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One hundred businesses in the state have obtained the "GreenTravel" certification, and Watauga is third among N.C. counties, with nine certified businesses.

Celebrating its fifth anniversary season, Asheville's own professional contemporary ballet company, sources talent from across the country and presents bold programming featuring ALL NEW WORK.

Foothills Brewing in Winston-Salem has earned a spot on a list of "100 American Craft Beers Every Beer-Lover Should Drink" by Paste.com.

While Tampa International Airport is gearing up for a $1 billion expansion, its counterpart across the bay, St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport , is quietly breaking passenger records .

"American Idol" might have bid its year-end adieu from TV in May, but the show's cycle doesn't truly end until the annual American Idols Live! tour, which features the top 10 finalists from the most recent season.

Daily JournalA line of solar panels collects energy from the sun at The Rock Farm, a Strata Solar project on N.C. 177 behind Rockingham Speedway.

On a contentious 5-2 vote July 8, Buncombe County's Board of Commissioners held the property tax rate steady in the new fiscal-year budget but juggled numbers to pump more money into the school system.

Travelogue: Biltmore Estate Johnnietta Jessie recently visited the Biltmore Estate just outside of Asheville, NC, and sent back some great photos via the ColumbiaMagazine group at Flickr.

UNC Asheville has been authorized by the state to borrow approximately $990,000 to make needed capital improvements.

It looks like production has revved up on the major motion picture, "Untitled Armored Car," starring Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, and Kristen Wiig.

After 18 years, the hapless Loomis Fargo gang will finally get its due onscreen on screen in August of next year.

Though major issues remain, the offer removes another obstacle toward adoption of a state spending plan and adjournment of the legislative session.

The hall is celebrating its 150th anniversary this month, as a news release from House Speaker John Boehner reminded me the other day.

Food trucks are a known entity: Those mobile dispensaries of cheap, tasty meals drove into downtown Asheville in 2011.

"The Road Kill Dress," designed by Melaine Murrah and modeled by Molly Roberts-Rego at Costume Drama at Asheville Community Theatre Asheville Community Theatre reprised their fundraiser Costume Drama: A Fashion Show for a third year on Monday, July 7. Designers and models from throughout the Southeast participated in the DIY runway event where they ... (more)

Lexington Avenue Arts and Fun Fest, Asheville's hyper-local street festival, returns for one final installment on Sunday, Aug. 31. And while that one-day celebration marks a farewell for the grassroots event that launched in 2002, it's also the start of a new locally focused fest that will roll out in 2015.

An Asheville man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and second-degree murder in the shooting death of a teenager two years ago.

MASTER CLASS: "Dance can be a contemporary art form," says MOTION Dance Theatre founder Nick Kepley.

The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners will convene tonight, July 8, with the primary order of business being the final adoption of the Fiscal Year 2015 budget put on hold at the previous meeting on June 17 .

Governor Pat McCrory signed a bill Monday afternoon that authorizes approximately $376 million of improvements that will directly benefit students at six University of North Carolina institutions, including East Carolina University.