A couple of guitars, amps and a bass are scattered in Asheville City Council candidate Drew Ball ’s small repurposed shed situated across the driveway from his main residence, not far from Malvern ...

For readers unfamiliar with this series, it’s fairly straightforward: Over a six-week stint, I am meeting with all six Council candidates at their preferred location to listen to an album of their ...

Over seven years have passed since the release of Jane Kramer ’s album Valley of the Bones. But during that span, the ...

Yet, according to Cable’s presentation, Buncombe County was ranked last in terms of CDBG-DR investment, receiving $1.7 billion in funds, representing 2.5% of the total dollars distributed. Burke ...

The owner of Woodfin’s Silver-Line Plastics will fund the next phase of a yearslong cleanup that began when floodwaters swept ...

Asheville City Schools Foundation, Ike Smith, an educator and local policy ambassador for the Public School Forum, informed attendees about how two referendums in the upcoming elections could ...

The George Masa Foundation has opened its third annual Youth Conservation Photography Prize, inviting middle and high school students ages 11 to 18 from across the United States to photograph the ...

In his newest documentary, Raising Cane: The Cherokee and Rivercane, filmmaker David Weintraub explores the history of rivercane, a native plant he describes as “an environmental guardian and a ...

The Black Mountain Center for the Arts kicks off its 2026-27 theater season with Examination. The play is based on a short novel by Jakob Schmidt, a role-playing game developer and founder of Fire ...

Columbus, N.C.-based multidisciplinary artist Janet Orselli describes her work in an artist statement as “a love letter to leftovers.” “I create sculptural assemblage and si ...

Asheville City Schools (ACS) has joined more than 2,000 school boards across the nation in litigation against social media companies over their alleged roles in fueling the youth mental health crisis.

In the two years since Tropical Storm Helene caused significant damage to many Western North Carolina farms, a number of local growers have reinvented their business models to include diverse new ...