AltWeeklies Wire
Truth Trackers: Asheville's Cold-Case Sleuths Defy the Oddsnew
Less than 1 percent of cold cases ever get solved. That doesn't stop Asheville detectives Yvonne Cobourn and Kevin Taylor.
Mountain Xpress |
Caitlin Byrd |
07-17-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Young Stroke Victim Fights Her Way Backnew
While Sarah Kucharski focused on a looming deadline as special projects editor for Waynesville’s Smoky Mountain News, a blood clot in her brain stem was about to change her life forever.
Mountain Xpress |
Caitlin Byrd |
05-24-2012 |
Health
24 Occupy Asheville protesters arrested at Vance Monumentnew
Without incident, 24 Occupy Asheville protesters were arrested at the city's downtown Vance Monument for willfully violating the 10 p.m. curfew at the park.
Mountain Xpress |
Bill Rhodes |
11-03-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, Occupy Asheville
Behind Asheville's WE DO Campaignnew
For two weeks in October, 20 same-sex couples applied for — and were refused — marriage licenses in Buncombe County, N.C. Their efforts culminated in a rally and an act of civil disobedience that led to an arrest. This WE DO campaign drew national attention and, in many ways, demonstrates a different approach to LGBT activism.
Mountain Xpress |
David Forbes |
10-25-2011 |
LGBT
Earrthquake Felt Up and Down East Coastnew
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits outside of Richmond, VA, at 1:51 p.m. The quake was felt in downtown Asheville.
Mountain Xpress |
Jeff Fobes |
08-24-2011 |
Disasters
Duke Scientists: Dried Coal Ash Highly Toxicnew
An Aug. 15 Duke University study details just how toxic coal ash is: Samples taken from the Dec. 28, 2008, coal-ash spill near Kingston, Tenn., contain high levels of toxic metals and radioactive elements, including arsenic, mercury and radium. As the sludge dries, risk of exposure via inhalation increases dramatically, the Duke team found.
Mountain Xpress |
Margaret Williams |
08-20-2009 |
Environment
Buncombe Justice on Trialnew
AltWeeklies Award - Investigative Reporting
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
"Five Points Restaurant," "Shangri La Cafe," "Twin Cousins Kitchen"new
AltWeeklies Award - Food Writing
Mountain Xpress |
Mackensy Lunsford |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Clean Plate Clubnew
AltWeeklies Award - Food Writing
Mountain Xpress |
Melanie McGee Bianchi |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
"A Stitch in Time," "In Memory of Memories," "Kelsey's Bell"new
AltWeeklies Award - Column
Mountain Xpress |
Mark Jamison |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Twilight of the Giants: Old-Growth Hemlocks Under Siegenew
The country's largest Eastern hemlocks -- many of them hundreds of years old -- face a "functional extinction" because of a tiny pest, the hemlock woolly adelgid. Here's the story of one man’s mission to measure and document the trees before they're gone.
Mountain Xpress |
Kent Priestley |
01-15-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Flag Fight: Asheville couple arrested for flag-desecration, allege attack by deputynew
The July 25 arrest of an Asheville couple for desecrating the flag has sparked a storm of controversy, including doubts about the constitutionality of the rarely enforced state statute.
Mountain Xpress |
David Forbes |
08-01-2007 |
Civil Liberties
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
