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Asheville City Council: Keeping a safe distance

Council will wait to hold stream-buffer hearing

Brian Postelle | 1 Comment

Passive aggressive

Ken Huck pushes the virtues of a well-sealed house

Margaret Williams

A guide to green organizations

Scores of local eco groups push for sustainability

Compiled by Mannie Dalton | 2 Comments

Looking for greener goods?

Local companies and products with an eco emphasis

Alli Marshall | 2 Comments

Copenhagen or bust

Asheville travels to the climate talks

Margaret Williams

Greening the painted ladies

Montford historic district pursues solar panels

Brian Postelle

"We're not stopping"

A-B Tech expands sustainability efforts

David Forbes

What thing would you never give up to go green?

Xpress staffers and contributors on their guilty pleasures

Xpress staff | 5 Comments

The Green Scene

What's it mean to be green?

Margaret Williams

Conscious Party: Benefits & fundraisers

Xpress staff | 11/18/2009


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David Forbes | 11/20 | 05:00 PM | 11 Comments

Former Asheville firefighter Charles Alexander Diez will spend four months in prison for shooting cyclist Alan Simons in July. Diez plead guilty to assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill yesterday.


Jeff Fobes | 11/20 | 02:24 PM | 1 Comment

The Citizen-Times provided details today about it’s online collaborative journalism project, LINC, which similar to a Seattle Times project, and is part of a five-paper project sponsored by American University’s J-Lab Institute and funded by the Knight Foundation.


Margaret Williams | 11/19 | 05:15 PM

Kilwin’s Chocolates was named the judges’ favorite in the Asheville Downtown Association’s annual holiday-window-display contest.


Brian Postelle | 11/19 | 05:14 PM

The City of Asheville has released a list of bus routes altered due to road closings during Saturday’s Holiday Parade.


David Forbes | 11/18 | 05:47 PM

The Buncombe County Health Department will offer the H1N1 flu mist vaccine to certain populations between the ages of 2 and 49 at seven schools around the county from 4 to 7 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday, Nov. 19).


David Forbes | 11/18 | 05:41 PM | 5 Comments

After a tense public hearing that saw one person thrown out of the chambers, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners reinstated countywide zoning in a 4-1 vote.


Brian Postelle | 11/18 | 05:06 PM

The idea of restoring assenger railroad service to Asheville has been discussed for years. The WNC Rail Corridor group met today to see where the issue stands.


Brian Postelle | 11/16 | 04:46 PM

Asheville’s Economic Development Director has been appointed to oversee the Asheville Civic Center.


David Forbes | 11/16 | 03:39 PM

Eight months after a court ruling struck down Buncombe County’s zoning ordinance, the Board of Commissioners is giving it another go, with a public hearing on the new zoning maps dominating the agenda at tomorrow’s meeting.


Jeff Fobes | 11/15 | 09:37 PM | 1 Comment

Here’s the weekend oh-so-local “news & views report,” as seen from the Xpress Twitter feed, including a homicide/suicide, a post-modern prom, the doings at the River District Studio Stroll, swimming in the French Broad, and a whole lot more.