A contestant on “Top Chef: Houston” in 2022, Shanti was previously nominated for the James Beard Rising Star Chef award.

Wildfires have spread in McDowell County, North Carolina, an area already struggling to recover from Hurricane Helene.

Buncombe County’s unemployment rate was 6.0% in December 2024, according to data released by the North Carolina Department of ...

Asheville's Connect Beyond Festival is hosting a Music City-based Hurricane Helene benefit in February to benefit creatives, ...

The large jet parts facility in Western North Carolina could get larger — though its presence hasn’t been without controversy ...

By taking the time to respond to this survey, WNC business owners can have a voice in describing the depth and breadth of challenges affecting their business, their employees, and their customers,” ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — $10 million worth of debt forgiveness is coming to thousands of Western North Carolina residents who ...

A Walmart store along the Swannanoa River in East Asheville was damaged by Helene and forced to close. It has now announced a ...

Afar's cofounders spent three days on the ground in the North Carolina mountain town and came back with a reminder of the ...

Enrollment has rebounded at North Carolina's three state universities in the mountainous western part of the state that was ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Two North Carolina locals who survived Hurricane Helene in September but suffered massive losses from the storm shared a single phrase from President Donald Trump that stuck ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer released a letter to Western North Carolina on Friday, Jan. 24. In ...