What they said in 2004
Xpress Staff | 01/05/05
Asheville business aims to bring its customers a world of music
Lisa Watters | 01/05/05
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 01/05/05
APD Chief Bill Hogan talks about the state of law enforcement in the city
WNC awash in technology initiatives
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 01/12/05
Agency applauds local antipollution efforts
Steve Rasmussen | 01/19/05
Council endorses plan to house the homeless
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 01/19/05
Montford tree-cutting spotlights flaws in permitting process
Brian Sarzynski | 01/19/05
Planning powwow features some surprises
Homelessness help also gets a nod
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 01/26/05
City proposes broader but more flexible requirements for developers
Steve Rasmussen | 01/26/05
Council revisits Campus Crest issue, watershed management plan
Brian Sarzynski | 01/26/05
Green grocers vie for Asheville consumer dollars
The local face of far-off wars
Lisa Watters | 02/02/05
Lisa Watters | 02/02/05
Council opens purse to attract high-tech business
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 02/02/05
Economic boon or taxpayer burden?
Nelda Holder | 02/09/05
International corporation rewarded for creating new jobs in Buncombe
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 02/09/05
State mental-health reform widens gap in crisis management
Council rejects developer Thomas Wolfe's rezoning plan
Brian Sarzynski | 02/16/05
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 02/16/05
Asheville Aces fight to win games -- and fans
N.C. artists honor Lewis and Clark
Council spends lengthy evening re-examining city ordinances
Commissioners kick in $2 million for City/County Plaza makeover
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 02/23/05
Council divided over pedestrian plan
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 03/02/05
Spa debacle raises questions about building inspections, licensing
Civic Center director pans hockey proposal
Brian Sarzynski | 03/09/05
State recommends letting grandfathered power plants continue to pollute
Steve Rasmussen | 03/09/05
Paperless communication and repapering elections
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 03/09/05
When good books go wrong
Council funds assorted projects; drummers seek continued use of park
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 03/16/05
No deal in sight as deadline looms
Jonathan Barnard | 03/23/05
County water forum notice shuns Asheville mailboxes
Jonathan Barnard | 03/23/05
Council divided over appropriations requests
Brian Sarzynski | 03/23/05
Jupiter residents seek former school for community center
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 03/23/05
Hockey team revises Civic Center proposal, renews push for new lease
Brian Sarzynski | 03/30/05
Green alternative to petroleum starts to make transportation inroads
Steve Rasmussen | 03/30/05 |
Xpress Staff | 03/30/05
Council scrutinizes new condo, apartment plans
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 03/30/05
Film industry fails to provide hoped for economic boon
Lisa Watters | 04/06/05
Local filmmakers and their current film projects
Lisa Watters | 04/06/05
Council reviews city manager hopefuls
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 04/06/05
Bank renovation recaptures the Roaring 20s
Lisa Watters | 04/13/05 |
ACLU cites abuses at county jail
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 04/13/05
Council approves new River District apartments
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 04/20/05
Xpress Staff | 04/20/05
Secret Army training raises troubling questions
Council votes to shut out public from water mediation
Brian Sarzynski | 04/25/05
Commissioners approve $8 million cash advance for schools
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 04/27/05
Xpress Staff | 04/27/05
Council members squeeze in hasty formal session
WPVM's spring on-air fund drive
Xpress Staff | 05/04/05
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 05/04/05
Proposed state law would provide new funding
Nelda Holder | 05/04/05
Nelda Holder | 05/04/05
No agreement reached in water negotiations
Brian Sarzynski | 05/04/05
No agreement reached in water negotiations
Jonathan Barnard | 05/04/05
Commissioners approve grant request
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 05/11/05
Restored stations spotlight uncertain future for passenger rail
