Asheville News

Yes, I'm back, after about two weeks away from the office. I first went to the beach, then a work conference in Washington, D.C., and then met my brand new nephew! So I am just getting back into the swing of things, remembering how to use a computer, talk on the phone, etc.

City police are looking for a man who robbed a Rite Aid pharmacy at gunpoint this morning.

Not many opening acts get standing ovations, let alone return to the stage for an encore.

A city man is facing felony marijuana charges. Jade Christopher Napier, 21, of Michigan Avenue, was charged Tuesday with possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to warrants at the Buncombe County magistrate's office.

Who didn't get pumped up by "Pumped Up Kicks," that viral dance song by L.A.-based pop band Foster the People? The trio was formed by Mark Foster, who found little success as a commercial jingle writer but reached No.

ATTENTION CIBO MEMBERS DUE TO THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR FORMER NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR JIM HOLSHOUSER WHICH ARE SCHEDULED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE FRIDAY CIBO POWER LUNCH MEETING, GOVERNOR PAT McCRORY HAS ASKED TO RE-SCHEDULE HIS APPEARANCE AT THE CIBO POWER LUNCH TO ANOTHER DATE THIS SUMMER.

City police are investigating a drive-by shooting this afternoon in which two people were shot.

It's been a busy spring for new breweries and another one has quietly opened in West Asheville with the launch of the new Oysterhouse Brewing pub and restaurant at 625 Haywood Road.

Changing plans for an allied health and workforce development building proposed at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College could dramatically reduce its cost, building architects say.

The second annual Run For Shindig on the Green 5K Race & Fun Walk/Run, a fundraising benefit for Shindig on the Green, will be this Saturday, June 22, at Carrier Park on Amboy Road in Asheville.

Here's the press release from festival organizers: Asheville takes the stage again this summer in the seventh annual nationally renowned comedy festival: Laugh Your Asheville Off.

With bee populations on the decline, mountain gardeners can take action to make their landscapes healthier and more attractive to these important pollinators.

It is one tiny bench. 'I don't really like it, dude,' Ricky Boings, a self-described homeless man, said flatly Friday afternoon as he stood beside a bench barely big enough for one person Columnist John Boyle talks with Ricky Boings about the modification of a bench on Walnut Street in downtown Asheville, N.C. Boings is homeless and feels the bench ... (more)

As temperatures rise this summer, the Council of Aging of Buncombe County wants to help local seniors and persons with disabilities stay cool.

ASHEVILLE - Community Choreography Projects returns to Diana Wortham Theatre this Thursday-Saturday with more movement-based stories from real life to benefit Four Seasons Hospice, a nonprofit offering end-of-life care in Western North Carolina.

GE Aviation has selected Asheville, NC as site for its new advanced composite component factory, president and CEO David Joyce announced at the Paris Air Show.

Asheville will be home to the nation's first factory manufacturing ceramic matrix composites, a revolutionary new material that can be used in jet engines to reduce fuel costs and greenhouse gases.

A city man is behind bars after police say he was knocking on doors at condos in East Asheville while nude.

Murder is lurking around every corner on the new ABC-TV reality show "Whodunnit?" and Asheville cardiac nurse Dana Davis Blake is right in the thick of it.

'This is for Billy,' Filmore thought as he bit into his foie gras doughnut, while picturing a faceless food insecure child, Filmore would likely never meet or associate with.