http://www.yourstreet.com/news/asheville-nc YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Here at H-Town Rock we've been dreaming up an interview feature for a while, so we're proud to announce our new weekly feature: Get to Know a Houston Band. This week we sat down at Rudyard's with GTRS for a chat covering their everything from their album White Night... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6752286/get-to-know-a-houston-band-gtrs Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:00:08 -0700 ASHEVILLE -- The Buncombe County Board of Adjustment will consider an application Wednesday to locate an attached garage next to a home in the Beaverdam community just north of Asheville. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6748003/beaverdam-garage-on-board-agenda Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:00:08 -0700 ASHEVILLE -- The WNC Regional Air Quality Agency is forecasting a "green" air quality day today for the ridge tops and valleys of Buncombe County. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6748004/good-air-quality-forecast-for-today Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:00:08 -0700 ASHEVILLE -- UNC Asheville's Mass Communication Department will host a filmmaking workshop for middle school and high school students from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 24. The workshop will be held on campus and is free of charge. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6748006/filmmaking-workshop-for-middle-and-high-school-students Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:08 -0700 ASHEVILLE -- Buncombe County Sheriff's deputies Monday charged an Asheville man with possession with intent to sell marijuana, breaking and entering, and larceny. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742931/asheville-man-charged-with-drug-possession,-larceny Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:15:08 -0700 ASHEVILLE -- Enjoy today's sunny, mild temperatures while you can because more wet, cool weather is on the way for the rest of the week. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742932/partly-sunny,-high-near-69-today Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:15:08 -0700 ASHEVILLE -- Miriam Therese MacGillis, cofounder of Genesis Farm in New Jersey, will speak 7-9 p.m. today at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. This is a free event. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742933/be-aware-of-place-in-universe Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:15:08 -0700 ASHEVILLE -- City Councilman Kelly Miller's decision to quit the race for Asheville government has put election workers in a bind before voting is set to begin this week. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742934/miller-puts-election-workers-in-bind-after-dropping-out-of-race Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:15:08 -0700 ASHEVILLE -- The Downtown Asheville Residential Neighbors will host a downtown cookout/potluck dinner at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Battery Park Book Exchange and Champagne Bar across from the Grove Arcade. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742938/downtown-group-to-hold-potluck-fundraiser Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:15:08 -0700 ASHEVILLE -- The largest purchasers of parking spaces would get discounts of up to 15 percent under a plan proposed by city staff. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742939/large-buyers-to-get-parking-fee-discounts Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:15:08 -0700 ASHEVILLE -- It's more important now than ever for retirees and older people to protect their nest eggs -- or what's left of them after the stock market tanked last year. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742940/forum-to-focus-on-investment-swindles Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:15:08 -0700 ASHEVILLE -- An Asheville woman was injured Sunday when she was struck from behind by a train as she walked along the railroad tracks, police said. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742941/woman-injured-after-train-strikes-her Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:10:08 -0700 ASHEVILLE -- Developer Stewart Coleman's company has sent city government what amounts to another small nail in the coffin of Coleman's former plan to build condominiums near City Hall. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742942/downtown-asheville-condo-plan-formally-withdrawn Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:50:08 -0700 ASHEVILLE -- A marauding bear mauled a llama early today at a farm on Jones Cove Road in the Riceville community. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742943/bear-mauls-llama-at-riceville-community-farm Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:48:08 -0700 ASHEVILLE -- City police have cleared three accidents this evening in West Asheville on the Smoky Park Bridge and at 1616 Patton Avenue. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742946/several-accidents-cleared-in-west-asheville Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:13:08 -0700 ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A marauding bear mauled a llama early today at a farm on Jones Cove Road in the Riceville community, just the latest in a growing number of incidents reported this year as the bear population continued to grow across Western North Carolina. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6744927/bear-mauls-llama-at-nc-farm Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:38:08 -0700 ASHEVILLE -- Early voting for City Council elections will start Thursday at Buncombe County Election Services. Additional sites will open around the city starting Oct. 24. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742947/early-voting-to-start-thursday Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:25:08 -0700 ASHEVILLE -- Mission Hospital has filed an application with the state's certificate of need section of the N.C. Division of Health Service Regulation to renovate the fourth and sixth floors of the hospital. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742948/mission-proposes-8-3m-renovation Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:41:08 -0700 ASHEVILLE -- A Hendersonville woman has been charged with shoving a police officer investigating a report of stolen goods at the Dillard's in the Asheville Mall, according to warrants filed in Buncombe County Magistrate's Court. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742950/woman-charged-with-shoving-apd-officer Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:45:08 -0700 ASHEVILLE -- A Candler man has been charged with breaking into the Backyard Burgers on Merrimon Avenue in Asheville. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742951/man-charged-with-break-in-at-backyard-burgers Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:44:08 -0700