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Spas create deals and discounts for slumping economy
GPI will make sure you can still get your facials and massages, as always!
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NC Plant Fire Forces Evacuation Of Homes
Hey, read the rules! Residents of the Spruce Pine area have been ordered to evacuate their homes in response to a fire at a quartz processing plant.
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Kind Beer gets warm Asheville welcome
In rough and tumble times like these, maybe it's more important than ever to be kind and to give a new brew a chance.
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Arrests: Police nab fugitive
City police Thursday arrested an Asheville man wanted in South Carolina for a parole violation on a prior drug conviction.
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Family defends man on child abuse charges
Jon Ostendorff * JOstendorff@CITIZEN-TIMES.com * published November 22, 2008 12:15 am BRYSON CITY The family of a man accused of breaking the legs of his 4-month-old twin sons because they got on his nerves ...
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Top gambling operator faces new charges
Jon Ostendorff * JOstendorff@CITIZEN-TIMES.com * published November 28, 2008 12:15 am ASHEVILLE A key figure in the government's long-running investigation into illegal gambling continued a video poker ...
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NC man accused of attacking grandpa with machete
A 76-year-old man is recovering from machete wounds at a North Carolina hospital after authorities said he was attacked and robbed of his $200,000 life savings by his grandson.
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NC Fire Depts., 2 in WNC, receive $500,000 from FEMA
Local recipients include: Reynolds VFD, Inc. Asheville Operations and Safety $132,525 Saluda Operations and Safety $129,675 'This funding is an investment by FEMA in these departments to help them purchase ...
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Portion of AIDS Quilt on display
ASHEVILLE The weeklong exhibit of portions of the AIDS Memorial Quilt continues today through Monday on the Promenade at Pack Place.
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Widespread Panica s Jimmy Herring talks about guitar solos, new music and playing in Asheville
Xpress: Thanks, Jimmy for taking the time to chat it up with us today. You just got off fall tour and your 200th show with Widespread Panic.
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NC woman to celebrate on 3,100-mile bike ride
A birthday cake and party weren't enough for Laurey Masterton. After fighting uterine cancer 20 years ago, the Asheville woman is celebrating her "golden birthday" and raising money for cancer research by ...
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Robbery home invasion probed
ASHEVILLE City police were investigating an armed robbery reported early Wednesday at a Rock Hill Circle residence.
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Arrest blotter: Armed robbery suspect arrested
ASHEVILLE Authorities Wednesday arrested a man wanted in connection an armed robbery last month at an Arden convenience store.
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Additional FEMA funds awarded to 2 WNC Fire Departments
Local recipients include Reynolds Fire Department in Asheville and Saluda Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue, Inc.
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Two More Gas Stations To Refund For Price Gouging
The North Carolina Attorney General's Office says two gas stations will repay customers $7,000 after spiking gas prices in September amid fuel shortages.
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Solar projects catch fire
Rising energy prices, government incentives and technological advances boost interest in sun as power source by Jason Sandford in Vol.
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While you cook and prepare your Thanksgiving feast, Asheville Fire...
While you cook and prepare your Thanksgiving feast, Asheville Fire and Rescue urges you to "stand by your pan.
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Climate crisis energizes radical environmentalists
Under arrest, Paxus Calta raised two fingers from his shackled hand to flash a peace sign. Fellow environmental activists cheered as police escorted him to the van that would take him to jail. He had intended to get arrested, as he had before in 12 countries on three continents. For two hours, Calta and 19 other protesters associated with the grassroots group Rising Tide North America had occupied the visitor's center at Dominion's North Anna Nuclear Power Station. While radical groups and their tactics are by no means new, climate change is a new cause for them.
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Arrests: Man charged with sex offense
ASHEVILLE Buncombe County sheriff's deputies charged an Asheville man with a sex crime.
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Asheville City Council
The nationwide economic downturn has made its way to Asheville, as the city grapples with how to handle an anticipated $1 million budget shortfall based on the results for the first quarter of the 2008-09 ...
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