The state’s second-highest court has ruled against an appeal by a man who had been convicted of animal cruelty and other crimes after trying to run over a homeless man in Asheville and striking a baby carriage in which he kept his cat. The North Carolina Court of Appeals agreed unanimously that Scott Everett Ford’s […]
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Asheville Zen Tubing owner Heath White dies; remembered as ‘steward’ of French Broad River
ASHEVILLE – Heath White, founder and owner of Zen Tubing, one of the biggest names in outdoor recreation in Western North Carolina, died Dec. 11 from heart transplant complications two weeks after surgery. He was 54. White and his wife and business partner, Jennifer “Jen” Ditzler, were the forces behind Asheville’s first tubing outfitter. Ditzler, […]
Student pilot has spinal surgery in Asheville after plane’s crash landing on I-26
ASHEVILLE — A student pilot is recovering from spinal surgery at Mission Hospital after he and another pilot crashed aboard a single-engine plane into Interstate 26 the night of Dec. 14. According to flight logs, the plane took off from Knoxville, Tennessee, at 7:36 p.m. Dec. 14 for its fourth flight of the day. About […]