Commission Chair Jack Igelman said, “Obviously, equity is going to be important. But something else to consider is that a service is not useful if it’s not safe or frequent. There’s an equity cost to ...

On Oct. 30, the Multimodal Transportation Commission (MMTC) met for the first time since Tropical Storm Helene to provide feedback on the direction of the Asheville Rides Transit (ART) bus system.

Sixteen years after Friends of the Ecusta Trail began as an all-volunteer effort, the nonprofit has entered a new phase. In ...

Two nonprofits — Access Fund and the Carolina Climbers Coalition — recently purchased more than 16 acres of land near Chimney ...

Alicia Heacock and Meagan Lyon Leimena are the co-executive directors of Babies Need Bottoms, a nonprofit that aims to to improve the lives of babies, toddlers and parents in Western North Carolina ...

Virginia Gilbert's ACA medical insurance policy will more than double next year, jumping from $930 to $2,042. The self-employed marriage and family therapist said realizing so many people lack ...

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Directed by Lucy O’Brien, Reconstitution stars eight area high school theater students. Its world premiere is this week at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts with performnces Friday-Saturday, Nov.

The N.C. Arboretum has teamed up with researchers from Western Carolina University, the nonprofit EcoForesters and others to restore woodlands devastated by Tropical Storm Helene with native trees ...

Facing uncertainty over state and federal funding, the Buncombe County Board of Education unanimously approved a $417.6 million 2025-26 budget at its Nov. 6 meeting. “The word that best describes this ...

Erinn Hartley is the executive director of LEAF, an arts nonprofit that works to connect cultures and creative communities.

Different Strokes joined forces with Asheville Community Theatre earlier this year to present The Narrative, a series of staged readings spotlighting Black playwrights. Currently, Hickling Beckman ...