Asheville News

On Saturday, thousands of North Carolinians will start their Memorial Day weekend by speaking up against an international company.

Two new breakfast restaurants recently opened in Asheville. And both are working toward offering a place in their respective communities -- east and west of Asheville -- for people to gather.

There are some for whom glitter-tracking is an occupational hazard. Sadie Hawkins and Buster Britches are two of those people.

Roland L. Sargent, 94, of Givens Estates United Methodist Retirement Community passed away unexpectedly, but peacefully, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at Mission Hospital Asheville.

Buncombe County property owners would see a 2.6 percent tax increase under the budget proposed by County Manager Wanda Greene.

According to the production credits, "26 Minutes" was created almost entirely on violin.

Police in Asheville are looking into the discovery of a man's body at a recycling plant.

Police say an Asheville man broke into a house where he held two men captive and robbed and assaulted the victims.

The High Country's local food cooperative is growing faster than weeds in a wet spell.

Disaster relief agencies continue to seek support from Western North Carolina residents to help those whose lives have been devastated by tornadoes in Oklahoma, and those needs will continue for months and even years to come.

For the seventh straight year the ABSfest: Americana Burlesque and Sideshow Festival will bring a variety of extravagant performances to various venues around Asheville.

Board members from both Smoky Mountain Center and Western Highlands Network used the phrase "smooth transition" throughout a meeting held earlier this afternoon - an indication that both entities want another two-word expression they used frequently to come true at Western Highland's meeting tomorrow morning: "seamless process." To do this, Western ... (more)

It's commonly said that housing's hard to find in Asheville. Numbers from the U.S. Census and elsewhere shine a light on exactly how hard.

A trolley collided with the Miles Building at the corner of Haywood and Battery Park today, hitting the overhang above the wig shop.

A high-level Republican acknowledged that the city, and Buncombe County, have been targeted by GOP legislation in a hastily written resignation letter.

During the opening set at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall someone commented, "This is a nice place.

As mountain towns go, Asheville is far from the coldest. In January, the city's most frigid month, the highs hover around 47 degrees, with average lows of about 28.

Wanda Ruiz Padilla, a factory worker from Arden, plans to use the $200,000 she won playing the Power 7's scratch-off game to fix up her mother's home, pay bills and take her first vacation in six years.

Thursday, May 23 Start your weekend off with some color as local author Peter Loewer visits the Swannanoa Library for a presentation on the wildflowers of WNC.

Mike Rangel is in the business of being busy. He owns a restaurant, a brewery and a movie theater.