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.
Following heavy rainfall in the Asheville area and a crash on I-26/I-240 this afternoon, there are major traffic delays heading out of downtown toward South Asheville.
Henrietta “Hennie” Whitted Price (1864–1923) was a Hendersonville native, poet, and composer whose life took her from the Blue Ridge to Chicago before returning to rest in Oakdale Cemetery.
David Madison Cawthorn, the 30-year-old former U.S. representative for North Carolina’s 11th congressional district, encompassing Western North Carolina from Cherokee County to McDowell County, was arrested in Cape Coral, Florida earlier this week.
Mission Hospital’s cutting-edge research is helping to shape the future of cardiac surgery
Looking for weekend plans? We’ve got you covered. From a tattoo festival and West Asheville street fair to local theater and the Mountain State Fair, we’ve got your weekend guide to things to do all over Western North Carolina.
In remembrance of lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, Western North Carolina communities will be holding 9/11 memorial services around the region. Find one near you in our guide.
