Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ASHEVILLE - As tubers and paddlers have returned to the French Broad River, water quality monitoring systems have indicated E.

Many outfitters along the French Broad River have reopened after Tropical Storm Helene, but report business as slow during the first few months of the 2025 paddling season. Outfitters are part of the ...

Aubrey Anderson, owner of Zen Tubing, the area’s largest tubing outfitter and the one responsible for many of the flotillas of meandering tubers, said they open Friday and feel optimistic about the ...

Inside French Broad Outfitters, walls are stripped bare, exposing yellowing insulation. Wooden pillars extend to the ceiling, framing rooms soon to come. Dust coats tools and ladders scattered ...

FLOAT ON: Despite losing her company's River Arts District location during Tropical Storm Helene, Zen Tubing owner Aubrey Anderson remains hopeful that business this season will pick up at the shop's ...