Black Mountain News

Jewelry designer Dee Sharp has opened a gallery called Art from the Heart. It offers work from regional artisans whose work is not found elsewhere in Western North Carolina, including Christian-themed wood and mosaic work, bird decor, word tiles and Sharp's own sculpted jewelry designs in sterling and gold.

This weekend isn't just any weekend. It's a holiday weekend. A three-day weekend.

Buncombe County Sheriff Investigators have charged two Buncombe County business owners with several felonies relating to breaking and enterings in the Buncombe County area.

Every trip to the Thirsty Monk beer bar in downtown Asheville reveals another bit of brew news.

There are so many food scares these days that I can hardly keep up. I totally missed this.

The Black Mountain Center for the Arts, 225 W. State St., will present 'Lay of the Land: Interpretations of the Landscape in Oil and Pastel' by painter Susan Sinyai, of Asheville, beginning Friday.

Two people at a Buncombe County summer camp have tested positive for swine flu, the county health department said Friday.

Gov. Beverly Perdue on Wednesday began a campaign for as much as $1.5 billion in tax increases to stave off what she said would be crippling budget cuts for public schools.

For 38 years, Nancy Saturn's American Artisan Gallery filled a niche that is becoming more difficult to discern outside of artisan hotbeds like Black Mountain, NC .

After 16 years building a successful business around their passion for metalwork, Dan and Tekla Howachyn know what it takes to make a living in the arts community.

Black Mountain Iron Works is hosting an open house Saturday from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. at its metal workshop and sculpture garden at 203 Padgettown Road, on the eastern side of town.

Band such as Stephanie's Id, Blueground Undergrass with Col. Bruce, Free Planet Radio, Sirius.B and Aaron Price are all typical offerings for the music-rich city of Asheville.

The Third Annual Art in Bloom will take place this weekend at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts, located in the beautifully renovated original city hall at 225 W. State Street.

A man was killed when the car he was driving hit a house off Lake Road early Sunday morning, police said today.

Woodfin Police on Monday charged an Asheville woman with intimidating a witness in a criminal case against her.

The Black Mountain Health Initiative and Mission Hospital's Carevan are providing free health screenings for cholesterol, diabetes and blood pressure 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. July 15 in the parking lot of the Lakeview Senior Center, 401 S. Laurel Circle Drive.

A Black Mountain woman was hospitalized tonight after a bear reportedly attacked her in the driveway of her home.

Artists have always looked toward other artworks for inspiration, probably since the first lines were scrawled on cave walls.

The Civic Center has hosted many major concerts through its history, from an opening show by Bob Hope to Elvis and Bob Dylan and the annual Warren Haynes Christmas Jam.

Police Tuesday filed several drug charges. - Baily Melissa Pippin, 22, of Ashland, Va., charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver 40 dosage units of LSD and possession of an open alcohol container in the passenger area of a vehicle, arrest warrants show.