The people of Western North Carolina have spoken. With over 200,000 votes cast, Best of Asheville 2025 celebrates the local businesses, organizations, and individuals you love most.
For the last three seasons, Austin Maynor, a lifelong Oz enthusiast, has performed as a Winkie Guard and the Munchkin Mayor for the Autumn at Oz festival in Beech Mountain. Read his Letter to the Editor about why the cancellation of this year’s season at The Land of Oz is a great loss for Western North Carolina.
Ben Addison, a respected Black merchant on Asheville’s historic Eagle Street, was gunned down in 1906 during a desperado’s rampage that also claimed two police officers. His grave at Riverside Cemetery bears a haunting inscription: “Killed by a Desperado.”
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Former Tourists catcher/first baseman rewarded for strong 2025 campaign
Asheville squad hopes quirky salamander-inspired brand takes top prize
Chicken Alley in downtown Asheville is known for ghost stories, an eerie mural, and the legend of a murdered doctor no one can prove ever existed.
Bidding is open in the Year of Revival Auction, where every winning bid helps families and businesses in Madison County continue recovering from Hurricane Helene.
Around 2 p.m. today, Sept. 17, a fire was reported near the Mountain Metals Recycling recycling center in South Asheville. The facility is located at 79 Pond Road between Brevard Road and McIntosh Road along Hominy Creek.
Mars Hill University President Tony Floyd will retire in May 2026, concluding eight years of leadership marked by campus growth, academic expansion, and steady guidance through major challenges.