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Arts & Culture
4 hours ago
Different Strokes! Launches Fourth Annual 369 Monologue & Short Play Festival in Asheville

Different Strokes! Performing Arts Collective brings six monologues and nine short plays to Asheville for three weekends of comedy, drama and audience voting.

Western North Carolina Windows users can get Microsoft Office 2024 for $49.97
Lifestyle
6 hours ago
Western North Carolina Windows users can get Microsoft Office 2024 for $49.97

Microsoft Office 2024 Professional Plus provides Word, Excel, PowerPoint and three more apps on one Windows PC without a Microsoft 365 subscription. The lifetime license is $49.97 through Oct. 4.

Builders Association of the Blue Ridge Mountains
8 hours ago
WNC Parade of Homes 2026: 5 Asheville Home Design Trends

Presented by Warmstead, the 45th annual WNC Parade of Homes offers free, self-guided tours of new and remodeled homes and communities Oct. 17-18 and Oct. 24-25 across Asheville and Western North Carolina.

Music
10 hours ago
October concert calendar: Live music in Asheville and WNC this month

From Beck and Gillian Welch and David Rawlings to Sylvan Esso, Bright Eyes, Thundercat, The Orange Peel’s Halloween weekend lineup and local artists across Western North Carolina, October brings live music to stages throughout the region.

Entertainment
11 hours ago
Things to do in Asheville and WNC: Oct. 2-4 events

Bascom Lamar Lunsford Mountain Music Festival, Oktoberfest, Asheville Grass Open, Mars Hill First Friday, Sylvan Esso, theater and fall events are among the weekend options across WNC.

Front of a Housing Authority Central Office building with a bold sign reading 'HOUSING AUTHORITY' and 'CENTRAL OFFICE'.
Community
1 day ago
Asheville housing voucher change will raise costs for some families

HACA says it used a payment standard HUD never approved; affected households move to a lower rate Oct. 1

Oblique aerial view of a landslide near Black Mountain, North Carolina triggered by intense rainfall during Hurricane Helene in fall 2024. The photograph was collected during a U.S. Geological Survey aerial reconnaissance flight documenting widespread landsliding and flooding associated with the storm.
Local
1 day ago
Helene 2 years later: The numbers behind WNC’s recovery

Nearly $60 billion in damage, thousands of damaged roads and homes, and years of rebuilding ahead

Downtown Asheville is seen from the Buncombe County Courthouse webcam on Sept. 30, 2026.
Community
1 day ago
Tourism board awards $11.2M to 10 projects across Buncombe County

Tourism tax dollars will support projects in the River Arts District, Black Mountain, Biltmore Village, downtown Asheville and at Asheville Regional Airport

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