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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1



                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


We consent to the inclusion in this Registration Statement of Weststar Financial
Services Corporation on Form SB-2 of our report dated January 25, 2000, included
in the Annual  Report on Form 10-KSB of The Bank of Asheville for the year ended
December  31,  1999,  and to the  use of our  report  dated  January  25,  2000,
appearing in the Prospectus,  which is part of this Registration  Statement.  We
also  consent  to the  reference  to us  under  the  heading  "Experts"  in such
Prospectus.


DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Hickory, North Carolina
August 25, 2000