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This year's Fourth of July downtown was hot, with temperatures reaching the mid-90s. A mid-day downpour rolled through, but the weather cleared just in time for the fireworks show. Asheville Yards hosted a full day of music, with sets from Hannah and the Wistfuls, The Blue Dragons, and Empire Strikes...

Downtown Black Mountain’s annual Sourwood Festival is a vibrant celebration of bees and locally produced sourwood honey. This year’s festival will be held from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9. The festival includes a line-up of live music, food trucks, and...

Travelers using Asheville Regional Airport will soon have hundreds of additional parking spaces as the airport continues expanding to meet growing passenger demand. The additional parking comes as Asheville Regional continues to see heavy passenger traffic. The airport served 2.24 million passengers in 2025, making it

The North Carolina Apple Festival returns to downtown Hendersonville over Labor Day weekend, running Friday, September 4, through Monday, September 7. The annual celebration combines local apples, a street fair, family activities, entertainment and a closing parade. Street Fair hours are 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Friday thr

The Hazy Hideaway will bring two days of live music, art, food and vendors to Sierra Nevada’s Mills River brewery on Friday, August 21, and Saturday, August 22. Phantogram and Toro y Moi are among the featured performers. The event is limited to guests age 21 and older. Tickets...

For almost ten years, Asheville’s rent chart only went one direction. The city built a...

The city of Asheville is moving ahead with a streetscape restoration project in Biltmore Village to repair sidewalks, curbs and landscaping damaged by Tropical Storm Helene, with construction expected to begin in early 2027. The first phase of the project will focus on restoring historic brick sidewalks, replacing or r

Nearly five years after an Asheville man was fatally shot during a home invasion, three people have been convicted in the case. Boyce Shane Plemmons was found shot to death at an Asheville home in September 2021. Investigators with the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office said Willie Byrd and Carmen Gillespie broke into th

August has a sneaky way of turning a quick farm stop into a much bigger haul than planned. You arrive thinking a small basket should be plenty. Then the blackberries look too good to pass up. A few rows later, early apples are ready too, and suddenly you are doing...

Drivers traveling east on Patton Avenue will need to use a new route to reach Westgate Parkway after the flyover ramp permanently closed Sunday as part of the Interstate 26 Connector project. The closure will allow construction crews to continue building the project’s new interchange. Businesses and destinations in the