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Wednesday Jul 1 | Asheville Citizen-Times

Take a bow, Mr. Dodson

In the spring of 2000, members of the Buncombe County Board of Education were locked in a conference room on the 11th floor of the BB&T Building.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

Mountain Xpress

Buncombe Commissioners: No relief?

On the agenda for the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners' June 16 meeting, the matter was simply labeled "Resolution Rescinding Resolution 06-08-06," but what it meant was far more complex, as the commissioners decided to postpone the county's next property-tax revaluation until 2014.

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Sat Jun 27, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

Yelton leaving A-B Tech incubator for Arizona job

After building Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College's small business incubator from the ground up, Russ Yelton is heading west for bigger entrepreneurial frontiers.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

Mountain Xpress

Perdue speaks up for education at Asheville rally

Lisa Horak had just completed her first year of teaching when the Buncombe County Schools notified her that, due to proposed state budget cuts, her contract wouldn't be renewed.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

The Asheville Citizen-Times

Enka native pursues his lifelong goal of becoming Air Force pilot

Editor's note: This story first appeared in the Aug. 7, 2003, edition of the Citizen-Times. The sleek, narrow T-6 Texas II airplane swooped down the runway.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

Asheville crews working to restore power, clear downed trees

Nearly 1,700 Asheville-area residents lost power in Thursday's violent storms, and city crews were busy Friday morning clearing downed trees out of roadways.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

Insecticide sparks mobile home blaze

An aerosol device intended to kill fleas likely sparked a fire inside a home in Buncombe County on Friday.

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Asheville Citizen-Times

Great things come in small (and beautiful) packages

Many of today's homebuyers wish for less square footage but are not willing to sacrifice lifestyle.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

AltWeeklies.com

Teachersa rally packs Enka gymnasium

Out there somewhere, lost for 146 years, there really is the head of a great Apache leader, taken in the most violent and ignominious means imaginable.

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

AltWeeklies.com

Ahmedinajad's victory is not good news for Iranian kids on death row

On Monday, the Boston Newspaper Guild rejected the Times Co.'s latest contract offer, paving the way for a protracted legal fight.

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Sat Jun 13, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

Rayburn announces run for board of aldermen seat

Tim Rayburn, retired fire chief of the Black Mountain Fire Department, is the first to announce his candidacy for the Town of Black Mountain Board of Aldermen November election.

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Thu Jun 11, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

Fire destroys house in Leicester

Fire destroyed an abandoned house in the Leicester area early this morning. No one was hurt in the blaze at 346 Hookers Gap Road, said a dispatcher with the Buncombe County Emergency Operations Center.

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Tue Jun 09, 2009

Mountain Xpress

Teachers' rally packs Enka gymnasium

Well over 1,000 teachers, parents and students packed the gymnasium of Enka High School on Monday evening to rally against state education cuts.

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Asheville Citizen-Times

Diesel spill closes one lane of I-40

A piece of debris punctured a diesel fuel tank on a tractor trailer, closing one lane of Interstate 40 for about 45 minutes.

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Sun Jun 07, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

Asheville-Buncombe Tech business incubator celebrates growth

JBOATWRIGHT@CITIZEN-TIMES.COM A popular business program and the entrepreneurs who depend upon it remain optimistic about the future, despite the prospect of state budget cuts.

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Fri Jun 05, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

DOT planning another I-40 exit

Residents of western Buncombe County could get another way to get on and off Interstate 40 later this decade.

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Wed Jun 03, 2009

The Asheville Citizen-Times

Enka PTOs to hold meeting on school budget cuts

PTO members at Candler, Sand Hill-Venable and Hominy Valley Elementary schools will hold a meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at Enka High to discuss how budget cuts are affecting teacher and assistant jobs.

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Tue Jun 02, 2009

WWNC-AM Asheville

New I-40 Exit Being Discussed

The Enka-Candler area may get a new option to get on and off of I-40. Monday, June 1, 2009 The DOT is planning a new exit 2.5 miles west of the current Enka-Candler exit, which is exit 44.

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Sun May 31, 2009

Mountain Xpress

Buncombe Commissioners: To cut or not to cut?

That was the feeling that pervaded the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners' May 19 meeting, as both members of the public and some commissioners weighed in on the proposed budget for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1. Reflecting an uncertain economy, the budget projects declining tax revenues, balanced by $5.9 million in spending cuts.

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Fri May 29, 2009

The Asheville Citizen-Times

Experts: Local women's businesses faring well

Like most businesses, those run by women have taken a hit during the recession. But regionally and locally, women-owned enterprises seem to be hurting less, and some have even expanded, business experts and others said Thursday at the fifth annual Women's Business Conference.

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