Michael Myers Founded in 1870 as a weekly, the Citizen-Times became a daily newspaper in 1885. Writers Thomas Wolfe, O. Henry, both buried in Asheville, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, a common visitor of Asheville, frequently could be found in the newsroom in earlier days. In 1986, $12 million was invested in offset printing presses and a new 44,000 square-foot production building in nearby Enka, with composed pages transmitted electronically from the downtown Asheville building located nine miles away In April 1997, the Citizen-Times became the first daily newspaper in Western North Carolina to launch a website; the site now receives hundreds of thousands of hits a day. Currently, the Citizen-Times has approximately 300 employees. Visit the main site at <a href="http://www.CITIZEN-TIMES.com" target="_new">http://www.CITIZEN-TIMES.com</a> <p>Founded in 1870 as a weekly, the Citizen-Times became a daily newspaper in 1885. Writers Thomas Wolfe, O. Henry, both buried in Asheville, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, a common visitor of Asheville, frequently could be found in the newsroom in earlier days.</p> <p>In 1986, $12 million was invested in offset printing presses and a new 44,000 square-foot production building in nearby Enka, with composed pages transmitted electronically from the downtown Asheville building located nine miles away</p> <p>In April 1997, the Citizen-Times became the first daily newspaper in Western North Carolina to launch a website; the site now receives hundreds of thousands of hits a day. Currently, the Citizen-Times has approximately 300 employees.</p> <p>Visit the main site at <a href="http://www.CITIZEN-TIMES.com" target="_new">http://www.CITIZEN-TIMES.com</a></p> 2007-09-11T15:21:36-04:00 about-us 111012 2007-09-11T15:21:36-04:00 31091 2007-09-11T15:23:05-04:00