Americorps Recovery Project Energize weatherization project looks for more participants

Weatherization doesn't just save energy — sometimes it saves lives. Gene Senyak credits a carbon monoxide alarm installed at his West Asheville bungalow with perhaps saving his life and those of his pets when his power went out during the Dec. 18 snowstorm

Gov. Perdue Visits Asheville

Gov. Perdue participates in a weatherization project in West Asheville with the GO Energy Team.

Justice undone?

Harsh sentence for anti-gang educator raises fairness concerns. On May 8, Stuart Peterson and two other men robbed the F&J Food Mart on Biltmore Avenue at gunpoint. A witness to the gang-related heist described their vehicle to police, and all three were soon caught and charged with armed robbery. It was Peterson's first felony arrest.

Weatherization Report: Chance of Aid for Middle-Class Homeowners

Builders are always happy to construct million-dollar "green" mansions for the wealthy, and the government is already helping low-income families with weatherization projects, but what are middle-class homeowners and renters to do if they want to go green?

Green Job Trainees Helping Red Cross

The 10 young men in training with Asheville Green Opportunities were doing more than just looking to save energy as they combed through the American Red Cross chapter headquarters recently. Their work also could help the chapter spend more on blood collection than on utility bills, GO organizers said.