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Outdoor event season is fully upon us, and with it the fourth annual Downtown Asheville Memorial Day Weekend Festival of the Arts returns. The showcase of local art and works from artists based across ...

When North Buncombe Elementary School PTO members first discussed how to honor Felix and Lucas Wisely, two brothers who died ...

Asheville, NC (May 21, 2025): Asheville Police officers apprehended a man with multiple open warrants attempting to steal items from a retailer in east Asheville on Tuesday evening.

Monica Barrios, Founder and Owner of Inside Out, Inc., shared, “’Gotcha!’ was said by all of the Henderson County secret agents. We immediately accepted the collaboration with Henderson County Public ...

Though no longer the epicenter of consumerism, the Asheville Mall endures and is home to the new artist collective the Mall R.A.T.S. (Radical Artists Taking Up Space), whose members transform its ...

CEDAR MOUNTAIN – DuPont State Recreational Forest (DSRF) has reopened the popular foot traffic only Triple Falls Trail following temporary repairs.

The Grocery Store Plastic Scorecard assesses regional and national grocery stores throughout WNC local grocery stores using key criteria related to their plastic use and reduction strategies. Stores ...

RALEIGH – The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) State Energy Office (SEO) has selected nine projects to receive $2.79 million in Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants.

Press release from Pisgah Legal Services: Last week the Buncombe County Bar and Pisgah Legal Services honored exemplary volunteer attorneys and celebrated their generous pro bono service at the 2025 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Today, the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor (OSA) released an investigative report of the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office. The report concluded that over 900 inmates did not ...

The Asheville-Buncombe Air Quality Agency’s board meeting dates for 2025 have been updated. A special meeting was added on June 17 th, 2025, and the July meeting was modified to now be held on July 24 ...