 03/22/10 Tucked into the rural scrub of Canaveral Groves, the reserve houses 51 exotic cats: 39 tigers, including 10 rare white tigers, six cougars, three lions and three leopards. Facing a deadline to move by 2011 after a zoning dispute with Brevard County, CFAR (pronounced see-far) proposes to build a larger caged complex -- potentially housing up to 80 great cats -- on 17 acres off U.S. 1 north of ...
 03/21/10 By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com Area athletes update ... N.C. State's Jason Jones (East Rowan) kicked off the college outdoor track season in ...
 03/21/10 As spring begins, get out and enjoy the mountains of Western North Carolina. Here are some ideas and destinations:
 03/15/10 By BRITTANY JACKSON Times-News Correspondent An a capella chorus of "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus" sung to the tune of "Amazing Grace" flowed from the mouths of a few hundred people kneeling in their pews as the priest steadily walked up and down the aisles of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church on Sunday night.
03/14/10 Your guide to author and literary events in Western North Carolina, March 14-21.
03/14/10 Blue Ridge Humane Society No-kill, limited admission animal adoption and rescue center. Location: U.S. 64 East. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Saturday. Information: 685-7107. All animals spayed or neutered; current on vaccinations. Pets for adoption can be viewed at www.petfinder.com/shelters/NC494.html. Offering free...
 02/18/10 Orange County is one of the most attractive stretches of the Southern California coast, especially a...
 02/10/10 Alissa Blanton, a 23-year-old Port St. John newlywed who once worked at a Merritt Island Hooters, was shot and killed in an Orlando homicide-suicide, initiated by a Cocoa Beach man who stalked her for more than a year, police said.
02/10/10 A turnover with 20 seconds left turned into a death nail for Pisgah on Tueday. Smoky Mountain's Jackson Simmons hit a turnaround shot with seconds left to lift the Mustangs.
 02/10/10 On the day Debbie Crane was fired for doing her job, and doing it well, she called a friend and asked for help getting in to see a psychiatrist. Immediately.
02/09/10 Times-News Online Tonight's prep basketball games at West Henderson between the Frankllin and West boys and girls have been moved up 30 minutes due to the threat of more winter weather in Western North Carolina.
01/30/10 The snow has slackened off in places including downtown Asheville, but the National Weather Service is telling us to expect frozen rain and other varieties of icy drizzle today before 1 p.m.
01/29/10 As of 7:02 p.m., there were 636 reported outages in Buncombe County and 346 in Haywood, according to the Progress Energy outage map.
01/29/10 All Interstate 40 westbound lanes are closed at the bottom of Old Fort Mountain, according to the N.C. Highway Patrol and Departmant of Transportation.
01/29/10 As of 8:17 p.m., there were 1,454 reported outages in Buncombe County, 534 in Haywood and 88 in Henderson, according to the Progress Energy outage map.
01/29/10 Citizen-Times copy editor Mohsin Syed reports that "the area around BiltmoreEstate/TGI Friday on Hendersonville Road/Biltmore Avenue didn't have power."
01/29/10 Although the snow has slowed down considerably recently, the storm is not over yet, according to the National Weather Service. The latest forecast calls for 10-14 inches of overnight snow accumulation possible in Asheville. The snow will become heavy again between 2-3 a.m.
01/29/10 Sall Sparks, of Avery's Creek Road in West Arden, reports 10 inches of snow have fallen at her home by 10 p.m. As of 9:32 p.m., there were 2,618 reported outages in Buncombe County, 514 in Haywood and 94 in Henderson, according to the Progress Energy outage map.
01/29/10 Ken Curtis tells us all of downtown Sylva is without power. :Lake Lure... 11:00 pm Friday night. North end of lake in Rumbling Bald Resort. We have 8 - 10 inches on the ground and it's still coming," Dunn writes. "It is the wet heavy stuff, and we won't be out of the house for a couple of days."
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