Council sends last-chance water compromise to county
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 05/18/05
New study could bury eight-lane option for I-26 Connector
Cecil Bothwell, Steve Rasmussen | 05/18/05
Garden tour benefits Terpsicorps
Xpress Staff | 05/18/05
Former inmates cite abuses at county jail
Updated animal ordinance may force pet owners to spay/neuter -- or pay
County prepares for end of Water Agreement
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 05/25/05
Explosive Woodfin lawsuit settled out of court
Brian Sarzynski | 05/25/05
Council adopts new animal ordinance
Brian Sarzynski | 06/01/05
Commissioners fire another shot at City Council
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 06/01/05
Xpress Staff | 06/01/05
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 06/08/05
Griffin Awards recognize spaces (and stories) worth saving
Free press is alive and well in Asheville
Nelda Holder | 06/08/05
Reading between the lines of the Water Authority budget
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 06/15/05
General Electric co-authors legislation introduced by Taylor
Brian Sarzynski | 06/15/05 |
City running out of time -- and options
Jonathan Barnard | 06/15/05
Xpress Staff | 06/15/05
Council and staff wrangle over last-minute budget discussions
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 06/22/05
Steve Rasmussen | 06/22/05
How an autocratic city manager ran Asheville
Steve Rasmussen | 06/22/05
Council and staff wrangle over last-minute budget discussions
Brian Sarzynski | 06/27/05
County stiffens regulation of development on steep terrain
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 06/29/05
City/county divide runs deeper than water
Jonathan Barnard | 06/29/05
The Dear Abby of water quality
Nelda Holder | 06/29/05
Water Agreement evaporates, General Assembly wades into the dispute
Commissioners approve budget and trash fee increase
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 07/06/05
Nonprofit center offers counseling to all souls
Last-ditch water summit collapses with no agreement
Jonathan Barnard | 07/06/05
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 07/13/05
AIDS/meth link obscures importance of protected sex
Council denies MAIN free antenna space for high-speed Internet service
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 07/20/05
Largely unregulated, video poker flourishes amid reports of illegal payouts
Council reviews new I-26 data, considers new flood strategy
Brian Sarzynski | 07/27/05
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 07/27/05
Biologists enlist fish in the fight against aquatic weeds
Drug testing to continue at T.C. Roberson High
Council approves new office building on City/County Plaza
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 08/03/05
Pharmaceuticals dominate commissioners' meeting
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 08/10/05
After three generations, downtown fixture changes hands
Steve Rasmussen | 08/10/05
As Asheville election approaches, it's raining candidates
Brian Sarzynski | 08/10/05
The strange case of the congressman's missing vote
Brian Sarzynski | 08/10/05
Council once again relaxes permit conditions for Wal-Mart developers
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 08/17/05
Reading the world through Asheville's digital diaries
Council tackles laundry list of problems facing city
Brian Sarzynski | 08/24/05
Commissioners violate state law on public comment
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 08/24/05 |
Council postpones discussion of Beaucatcher Mountain development
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 08/31/05
Future of the Civic Center
Nelda Holder | 08/31/05
An Asheville Civic Center time line
Brian Sarzynski, Brian Postelle | 08/31/05
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 09/07/05
UNCA librarian spars with N.C. congressman over gay-positive book
Nelda Holder | 09/07/05
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 09/14/05
Haywood County commissioner makes passionate plea for open government
Battery Park residents unite to fight parking deck
Brian Sarzynski | 09/14/05
Keeping tabs on what the public doesn't know
Cab companies seek rate increase
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 09/21/05
Political first-timers set their sights on City Council seats
Nelda Holder | 09/21/05
Civic Center looms large in monster work session
