A Year in Beer: High expectations and high fidelity at 12 Bones Smokehouse and...
On Jan. 1, Christopher Arbor and his friends pledged to visit one Asheville brewery each week for all of 2025 in the order that they opened, then share the experience with Mountain Xpress readers. To read about their trip to Cellarest Beer Project, visit avl.mx/eyh. Not to get all philosophical,...
Last Night video from the Asheville Mountain Boys
Western North Carolina new-traditionalists the Asheville Mountain Boys have created a music video for their current single, Last Night. It’s a song written and sung by guitarist Marshall Brown, who says that they reached back to the 1950s for the styling of this one. “The Asheville Mountain Boys are...
Hold Your Pumpkin Spice Latte! Can We Get Through August First?
Okay, people, can we talk? I'm here, in my little corner of beautiful Western North Carolina, clinging to the last glorious threads of summer like a fly on sticky paper. I'm talking lemonade on the porch, and maybe just one more swim before it gets too nippy. My internal summer clock is still ticking loudly.
Opinion: Here’s an idea for UNC Asheville — Consider a performing arts center on...
When it comes to the University of North Carolina Asheville woods development saga, not much has been exactly transparent on the whole deal. Back in January, a reader asked me in my Answer Man column what was going on in the university-owned woods in the Five Points area known as the South Campus walking trails, as...
Heavy rain, storms expected across Asheville area
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Widespread showers and scattered thunderstorms are expected across Western North Carolina this afternoon and evening, with heavy rainfall likely in some areas, forecasters said. Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are possible, especially along and west of the Interstate 26 corridor,...
Helene relief site in Clyde closing on Aug. 26, town cites floodplain safety concerns
CLYDE, N.C. (WLOS) — A volunteer-run relief site that has served Clyde residents since Helene will shut down Aug. 26, ending nearly a year of daily help for families still struggling to recover. Camp Restore Hope, run entirely by volunteers, has operated for the past 10 months on a...
Mission Hospital leader in groundbreaking cardiac clinical trial
ASHEVILLE — Mission Hospital is proud to announce its leading role in a groundbreaking national clinical trial aimed at reducing the risk of stroke during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Mission Hospital, through the HCA Healthcare Research Institute, recently completed the first-in-human phase of the...
Two Earthquakes Strike Western North Carolina Just Hours Apart
LAKE TOXAWAY, N.C. – Residents in parts of Western North Carolina experienced a rare double seismic event over the weekend when two small earthquakes struck the same area just hours apart, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Back-to-Back Tremors in Lake Toxaway. The first quake occurred just...
Asheville’s Eileen Fulton remembered for iconic acting career
A funeral for an Asheville native who was an internationally known actress, singer, and author was held on Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Central United Methodist Church in Asheville. Eileen Fulton, best known for her portrayal of Lisa, a role she played for 50 years on the CBS soap opera...
Letter: Stadium is a bad solution to a real problem
UNC Asheville, like all the UNC institutions, is facing reduced funding from a GOP-led General Assembly that is eager to send public money to private K-12 schools but not so willing to fund the higher education institutions critical to our state’s future. To generate revenue, the UNCA chancellor wants...
