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After helping guide Asheville's greenway and pedestrian planning efforts for more than a decade, Lucy Crown is retiring to focus on family, entrepreneurship and a return to her artistic roots.
Local
1 hour ago
People at Work: The woman behind Asheville’s greenways

The longtime city planner Lucy Crown spent years advancing projects designed to make Asheville safer, more walkable and more connected

Participants bowl during the 10th annual Strikeout Childhood Cancer fundraiser at Tarheel Lanes in Hendersonville on May 28.
Health & Wellness
3 hours ago
Strikeout Childhood Cancer bowling tournament nears $15K goal in Hendersonville

10th annual fundraiser at Tarheel Lanes brings together bowlers, families and supporters to fund childhood cancer research through St. Baldrick’s Foundation

Asheville City SC Phoebe Hollin's two-goal performance earned her Wicked Pie Player of the Match honors.
Sports
5 hours ago
Hollin leads Asheville City to win with two-goal night

Hollin’s brace and Naroa Domenech’s second-half strike lift the Women in Blue to a 3-1 road victory over Chattanooga Red Wolves

Asheville City Soccer Club celebrates after the Blues' 3-0 victory over Port City FC on Saturday at Greenwood Field.
Sports
5 hours ago
Asheville City SC scores three quick goals to defeat Port City FC

The Blues turned a scoreless match into a convincing 3-0 win behind Franco Ocana’s two-goal performance.

Two sepia-era newspaper clippings reading ‘BLOODY TALES FROM SKYLAND’ and ‘Killed by a Moonshiner’ float above a silhouette of rolling hills, evoking old frontier crime stories.
Asheville History
1 day ago
Strangeville: Devil’s Den and the outlaw legends of Iron Mountain

On the North Carolina-Tennessee line, Devil’s Den became part of a darker mountain history shaped by moonshiners and outlaws.

Map of Asheville area showing I-40/I-240 interchange; red line marks a left-lane closure on 240 EB from Regent Park Blvd to the French Broad River with dates noted on the overlay.
Local
2 days ago
Overnight lane closures planned on I-26 Connector project in Asheville

Two key corridors — Patton Avenue and I-26 East/U.S. 23 South — will have rolling nightly lane restrictions for maintenance and construction

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Crime & Safety
2 days ago
Former women’s prison officer arrested on felony sex crime charge

James Allen Mathes, 66, a former officer at Western Correctional Center for Women in Swannanoa, was arrested by Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office detectives after an investigation revealed a relationship between Mathes and a detainee at WCCW.

Foggy morning in Asheville
Local
2 days ago
Thunderstorms, heavy rain target Asheville area through Saturday

Forecasters say the unsettled pattern will continue into Monday before cooler, drier air arrives

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