Asheville News

The fried kale pakora served at Chai Pani in Asheville, N.C., comes coated in curry chickpea batter and is served with green chutney and sweet yogurt.

If you think intense training and fierce competition is just for jocks, the high-energy, hardworking poets on the Slam Asheville Youth team will change your mind.

Wake Forest announced its nonconference basketball schedule for the 2014-15 season , it's first under new coach Danny Manning.

A group of archaeologists in Asheville, North Carolina are using Google Earth to document the history of slavery in their city.

When it is July in the High Country, it is time for the annual celebration of all things Scottish, with the start of the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games.

The Smoky Mountain Knitting Guild hit the road Saturday, June 21, for its first annual Shop Hop.

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.