AltWeeklies Wire
Buncombe Justice on Trialnew
AltWeeklies Award - Investigative Reporting
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Billy Graham Confidential: The Preacher & President Nixonnew
Newly released documents and tapes reveal back-room discussions about how the Rev. Billy Graham could best buoy Tricky Dick's reelection bid -- and forecast the rise of the Christian right.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell and Jon Elliston |
07-18-2007 |
Politics
Becoming Biorationalnew
We examine pest control as if living systems matter.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
08-29-2006 |
Gardening
Tags: gardening
Tiny Helpersnew
A look at the billions of bacteria that live in garden soil, on plants, inside beneficial nematodes and inside people.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
08-29-2006 |
Gardening
Tags: gardening
To the Victor the Soilsnew
I have thrice confronted more daunting garden challenges than the one now glaring up at me from the yard below my office window.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
07-17-2006 |
Gardening
Tags: gardening
Bedding Down for the Seasonnew
We discuss the contruction of raised beds.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
07-17-2006 |
Gardening
Tags: gardening
The (Non) Enforcersnew
Asheville's Development Department has failed to enforce development regulations on numerous major projects, leaving the door open to court decisions that could render those rules unenforceable.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
07-17-2006 |
Housing & Development
Low Prices to Displace Low Incomesnew
A proposed Wal-Mart could evict mobile home residents in Asheville, N.C.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
01-17-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: hottopic
Dotcom Bookseller Funds Literacy Project in Bolivianew
Biblio.com, the third largest online marketing site for used and rare books, has created a nonprofit effort dubbed BiblioWorks.org to build libraries and fund literacy efforts in Bolivia.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
10-20-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Plummeting Pollinator Populationsnew
The demise of honey bees and other pollinators could have drastic effects on our food supply.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
06-06-2005 |
Gardening
A Real Slugfestnew
Learn to battle slugs with the powerful weapon of...coffee, and other tactics from the gooey world of slug control.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
06-06-2005 |
Gardening
Folkcatcher: a lyrical legacy -- the story of the Campbell Folk Schoolnew
The John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N. Car., has turned 75 years old. Modeled on Danish folkehojskoles, the principal founder was the model for the lead role in Maggie Greenwald's film "Songcatcher." Courses at the school cover all the things folks make and do: crafts, music, cooking, etc.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
03-18-2005 |
History
The Circle Game: Pluses and Pitfalls of Local Recyclingnew
Recycling isn't as simple as putting plastics and glass in the recycling bin. Cecil Bothwell describes what works in local recycling, what doesn't and why bottled water is part of the problem, not part of the solution.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
10-27-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment, lead, carcinogen, glass, MRF, murpf, PET, phthalate, plastic, plastic film bags, recycle
Treasure Mapsnew
Now is the time to take a good look at this year's garden and take notes so you can plan your gardening strategy for next spring.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
10-27-2004 |
Gardening
Oh, I Could Read a Case of You!new
A book looks at famously drunk writers, their habits, their battles and their very rare recoveries.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
10-27-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
