
Road To Nowhere laid to rest: Swain County will get cash
It’s nearly official: The so-called Road to Nowhere will forever be just that, and a monetary settlement will be granted to Swain County in lieu of construction of the once-promised 34-mile road through the Great Smokies.