Bent Creek News

Appalachian State University is capitalizing on its research to get federal-stimulus funding.

What: Fall color ablaze at the N.C. Arboretum. When: 8 a.m.-9 p.m. daily; exhibit and education centers and bonsai garden, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday.

I usually try to pay my debts, and I had a big one. In August, I biked Bent Creek trails during a storm, an adventure that got me a good story but may have marred the routes some folks work hard to maintain Outruns the Tempest," . Kudos to the crew : This shovel-ready bunch - volunteers with the Pisgah Area SORBA - help maintain the trails in such ...

I am still shaken by what I have read of the recent incident between the local firefighter and Alan Simons.

Published: Friday, August 28, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 8:12 p.m. Members of the Henderson County commissioners and Asheville City Council could not come to an agreement Tuesday over a decade-old water dispute.

Jonathan Poston's Aug. 12 article in the Xpress Outdoors section, "All Wet" - the story of a barely evaded rainstorm at Bent Creek - was a familiar account to many mountain bikers.

New Year's Eve falls on Sept. 19 this year - at least for alumni of the Lee Edwards Class of 1959, who come together for Days of Auld Lang Syne, a nostalgic party.

The Bent Creek Institute, along with The North Carolina Arboretum, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Natural Products Alliance .

A federal judge in Asheville rejected a request by TVA for a delay in installing controls on air pollution that blows into Western North Carolina.

The following transfers were filed in the Register of Deeds office July 27 - 31.

The following transfers were filed in the Register of Deeds office July 27 - 31.

When : Meet at 9 a.m. Saturday. Where : Ledford Gap parking lot in Bent Creek. Details : The all-women's Team Prestige Subaru and the Asheville Women's Cycling Club are hosting a free mountain bike ride for women.

Western North Carolina is known as one of the best spots for mountain biking in the United States.

Around noon one June day, the urge for a night run hit me, and I dashed off an impromptu e-mail invite to the nearly 900 people on my "WNC adventure" list.

Research at the Bent Creek Institute could make way for Western North Carolina to reap a harvest of jobs in the growing market for natural medicines.

If you're hunting for cancer-fighting substances, there's no need to journey to the Amazon in search of some rare plant dangling in the upper reaches of the jungle canopy.

A federal judge upheld the death sentence handed to one of Buncombe County's most notorious killers, ruling that Richard Allen Jackson's trial attorneys did a competent job representing him.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story first appeared in the April 4, 1998, Citizen-Times. It was a crime that shocked a community.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story first appeared in the Nov. 23, 1995, Citizen-Times. The day after Thanksgiving last year, a deer hunter made the gruesome discovery: Karen Styles, missing since Oct.

So we're back. Miss us much? As we write this, many of y'all are getting set for the Beer City Bash at the Orange Peel, so let's jump right in ... This time we start off with a goodbye and hello.