September 26, 2008 – mountainx.com

WNC News Roundup

September 26, 2008 by Jason Sandford

The gas shortage certainly grabbed the headlines this week across Western North Carolina, but there was more to the news than just that. A top mental-health official stepped down from his post after an investigation; a professor has been named “N.C. Fall Color Guy”; energy drinks may be banned from a local school system; and a jellyfish was discovered in a mountain pond.

Area employment picture brightens a wee bit

September 26, 2008 by Hal L. Millard

For months, the area’s unemployment rate has been spiking. Add that to the local gas crisis and the supposed implosion of the U.S. economy (at least the financial sector), and it’s enough to majorly harsh your economic mellow. Well, there’s a glimmer of good news in the latest local job stats.

Blog Log: The week in local blogging

September 26, 2008 by Brian Postelle

It was a good week to be a blogger. With everyone forced to move a little slower or even stay at home, checking out local blogs was a gas, gas gas.

Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Ken Russell at the BBC: Box Set

April 6, 2014September 26, 2008 by Ken Hanke

I don’t normally give this space over to reviewing DVDs, but this new release is something of an historic event.

WNC News Roundup

Area employment picture brightens a wee bit

Blog Log: The week in local blogging

Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Ken Russell at the BBC: Box Set

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