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Asheville Citizen-Times: Entrepreneur finds niche with coasters made from reclaimed wood
Jason Sandford August 20, 2013

Tim Jennings, who worked for the city of Asheville the past several years, has branched out with Blue Ridge Coasters in Black Mountain.

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Asheville’s Beer City Cup will bring 900 soccer players to town Labor Day weekend
Jason Sandford August 20, 2013

The one-of-a-kind tournament for adult soccer players from around N.C. and seven other states offers cash prizes and Asheville's famous brew.

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Fundraising event set for Femcare, shuttered Asheville abortion clinic; Keever, Hanger to speak
Jason Sandford August 19, 2013

The state shut down Femcare on July 31, but a dedicated group of supporters is rallying to get it open again.

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Asheville Sister Cities to host two dinners honoring partner cities in Mexico and Greece
Jason Sandford August 19, 2013

The first dinner will be held at Havana Comida Latina. The second will be at The Mediterranean. Both cost $40 per person.

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Asheville police move some reports online with Police to Citizen initiative
Jason Sandford August 19, 2013

Past local government efforts to make basic police public records available have withered, but Police to Citizen promises new access to records.

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Brevard’s Mountain Song Festival to feature Steep Canyon Rangers, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Balsam Range, more
Jason Sandford August 18, 2013

The Sept. 13-14 festival will also include Shawn Camp, Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn and Tim and Mollie O'Brien.

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Ashvegas movie review: Elysium
Jason Sandford August 18, 2013

Matt Damon heroics, stunning special effects, and a menacing villain collide in this sci-fi thriller.

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Word on the street: Top of the Monk set to open in downtown Asheville in September
Jason Sandford August 17, 2013

The new speakeasy style bar will be on the floor above the Thirsty Monk Belgian beer bar in downtown Asheville. And there's rooftop access with a view.

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Thirsty Monk to open north Asheville location later this year
Jason Sandford August 15, 2013

The Thirsty Monk, already with locations in downtown and south Asheville, is looking north to Reynolds Village.

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The Week in Film: Non-mutant Superhero edition (Part 2)
Jason Sandford August 15, 2013

Masked crusaders, runaways, servicemen, inventors, and scheming billionaires, all headed our way.

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Asheville loses out to Chattanooga for Ironman competition
Jason Sandford August 15, 2013

Chattanooga will host the first full Ironman in the Southeast in September 2014.

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Ashvegas movie review: Planes
Jason Sandford August 14, 2013

A predictable underdog sports story, "Planes" is nonetheless good, clean family fun.

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Ashvegas movie review: We’re The Millers
Jason Sandford August 14, 2013

What looks like a conventional road comedy turns out to be one of the year’s funniest films.

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Ashvegas movie review: Percy Jackson – Sea of Monsters
Jason Sandford August 14, 2013

This adaptation of Rick Riordan's popular novel is pure dumbed down family entertainment.

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Ashvegas movie review: Unfinished Song
Jason Sandford August 13, 2013

If you liked The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Quartet, you'll love this warm, comedic look at elderly Brits.

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Ashvegas movie review: Lovelace
Jason Sandford August 13, 2013

The star of Deep Throat gets her due in this engaging but unpleasant biopic.

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Literary star Marisha Pessl, who grew up in Asheville, out with new book, ‘Night Film’
Jason Sandford August 13, 2013

Pessl's first book, "Special Topics in Calamity Physics," was a runaway hit a few years back. Now's she's back with a thriller.

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PHOTOS: Views of the BB&T building
Jason Sandford August 13, 2013

A few of my photos from the past few years of the iconic BB&T building, which is set to get a major makeover.

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BB&T and McKibbon team up for remake of iconic Asheville office building
Jason Sandford August 12, 2013

McKibbon, which just opened the Aloft Hotel and plans to build another across from the U.S. Cellular Center, plans to remake the 17-story BB&T into a boutique hotel.

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CONTEST OVER Win tix NOW to Thursday’s ActionFest screening
Jason Sandford August 12, 2013

Free movie, Ninja Porter, and popcorn? Win tickets now!

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Asheville’s new Fox & Beggar Theater successful in fundraiser for unique circus performance
Jason Sandford August 11, 2013

Described as a visionary three-party circus for the stage, "Tarocco" is planned for the Masonic Temple in Asheville next year.

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Asheville independent movie to be screened Aug. 15 at Fine Arts Theatre
Jason Sandford August 11, 2013

The indy film follows the story of an orphaned underground boxer.

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PHOTOS: First day at the Brew Pump bar in a gas station on Haywood Road in West Asheville
Jason Sandford August 11, 2013

A few snaps from opening day at the Brew Pump tap bar in West Asheville.

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‘Lost,’ ‘Vampire Diaries’ star coming to Asheville for environmental rally on Aug. 24
Jason Sandford August 11, 2013

Iam Somerhalder will be one of the featured speakers at the Beyond Coal rally in Pack Square Park.

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Ashvegas Hot Sheet online: A Moogfest tease, Storage Wars in town, Chipotle rumors and more
Jason Sandford August 11, 2013

New Haywood Road business opening, an Andie MacDowell update, a music recc and more.

