The Grand Master Fiddler Open Champion for 2025 is Jesse Maw of Asheville, NC. Maw took home the $1,200, a Grand Master ...

In an era often understood as postalbum, Kopp argues that the concept album remains one of music’s most challenging and lofty ...

In conversation with Xpress, Mittler noted that one of his many concerns is public safety. If federal vehicles are unmarked and agents do not have proper identification, what is stopping an individual ...

Tim Blenco has spent the past 16 years shaping the YMCA of Western North Carolina, first as executive director of the Corpening Memorial Y in Marion and later as chief operating officer overseeing the ...

The Asheville City Board of Education voted unanimously to accept a draft version of a clean audit of last fiscal year’s financial statements for Asheville City Schools at the board’s Nov. 10 meeting.

Ilana celebrates the album’s release on Friday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m., at AyurPrana Listening Room. She’ll be joined by a full backing band featuring all of the aforementioned collaborators and a few ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Crews in Buncombe County are currently responding to two fires: ...

In the face of incredible loss, thousands of Helene Heroes stepped up to serve their neighbors in ways large and small and to rebuild their communities,” said Governor Josh Stein. “I’m honored to ...

One year after Hurricane Helene devastated Western North Carolina, Bank of America is investing $250,000 to help the region rebuild—funding local artists, housing stability programs, and homelessness ...