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Health & Wellness
3 hours ago
Asheville YMCA to host free senior health fair

In observation of American Heart Month, the YMCA of Western North Carolina is partnering with Hopscotch Primary Care to bring a free senior health fair to the Asheville YMCA.

On The Town
4 hours ago
Plant Bar to join in for Mardi Gras fun on South Slope

Plant Bar and Asheville Dispensary have announced their first annual Mardi Gras Parade Celebration, coinciding with the Asheville Mardi Gras South Slope parade later this month.

The Asheville Downtown Association will host a City Council Candidate Café on Monday, Feb. 9, giving voters a chance to meet and speak directly with candidates ahead of the upcoming primary election.
Local
5 hours ago
Asheville City Council candidates to meet voters at Candidate Café

Asheville Downtown Association hosts forum ahead of Feb. 12 early voting

school bus weather closures
Education
22 hours ago
Bitter cold disrupts school schedules across Asheville area

Subfreezing temperatures and lingering snow prompt closures and delays Tuesday

Food & Drink
1 day ago
This February, The Hop goes local with new flavors, events

This month, The Hop Ice Cream is feeling the love. The local ice cream parlor will mark Black History Month, Love Asheville Month and more seasonal celebrations with a calendar filled with new flavors, local collaborations and themed events across its locations.

The French Broad River seen from Craggy Bridge near Alexander
Local
1 day ago
Rare freeze forms on French Broad River near Asheville

Sustained subfreezing temperatures lead to partial river freezing, a phenomenon seen only a few times in decades

Pisgah Piper, Brevard’s resident prognosticating white squirrel, predicted a late winter during the town’s 12th annual White Squirrel Day, held virtually this year because of snowy conditions.
Community
1 day ago
Brevard’s white squirrel prognosticator calls for late winter

Pisgah Piper delivers the forecast during the 12th annual White Squirrel Day

Gudrun Casper-Leinenkugel
Crime & Safety
1 day ago
Authorities: Poisoning at family dinner left one dead

Henderson County Sheriff Lowell Griffin says case involves alleged poisoning and deaths in two counties

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