Sunny skies and warm temperatures are a welcome sight after a cold, snowy winter, but they also signal the start of poor air quality days in the mountains.

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Two new Mexican restaurants have opened in Asheville. A South Asheville Papa's and Beer location has opened, joining three other locations in Western North Carolina of this local, family-owned and operated chain.

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It's a really fun and affordable thing to take the kids and do, or you yourself! Admission is only $6 for adults, $5 for students and kids between 4 and 17, and free for kids under 4 years of age.

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Back in August 2009, Backpacker Magazine ranked Asheville #11 and Brevard #20 in the U.S. for best places to raise an outdoor kid.

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As communications director for Summer of Solutions , I'm featuring every program to paint a picture of the diversity of solutions young people are building across the country.

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Like a well-oiled machine, the assembly line of kids and adults at Mission Children's Hospital set about the work of saving lives.

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Like Sundance for squirts, they exist to promote and cultivate the entertainment version of beets: vitamin-rich sustenance kids are not quite sure they want to consume, no matter how delicious their parents say it is.

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From sultry to silly, from contemporary to classic, the performances in Diva Cabaret will be top notch at the Asheville Community Theatre.

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Full announcement below: On Sunday, March 14, from noon to 6:00pm, the Western North Carolina Chapter of Veterans For Peace will host an open house with entertainment, refreshments, and information at their new downtown Asheville headquarters at the Courtyard Gallery, 9 Walnut, 1-D . Chapter president Kim Carlyle explains, "Since President Obama's ...

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Firefighters responded to a fire this afternoon at Turtle Creek Apartments on Hendersonville Road.

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Lori Hilliard will be making her Asheville Community Theatre directorial debut this week with an especially young cast.

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With a clock tracking the U.S. national debt and 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' booming through speakers, about 300 members of the Asheville Tea Party gathered Friday to watch six Republican congressional hopefuls debate.

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Porgy & Bess, George and Ira Gershwin's powerful story set in a community of Gullah people outside Charleston, SC, is considered by many to be America's greatest achievement in musical theatre, and this year the show is celebrating its 75th Anniversary with an extraordinarily acclaimed touring production that will visit Asheville on Saturday, March ...

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Buncombe County and Asheville schools have seen an increase in school crime, fueled in part by persistent problems with illegal drugs, according to state figures released Thursday.

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Police here charged an Asheville man with sexual offenses involving a child. John Leonard Davis, 39, of Brookdale Road, was charged with three counts of indecent liberties with a child, one count of first-degree sex offense with a child and attempted first-degree sex offense with a child.

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The first week of each month, Karen and Jerry Vaneman pack their car for a four-hour drive from Asheville, North Carolina, to the medical complex at Duke University.

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The Asheville Planning and Zoning Commission met this evening and approved the Larchmont Project, 5-1, Byers against.

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Actress, activist and Asheville resident Andie MacDowell sees a pretty simple solution to a very complex problem that involves rape, torture and other atrocities against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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From 8:30 a.m.-noon Saturday, Asheville SCORE will present a Business and Employment Law Seminar.

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Progress Energy is reporting 109 power outages in Western North Carolina as of 4 p.m., with crews working to restore power within the next two hours.

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Sarge’s sends nearly 40 dogs and cats to homes in New Jersey Nearly 40 dogs and cats are getting a second chance. Rescued from the Haywood County Animal Shelter by Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation, the animals were transported Thursday night to New Jersey. The van full of dogs, puppies and kittens will then be adopted out through Common Sense for Animals, an animal rescue group in Stewartsville ...
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WAYNESVILLE — David Day would be looking at a 45-minute trip down Interstate 40 should he drive from his Asheville video game arcade to where a rock slide shut down the highway near the Tennessee line.But that's not to say, in Day's estimation, that the closure hasn't hurt his business, which on a good day packs in families to play miniature golf, ride go-carts or pump tokens into the games.The ...
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WAYNESVILLE — David Day would be looking at a 45-minute trip down Interstate 40 should he drive from his Asheville video game arcade to where a rock slide shut down the highway near the Tennessee line.
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By Tom Smith Senior Staff Writer A man convicted in 1993 of sexual battery in Tennessee, is in the Lauderdale County Detention Center after failing to register as a sex offender, officials said. Danny Ray Haywood, 38, 325 Simpson St., Florence, is charged with failure to register as a sex offender and failure to register his employment, authorities said.
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The Florida man accused of killing Trooper David Shawn Blanton will start Aug. 16, according to the Haywood County Clerk’s office.
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A Canton man is being held in custody of the Haywood County Jail under $30,000 bond accused of robbing at gunpoint the Quick Pantry in the Bethel community. Warrants for the arrest of Mark Dewayne Parton, 47, were issued last month after authorities identified him as a suspect in video surveillance footage recorded the night of Feb. 15 when cash was robbed from the Bethel Quick Pantry.
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Haywood County third-graders are getting an educational boost thanks to the Waynesville Kiwanis Club. Club members are handing out dictionaries to every third-grader in the county. On Friday, members were at Hazelwood Elementary to deliver those students’ books, as well as explain to students how to use the dictionaries.
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FLORENCE Sex offender fails to register, jailed A man convicted in 1993 of sexual battery in Tennessee is in the Lauderdale County Detention Center after failing to register as a sex offender, officials said.
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CLYDE — The Haywood County Board of Commissioners has selected Padgett and Freeman Architects, PA to provide architectural design services for the renovation of the former Walmart Building on Paragon Parkway.
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The statewide smoking ban is working as intended at most of the 856 Buncombe County bars and restaurants covered under the smoke-free law. More The Internet giant has announced plans to bring an extensive fiber optic network to every home in one or more cities across the United States, promising connection speeds of 1 gigabit per second, far faster than DSL or cable broadband.
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The complete Health Calendar is posted online at www.CITIZEN-TIMES.com . Scroll down to Living and click on Health. FLU VACCINES: H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccines for age 6 months and older. 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday at Buncombe County Department of Health, Woodfin Street, Asheville.
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By Jessica Goodman Times-News Staff Writer After a long process and a national search, the United Way of Henderson County has named a new executive director, and she was in Hendersonville all along.
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Blueridgenow.com Ruth Birge has been named executive director of United Way of Henderson County by the organization's board of directors. She served as interim executive director of UWHC from June 2009-December 2009.
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Natrona County senior thrower Baillie Gibson got one of those records she was eyeing.
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TENNESSEE BLOCKAGE U.S. 64/74 is closed about 12 miles west of the North Carolina-Tennessee state line in the Ocoee River Gorge until the end of March because of a rock slide.
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Spring Hours for the Carrousel and Train at Shelby City Park:March April and May: Thursday through Saturday, 1 to 6 p.m.; Sunday, 1:30 - 6 p.m.Information: 704-484-6476http://www.cityofshelby.com/parks What: Cleveland County Republican...
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Changes in the Wake County Public School System have limited the amount of time NC State students can spend in the classroom.
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Henderson CountyHLT taking reservations for 'Visiting Mr. Green'
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6:30 p.m. March 9, Shoney’s, 379 Long Shoals Road, Arden. Make reservations at 681-8188.
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Sheriff’s deputies caught and arrested two men for stealing railroad spikes in Henderson County, NC.
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