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• Vice Mayor Esther Manheimer will run for mayor

  

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  David Forbes | 01/15/2013

  In an email to Xpress, Asheville Vice Mayor Esther Manheimer declares that she will run for mayor. Asserting a "need for inclusive, inspired, strategic leadership," she plans to launch her campaign this spring.

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• Watch or read Gov. McCrory's inaugural address

  

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  Jake Frankel | 01/13/2013

  Newly elected N.C. Republican Governor Pat McCrory delivered his inaugural address Jan. 12 in Raleigh.

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• Watch Fryar be sworn in to the Buncombe Board of Commissioners

  

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  Jake Frankel | 01/11/2013

  After a two month delay, Republican Mike Fryar was finally sworn in Jan. 9 to the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners as the winner in District 2.

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• Fryar to join Buncombe Board of Commissioners

  

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  Jake Frankel | 01/07/2013

  More than two months after Election Day, Republican Mike Fryar will finally be sworn in and start serving on the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners this week.

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• McCrory will hold Asheville open house event today

  

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  Jake Frankel | 01/07/2013

  Newly sworn in North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory will make his first stop on the job in Asheville today, Jan. 7.

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• State BOE to consider certifying Fryar as winner in District 2 commission race

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  Jake Frankel | 01/04/2013

  The North Carolina Board of Elections will meet via teleconference on Monday, Jan. 7 at 3:30 p.m. to consider certifying Republican Mike Fryar as the winner of a four-year term in the District 2 Buncombe County Board of Commissioners race.

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• Asheville Tea Party sets gun raffle for Jan. 5 at disputed local gun show

  

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  Jake Frankel | 01/03/2013

  Amid an emerging dispute over allowing gun shows on city property, the Asheville Tea Party will draw the winning raffle tickets for its controversial "Great Gun Giveaway" fundraiser Jan. 5 in the parking lot of the WNC Agricultural Center during the Land of Sky Gun and Knife Show.

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• McHenry votes 'no' on fiscal cliff deal, Shuler votes 'yes'

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  Jake Frankel | 01/02/2013

  Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry, whose 10th District includes most of Asheville, voted against a measure to stave off a series of steep tax hikes and spending cuts. Outgoing 11th District Democrat Rep. Heath Shuler voted in favor.

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• 2012's greatest hits: The year's top news and opinion stories

  

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  Jake Frankel | 12/23/2012

  Here's a look at some of the most viewed news and opinion stories on the Xpress website this year.

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• Asheville Tea Party organizes 'Great Gun' fundraiser in wake of school shooting

  

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  Jake Frankel | 12/18/2012

  Amid a raging national debate over gun control spurred by the recent mass shooting of children at a Connecticut elementary school, the Asheville Tea Party has organized a "Great Gun Giveaway" fundraiser.

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