In a Thursday column, Asheville Citizen-Times writer John Boyle examined a charge that Asheville City Councilman Carl Mumpower, in his crusade against illegal immigration, has been employing the same scare tactics as anti-communist Joe McCarthy in the 1950s. Mumpower had a simple response: “McCarthy was right.”
Here’s what’s making headlines around Western North Carolina: A 14-year-old Hayesville girl collapsed during her gym class and died; an Appalachian State University student may have died from an alcohol overdose; a writer instrumental in the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was honored; Tweetsie Railroad gears up for another season; and there’s a new brewery planned for Bryson City.
It’s time for the May 9 French Broad River Fins & Gills Classic Fishing Tournament. Sponsored by Clear Channel Radio of Asheville and Asheville Outdoor Center, the event benefits local nonprofit RiverLink in its mission to protect and restore the French Broad River and its watershed as a place to live, work and play!
With just over a half hour remaining in the national Beer City USA poll, Asheville lags Portland by only 4 percent in the race for first place. Cast your vote here!
