Moore currently serves as Vice Chair of the Buncombe County Commission. A graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC School of Law, he began his legal career as a public defender and later practiced civil ...

Average Days on Market (DOM). Average Days on Market (DOM) increased between 2024 and the 1st and 2nd quarters of 2025 in Buncombe County, from 54 to 64 DOM. Average DOM stayed approximately the same ...

The Lowe’s Foundation awarded $500k to Blue Ridge Community College as a part of a select group of community and technical colleges receiving Gable Grants nationwide. Since awarding its first grants ...

EcoKing manufactures for fast food restaurants like Chipotle, Chick-Fil-A, and Panda Express. When the Robbinsville facility comes online in 2026, it will be the biggest employer in Graham County, ...

The “One, Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) rolls back clean energy tax credits that middle- and low-income families, as well ...

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AVLFest may be on hiatus this year, but that doesn’t mean the first weekend in August is bereft of well-curated live music ...

We share your inclination to get the whole story. For the over 30 years, Xpress has been committed to in-depth, balanced reporting about the greater Asheville area. We want everyone to have access to ...

The North Asheville Little League (NALL) is no stranger to floods. On several occasions over the previous three years, long before Tropical Storm Helene ravaged Western North Carolina, Glenn’s Creek ...

July 25, 2025 – Land of Sky Regional Council has recently been recognized with a 2025 Aliceann Wohlbruck Impact Award from the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) for The ...

Mack, a poet and co-founder of Loblolly Press, credits the experience for inspiring his recently published chapbook, Beasts of Chase, a collection of poems that explores the history of bear hunting in ...

Throughout Beasts of Chase, the spirit of the hunt echoes across generations — from Theodore Roosevelt’s appraisal of the black bear to the cruelty inflicted upon animals today.