Patrick Fitzsimmons, Weaverville’s current mayor, is not seeking reelection. Vying for his seat are two individuals familiar ...

When 9-year-old Riley Heinl was 5, he read Kids vs. Plastics, a National Geographic Kids book about plastic waste in the ...

Editor’s note: Swannanoa resident Bill Altork kept a daily journal of his experience of Tropical Storm Helene and its ...

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Riley’s creative solution — to combine the family’s love for river tubing with an effort to clean it up — is now called Tubing for Trash, and it’s still active today. His parents, Keely Sewell and ...

When 9-year-old Riley Heinl was 5, he read Kids vs. Plastics, a National Geographic Kids book about plastic waste in the ocean. He promptly approached his parents, concerned about the trash in the Ivy ...

Asheville’s temporary water pre-treatment system, set up by FEMA after Hurricane Helene, will be decommissioned at the end of ...

Six candidates are running for the three open seats for Weaverville Town Council. Many of the candidates below note that the town is at a pivotal moment. Its population continues to grow, and future ...

State university developments in Buncombe County no longer have to follow local building or zoning regulations, nor can they be subject to any local review, under a new law in effect this week.

The profound uncertainty of federal and state funding streams is yet another tough financial reality for nonprofit organizations. The Pathways report showed that more than half of Western North ...

Popularized during the Civil War, tintype photographs are produced by pouring collodion solution on a piece of metal and ...

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