“This smells like the Water Agreement. There are a lot of unanswered questions here. Everybody knows that you don’t get a mail-order bride without first looking at a picture. … The city has done a lousy job getting information to the public.” — Buncombe County resident Don Yelton You know you’re in for a tough … Read more
Me … ow! HENDERSONVILLE — I’ll never be able to look at my cats in the same way again. I’ve always mistaken that long, unblinking stare for a sign of affection. Now, however, I see that it’s anything but — cuddly Bean and sweet Bug are actually sizing me up. We could take him, they’re … Read more
Forget the cars — ticket the hookers! It’s too bad the man in the big, red truck couldn’t do what the Asheville Police can’t seem to do. That is, haul off hookers on Hiawasse Street and Lexington Avenue. It amazes me that every day as I drive by looking for a parking spot in panic … Read more
“Splendid! Magnificent! Awesome!” is how Henderson County historian par excellence Louise Bailey described Pardee Hospital’s new emergency room. Indeed it is magnificent, Mrs. Bailey, but for reasons beyond the obvious improvements in the health care available to county residents. The visionary architectural design also ushers in a new era for solar buildings in this corner … Read more
