Asheville News

Promoter A.C. Entertainment has pulled the plug on Asheville's Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit festival, the company said this morning.

The Asheville Wing War, in its third year, took over the Asheville Music Hall on Sunday.

At only 4 months old, Amanda Franklin suffered her first seizure when her mother, Eugenia, laid her down for a nap one afternoon.

Dr. Orloff will be speaking and signing books at Malaprops Bookstore on Wednesday, April 9th at 7:00pm.

North Carolina's film incentives may finally become a permanent fixture in the state's economic development pitch to television and movie producers.

Here's the press release from RiverLink: Asheville-- RecoverLink, a partnership between RiverLink and Recover Brands, is a "roving" Adopt-A-Stream team that gives volunteers an opportunity to clean the various rivers and creeks across the French Broad River watershed.

After crossing a river back into the United States from Mexico with a small group of immigrants, Skarlett Salazar was told to go her separate way, as the rest had done, to avoid detection by immigration authorities.

Two city teens are facing charges in separate incidents of shooting at a man, but the victim in those cases is also facing charges.

Valerie is a graduate of AC Reynolds High School, with an undergraduate from Lee University and a Masters in Occupational Therapy from Lenoir-Rhyne University.

Several Buncombe County Commissioners are facing challengers in the May 6 primary election.

Asheville Art Museum is hosting a gallery talk and closing reception for the exhibit "Cityscapes" by Ben Aronson at 3 p.m. today, with the artist present.

It wasn't long ago that Heather Brannan spent her days in power suits and designer heels, planning and executing elaborate soirees at the Grove Park Inn and rubbing elbows with the affluent and elite from across the world.

In my twice-monthly blog 30 Days Out, I spotlight upcoming music shows and events of note.

Police say an Asheville man broken into a woman's home, threatened her with a gun and stole prescription drugs and cash.

A group of men from the Union Grove Amish Church in Hamptonville, N.C., were the driving force behind a barn raising this past week at Hickory Nut Gap Farm.

Get growing : Starting a farmers market may be no easy undertaking but there are some resources to get you started.

ASHEVILLE - The internationally acclaimed Irish fiddle performer Jamie Laval will provide special music at the 11 a.m. service Sunday at West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road.

Just Looking: New Portrait Street Photography an exhibition of works by Asheville photographer Anthony Bellemare, is on view at PUSH Gallery through April 14. The opening reception is today - Friday, March 7, from 7-10 p.m. The collection highlights both familiar faces and the visual record of an attentive passer-by.

Posh Boutique Hotel, open for nearly a year, had its grand opening last month. But the building's history predates it by almost a century -- and started as a tribute to George Vanderbilt's cousin and very good friend, Clarence Barker.

Spring is fast approaching. That means WNC farmers will soon begin harvesting asparagus, greens and spring onions to sell at farmers tailgate markets and to pack directly for their CSA -- Community-Supported Agriculture -- farm share subscribers.