Month: May 2019
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Sports
Storied run for softball team comes to an end
By Clint Parker NBHS – In a heartbreaking season-ending game Friday evening (May 17) the BlackHawks lost to Marvin Ridge…
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Community
Questions persist over new property plan
By Benjamin Cohn Weaverville – During a specially called meeting of Weaverville’s Planning and Zoning Board this month, the board…
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News
Mother Says Attempted Abduction Of Daughter Happened Again
By Clint Parker Weaverville area – The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an attempted kidnapping on Hamburg…
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Breaking News
Fire claims 100-plus-year-old house
By Clint Parker Jupiter – Firefighters from Jupiter Fire Department were back on the scene of a home on Eller…
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News
MAMA called for fall victim
By Clint Parker Reems Creek – A Friday, May 10, Brigman Road construction accident closed Reems Creek Road so that…
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Sports
Team bests last year’s record
NBHS – It was this time last year when the North Buncombe BlackHawks season ended. It was the third round…
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News
ABC Board concerned over possible privatization
By Benjamin Cohn Weaverville – The Town of Weaverville’s ABC Board met Wednesday morning to discuss an amendment to this…
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Commentary
Those “Dang revenuers!”
By Clint Parker I’ve been waiting for an issue that would allow me to say this and this week I’ve…
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History
The bird man of Buncombe County
By Jan Lawrence Editor’s note: Lawrence is the chairperson for the Dry Ridge Museum in Weaverville. John Simpson Cairns was…
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Community
Rain keeps some away from annual fishing event
By Benjamin Cohn Woodfin – Hundreds of local anglers endured heavy rain for this year’s Fins and Gills Classic fishing…
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