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JakeFrankel: Nice! RT @floatingaction: we're playing Big Love Festival in asheville,nc next sunday, may5, 5pm!! #avlent
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Asheville City Council preview: Missing evidence and squeezed dollars
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May 22At tonight’s Asheville City Council meeting, two major issues will get aired publicly: an update on changes to the Asheville Police Department evidence room and a hearing on the budget for the next fiscal year. Some police officers and firefighters hav... »
Universal joint: UNCA teams with Astronomy Club to build new observatory
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May 22People have been charting the movements of heavenly bodies for millennia. The Babylonians created star catalogs as far back as 1200 B.C.; the ancient Egyptians aligned their temples with the rising midwinter sun. Yet today, in the digital age, Ashevill... »
Asheville rolls out first steps in transit overhaul
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May 21City officials at the ribbon cutting for Asheville Redefines Transit. Photo by Jake Frankel. New routes, more efficient buses, and road improvements were highlighted today as the city of Asheville marked the official beginning of its transit overhaul, ... »
Jack White at the Orange Peel
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May 21Jack White, I was told, doesn’t do set lists. “He likes to just wing everything,” said the harried-looking tech guy. Luckily, someone else jotted it down — if you’d like to see the play-by-play of what White and his band performed during Saturday’s sho... »
More than 300 participate in Asheville’s first walk for lupus
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May 21Diagnosed with lupus 11 years ago, Heather Edwards stood in front of more than 300 volunteers and walkers on Sunday, May 20 as part of Asheville’s first Walk For Lupus Now event. “Though there aren’t that many of you, having you all being here really m... »
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High Drama as Occupy Asheville Takes to the Courts
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Apr 28Report by Clare Hanrahan, via New South Network The activists were ordered to court to face various charges including trespass and impeding traffic resulting from asserting first amendment rights to peaceably assemble in various nonviolent direct actio... »
JakeFrankel: Nice! RT @floatingaction: we're playing Big Love Festival in asheville,nc next sunday, may5, 5pm!! #avlent
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Apr 27JakeFrankel: Nice! RT @floatingaction: we're playing Big Love Festival in asheville,nc next sunday, may5, 5pm!! #avlent »
mxnews: RT @CityofAsheville: Alert: Bus route 18 will not stop at Oakley St for rest of day due to H2O repair. Other stops OK #avltransit #avlnews
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Apr 27mxnews: RT @CityofAsheville: Alert: Bus route 18 will not stop at Oakley St for rest of day due to H2O repair. Other stops OK #avltransit #avlnews »
UNC Asheville Men's Basketball Ranked Nationally in Final Stats
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Apr 27ASHEVILLE, N.C. - The UNC Asheville men's basketball team enjoyed an outstanding season in 2011-12 as the Bulldogs won their second straight Big South Conference title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. They set a school record for wins with 24 and t... »
Late-April snow? It’s spring in WNC
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Apr 27From the Institute for Climate Education at A-B Tech: The Black Mountains didn’t live up to their name on Monday afternoon, April 23, when they got blanketed with about 2 inches of snow. While snow in April is not unheard of in Western North Carolina, ... »