What’s in the news: Fire at the Texas Roadhouse restaurant and more

Jason Sandford April 18, 2008

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

WLOS led off the 11 p.m. news with the “breaking news” of a “major fire” at the Texas Roadhouse restaurant on Hendersonville Road in Biltmore Village. More information coming…

In other news…

Haywood Regional Medical Center passed a government inspection, the first step in getting back Medicare and Medicaid funding that had been pulled over concerns about nursing care and other issues. Russ Bowen had the complete story.

There are brush fires in Madison, Graham and Haywood counties Thursday.

People are complaining about smoke and ashes coming from Asheville Mortuary Services. The crematorium says it did have a smoke problem, but they’ve fixed it. I did this story last month for Mountain Xpress. WLOSers offered nothing new.

Three men pleaded guilty to a home invasion that went down last November in Weaverville.

A wreck snarled traffic on Interstate 26 Thursday after a drunk driving suspect wrecked his truck near Biltmore Square Mall. The guy ran, but police caught him.

And David Pierce, a well-known track coach in Henderson County, is back to good health after recovering from a severe blow to the head last year when he was hit by a falling tree. Pierce said doctors said it’s a miracle that he’s come as far as he has.

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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4 Comments

Bmac April 21, 2008

Not to say that WLOS is better than mountainx.com, but the sound and moving pictures for WLOS’s crematorium story was more than just 45 seconds of smoke being emitted from the mortuary.

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Tarheel Hal April 18, 2008

"They said they talked to the restaurant manager, who said a steak caught fire on the grill."
That must have been a mighty big steak to set the roof on fire!

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Ash April 18, 2008

Richard, Mountain Xpress is much more than ink on a page. You should check out http://www.mountainx.com. Guess what? There’s sound and moving pictures! Try it. If you actually clicked on the link to the Mountain Xpress story, you would have seen that there was video with the story.

Two other recent examples:

http://www.mountainx.com/news/2008/springs_sprung1

http://www.mountainx.com/ae/2008/040208music

So, like i said: nothing new.

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richard head April 18, 2008

nothing new? how ’bout sound and moving pictures? last i heard, mountain x was just ink on a page

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