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Asheville NORML to hold ‘Weed’ documentary on Sunday at Westville Pub
Jason Sandford August 10, 2013

CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks about how he changed his mind regarding medical marijuana.

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Entrepreneurs seek $10,000 to digitize climate data records in Asheville
Jason Sandford August 10, 2013

The federal government funded a project to digitize the weather records for a decade, but it was cut in 2011.

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Bob Moog Foundation president questions move to deliver Moog archives to Cornell
Jason Sandford August 10, 2013

The cutting letter by Bryan Bell, the Moog Foundation president, questions the motives of Bob Moog's widow and the president of Moog Music Inc. in Asheville.

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Police rouse a sleeping Asheville City Councilman in search for B&E suspect
Jason Sandford August 9, 2013

An Asheville resident told police her home was invaded by a crazy, white-haired, pot-bellied old man. Turns out it wasn't Councilman Cecil Bothwell, despite the similarities.

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New Belgium to Asheville: We’ll be making beer in your town in December 2015
Jason Sandford August 9, 2013

New Belgium in May announced a delay in building its new East Coast brewery in Asheville, causing some to question the company's commitment.

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Asheville Beer Guy: PR snafu catches Flying Dog Brewery in the crosshairs as it jokingly knocks Beery City
Jason Sandford August 8, 2013

Flying Dog's pr campaign dubbed "Swallow the Truth" had the brewery eating a little crow on Wednesday.

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Coming soon: Traffic mess on Merrimon Avenue in north Asheville
Jason Sandford August 7, 2013

Harris Teeter and Trader Joe's aren't even open yet, but motorists can already see the problems.

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Word on the street: New Asheville brewing in the works beneath Asheville’s Farm Burger
Jason Sandford August 7, 2013

One World Brewing was announced more than a year ago, but work is underway to finally make it happen.

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Grassroots fundraising effort underway to get Asheville abortion clinic back online
Jason Sandford August 7, 2013

Open Umbrella Collective is asking people to donate cash to get Femcare up and running again after the state shut the clinic down.

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Ashvegas movie review: 2 Guns
Jason Sandford August 6, 2013

Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg stink up the screen in this chemistry-free dud.

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Asheville politics
U.S. Rep. McHenry to host Buncombe County town hall meeting Wednesday
Jason Sandford August 6, 2013

McHenry represents the North Carolina 10th congressional district, which includes most of Asheville.

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Oskar Blues in Brevard adds tanks as growth continues
Jason Sandford August 6, 2013

Oskar Blues' new East Coast brewery in Brevard is preparing to start brewing up its Ten Fidy for the first time.

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The Week in Film: Sci-Fi Allegory edition
Jason Sandford August 6, 2013

Societal equalizers, singing pensioners, porn stars, fake families, gods' offspring, and talking airships, all for your entertainment.

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Breaking: Citizen-Times publisher Randy Hammer announces retirement
Jason Sandford August 6, 2013

Hammer has been publisher of the Citizen-Times since 2007.

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Black Mountain News: Best-selling author Nicholas Sparks focuses book, movie on Black Mountain College
Jason Sandford August 6, 2013

The writer of "The Notebook" will use a cutting-edge school in Black Mountain as the setting for new work.

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Ashvegas movie review: Stories We Tell
Jason Sandford August 5, 2013

Sarah Polley keeps viewers on the outside with this inside joke of a documentary.

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Citizen-Times: Asheville Tourist baseball pitchers charged with rape
Jason Sandford August 1, 2013

Two 23-year-old relief pitchers were charged with raping a woman early Saturday at their apartment on Ascot Point Circle.

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Asheville tourism officials anxiously await Ironman decision
Jason Sandford August 1, 2013

Local tourism officials have a lot of cash and resources on the line in their bid for a full Ironman to be held in Western North Carolina.

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Ashvegas movie review: The Smurfs 2
Jason Sandford July 31, 2013

Good luck, parents.

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Word on the street: Decision could come this week on Publix in Asheville
Jason Sandford July 30, 2013

Rumors have been flying that Publix will come to Hendersonville Road in south Asheville.

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Asheville Citizen-Times: Hometown Olympic medalist Tamayo will go for gold again
Jason Sandford July 30, 2013

Track cyclist Lauren Tamayo, a 2012 London Olympic silver medalist, has announced she'll try to make it to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

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Ashvegas movie review: The Wolverine
Jason Sandford July 30, 2013

The popular mutant struggles without his fellow X-Men in this directionless spinoff.

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The Week in Film: Ramona Quimby, Age 34 edition
Jason Sandford July 30, 2013

Sarah Polley turns the camera on her family, Denzel and Marky Mark pop caps, and The Smurfs do...whatever it is that they do.

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Burial Beer Co.’s tap room on Asheville’s South Slope extends hours
Jason Sandford July 30, 2013

Burial Beer will now be open on Thursdays starting this week. The little tap room on the South Slope will be open Thursdays-Saturdays.

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New brewery in Brevard leads Oskar Blues’ continued explosive growth
Jason Sandford July 30, 2013

In June, the brewery shipped more than 1.2 million cans of beer made in Brevard to 15 states.

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