***UPDATED THURS. 12:30 P.M.*** The warnings of a winter storm (maybe up to four inches!) have been rolling in for the past two days. Now, the governor’s office in Raleigh has seen fit to advise caution in the face of a storm rolling in from the Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile, the sense of foreboding has caused the cancellation and postponement of the following meetings and events scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 17.
About six months from now, Asheville will be humming with a force to be reckoned with. For starters, more than a thousand women bent on changing the world will descend upon the city for the first Southeastern Women’s Conference, titled Time for Our Power! Meanwhile, creative transformation will be taking place throughout the city as … Read more
The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners tackled four rezoning requests—a product of the county’s new zoning rules, approved last January. All except one passed unanimously. Turned down: The entrance to Wellington Mobile Home Park, whose residents convinced Buncombe commissioners to reject a controversial rezoning. Photo By Jonathan Welch That request would have rezoned the 62-acre … Read more
Former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford‘s court-appointed attorney, Stephen Lindsay of Asheville, has wasted no time trying to get his client released from the Caldwell County Jail while awaiting trial on federal extortion charges. Denied: A section of Judge Howell’s ruling ordering former Sheriff Bobby Medford held until trial. Download the full PDF here. Federal … Read more
Leicester residents again failed to win the Asheville City Council’s endorsement of their attempt to incorporate. But the closeness of the vote at Council’s Jan. 8 meeting and a subsequent discussion by Council members made it clear that the campaign has gained support in recent months and will most likely be heard from again. The … Read more
Flipping off Cliffside The North Carolina Division of Air Quality could issue a decision on Duke Energy’s coal-fired Cliffside power plant “any day, or it could it be in a few weeks,” according to agency spokesperson Tom Mather. What is certain, however, is that if the 800-megawatt plant is approved, the increased power generation at … Read more
