“Unprecedented” opportunity for low-income housing spurs debate among Asheville Council, nonprofits, and developers.

ArtsAVL today released the draft Asheville-Buncombe Arts Recovery Framework, a long-term vision and planning framework designed to strengthen and better align the systems that support arts and culture ...

I write in response to Christina Dupuch’s letter regarding the construction of pickleball courts [“New Pickleball Facility Could Serve Locals and Tourism,” May 13, Xpress]. It is a good idea. The ...

In January, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued another sanction of immediate jeopardy, meaning the ...

Plans for the long-awaited Enka Heritage Trail have stalled because Buncombe County has not been able to reach a deal with ...

Buncombe County experienced a 9.1% increase in homelessness from 2025-26, for a total of 824 people. Photo by Cindy Kunst For ...

Having built a reputation as a go-to talent in the jazz band Scrappy Hamilton and roots rock outfit Truth & Salvage Co., ...

[Regarding “Once-charming Mountain Escape Now Battling Homelessness Homeowners Say Turned Postcard City Into No-go Zone,” April 25, Fox News Digital:] As a local, if I could take a bus in without ...

Roughly a month after Helene, Aydin called his friend Gene Luen Yang, the award-winning writer and illustrator of the graphic novel American Born Chinese, and ran his idea for Islands in the Sky by ...

Directed by Basil Soper, the documentary film Fixin’ to Stay explores how queer and trans Southerners remain rooted in the region despite legislative, environmental and economic challenges, and ...

Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer, right, and Asheville City Council member Kim Roney, left, participated in their first forum on the campaign trail on May 27, hosted by Leadership Asheville. The two ...

Chris Peterson, the city's former vice mayor, urged residents to review the City of Asheville's finances online. During public comment, he raised concerns about continued increases within the annual ...