We got KoKo back in 1994. She came to us when she was an older puppy. The guy who brought her into our home wanted to put her in the pound. We said no, so she became our dog. She was there through some rough times in our lives, and loved to lay at the … Read more
In response to the [the Asheville Disclaimer] article in your Sept. 22 issue [“Asheville Restaurant Closes After 18 Months Despite Attention to Feng Shui”], I was nearly rendered unconscious due to oxygen deprivation from laughing too hard. I have since recovered and feel compelled to offer the benefit of over 30 years’ experience in the … Read more
Polls are for pollsters. If you want to know what America is thinking, go to a shopping center parking lot and look into their eyes as the people hustle in and out of the stores. Pay close attention to their stride and ages. Notice the bent backs and legs that are hard to lift. Look … Read more
Do you value “freedom of choice” in treatment options from your physician? If so, please support state senator Martin Nesbitt and state representative Susan Fisher in re-election. Integrative, alternative, and complementary medicine is a unique and vital part of the WNC economy. Asheville hosts an amazing and growing cadre of holistic healers. However, the right … Read more
Sen. Richard Burr has consistently sided with insurance companies against health care reform. He has voted a total of 18 times to ship North Carolina jobs overseas. He voted against the Disclose Act, which would have mandated that politicians reveal the millions of [foreign], corporate and special-interest dollars they receive to influence elections. He recently … Read more
Join Xpress staff reporters Jake Frankel and Michael Muller for live coverage, starting at 6:30 pm via Twitter, of tonight’s League of Women Voters Forum at UNC Asheville. The forum will feature the six candidates for NC state house, including Democratic incumbents Susan Fisher, Patsy Keever and Jane Whilden and their respective Republican challengers John Carroll (NC-114), Mark Crawford (NC-115) and Tim Moffitt (NC-116). Tune into all the fun by following @mxnews or by using the hashtag #avlelect
The pace is so relentless, the flashbacks are so abrupt, the sly Perry Mason-esque moments of “I just have one more little question” are so predictable, and (in the current production by Flat Rock Playhouse) the actors are just so darn good-looking, that pretty soon one begins to feel that one is in fact watching a TV drama.
The Best of WNC: Round One issues hit the loading dock this afternoon. Soon, they’ll be in boxes and in your hands!