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 09/28/05
Mayoral candidates vie for the gavel
Brian Sarzynski | 09/28/05
Brian Sarzynski | 09/28/05
Council again postpones decision on Beaucatcher retirement village
Commissioners postpone vote on expanded public comment
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 10/05/05
A voters' guide to Asheville's Oct. 11 election
Brian Sarzynski | 10/05/05
A voters' guide to Asheville's Oct. 11 election
Xpress Staff | 10/05/05
A voters' guide to Asheville's Oct. 11 election
Xpress Staff | 10/05/05
A voters' guide to Asheville's Oct. 11 election
Xpress Staff | 10/05/05
A voters' guide to Asheville's Oct. 11 election
Xpress Staff | 10/05/05
A voters' guide to Asheville's Oct. 11 election
Xpress Staff | 10/05/05
A voters' guide to Asheville's Oct. 11 election
Xpress Staff | 10/05/05
A voters' guide to Asheville's Oct. 11 election
Xpress Staff | 10/05/05
A voters' guide to Asheville's Oct. 11 election
Xpress Staff | 10/05/05
A voters' guide to Asheville's Oct. 11 election
Xpress Staff | 10/05/05
A voters' guide to Asheville's Oct. 11 election
Xpress Staff | 10/05/05
A voters' guide to Asheville's Oct. 11 election
Xpress Staff | 10/05/05
A voters' guide to Asheville's Oct. 11 election
Xpress Staff | 10/05/05
A voters' guide to Asheville's Oct. 11 election
Xpress Staff | 10/05/05
A voters' guide to Asheville's Oct. 11 election
Xpress Staff | 10/05/05
Council to appoint Civic Center task force -- again
Brian Sarzynski | 10/12/05
Commissioners' retreat covers wide-ranging topics
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 10/12/05
A sample of Civic Center opinions
Xpress Staff | 10/12/05
How political agendas color zoning decisions
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 10/19/05
Mayor Worley ousted in primary
DOT sticks with eight-lane plan for I-26
Brian Sarzynski | 10/19/05
Local Internet merchandiser extends helping hand
Police chief briefs Council on recruiting efforts
Brian Sarzynski | 10/26/05
County may have to buy new voting machines
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 10/26/05
How a group of high-school students helped desegregate Asheville
Lisa Watters | 10/26/05 |
Center for Diversity Education marks 10 years of teaching tolerance
Developers pull daycare project off table
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 11/02/05
A voters' guide to Asheville's Nov. 8 election
Xpress Staff | 11/02/05
A voters' guide to Asheville's Nov. 8 election
Xpress Staff | 11/02/05
A voters' guide to Asheville's Nov. 8 election
Xpress Staff | 11/02/05
A voters' guide to Asheville's Nov. 8 election
Xpress Staff | 11/02/05
A voters' guide to Asheville's Nov. 8 election
Xpress Staff | 11/02/05
A voters' guide to Asheville's Nov. 8 election
Xpress Staff | 11/02/05
A voters' guide to Asheville's Nov. 8 election
Xpress Staff | 11/02/05
A voters' guide to Asheville's Nov. 8 election
Xpress Staff | 11/02/05
Voter turnout could loom large in determining the next City Council
Peter Gregutt | 11/02/05
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 11/09/05
Church attorney says eminent domain threat a factor in parking deck debacle
Brian Sarzynski | 11/09/05
Development threatens Parkway viewshed
Bellamy gets the gavel; Jones, Cape and Mumpower to Council
Brian Sarzynski | 11/16/05
Council sends Beaucatcher Mountain project back for technical review
Short meeting long on good news
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 11/16/05
Water issues permeate Council meeting
County amends sign ordinance
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 11/23/05
Civic Center Task Force talks with local promoters
Nelda Holder | 11/30/05
Weaverville changes land use plan to permit shopping center
Water issues permeate Council meeting
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 11/30/05
CIBO candidates dominate local air board appointments
Steve Rasmussen | 12/07/05
Heritage consultant Tom Gallaher considers Asheville's past and future
Nelda Holder | 12/07/05
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 12/07/05
Mumpower launches cash-rewards program to fight drugs
New mayor and Council members take oath; Freeborn tapped for seventh seat
Commissioners wrap up year with revisions and reappointments
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 12/14/05
Asheville Naval Reserve Center slated to close
Conditional-use rezoning dominates new Council's first official meeting
Asheville area news briefs and announcements
Xpress Staff | 12/21/05
