Marshall News

Published: Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. Ethan Irvin Beddingfield, 11, of Fletcher, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 7, 2009.

Organizers are expecting about 300 riders for Saturday's fourth-annual Hot Doggett 100 bike race in Madison County.

As investigators try and find out why a fatal blast occurred during the set up of a fireworks display on Ocracoke Island the new state fire Marshall has discovered there's a gap in the law regarding the detonation of pyrotechnics.

Send information about faith-based events and what's going on at your place of worship at least two weeks in advance of the event to reporter Leslie Boyd at lboyd@citizen-times.com . Items published 1-7 days in advance, in Saturday's Mountains section, space permitting.

Leslie Williams stands at his produce vendor within the City Market on Lisbon Street, the lone such stand set up Wednesday.

'Evening Colors I' is among works in an ongoing series titled Through the Darkness by Frederick Lane Marshall.

Here's the set-up for A Beautiful View , now running in repertory at N.C. Stage, according to the show's press: L and M meet in a camping-goods store.

The Marshall Senior Center serves nearly 300 meals a day and offers a variety of activities for Madison County's elderly population, but the facility needed an energy face-lift. Enter the green team, led by the Global Institute for Sustainability Technologies, a new A-B Tech program that tackles special projects and holds workshops on such topics ...

Transylvania County Schools has 29 graduating seniors who qualified for induction into the National Technical Honor Society .

Police here charged two with methamphetamine possession. Michael Steven Parker, 25, of Woodfin Avenue, Asheville, was charged with possession of 1 gram of methamphetamine, no operator's license and possession of drug paraphernalia, warrants show.

MARSHALL On our first visit, it was clear that Bacchus Bistro was nothing like the old Rock Cafe here, home of several restaurants of the meat-and-three variety through the years.

Fierce afternoon storms took out power on Patton Avenue and Haywood Road in West Asheville.

The concrete supply company that was seeking county permission to build a ready mix concrete plant just to the south of downtown Marshall is now debating whether to switch locations.

Metal work to lingerie: the DIY spirit and community energy of the River Arts District's Phil Mechanic Studios by by Alli Marshall, with Rebecca Sulock in Vol.

NW of Asheville. Free, family-friendly festival features old-time and bluegrass music, ballad singing, and clogging.

The North Carolina Department of Labor has cited the town of Marshall with several serious violations regarding the improper removal of asbestos from the newly remodeled town hall.

Secretary of State Elaine Marshall's name has not been on any Democratic U.S. Senate lists, but maybe she should be.

The Buncombe County Sheriffs Office on Wednesday arrested a Madison County man on 16 drug-related charges and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.

Nearly 100 people packed the courtroom in the Madison County Courthouse Monday night for a public hearing regarding a request to site a cement plant on the south end of Marshall, but the county board of adjustments delayed taking testimony because a lawyer said she felt neighbors had not received enough time to gather evidence against the facility.

Asheville Street Style now has groovy, limited-edition iron-on patches. Want one? Send your best local street fashion shots to Alli Marshall - or just wear your best Asheville look and watch for one of our photographers.