Asheville Local News

Streams, headwaters, and streams that flow only part of the year provide many upstream and downstream benefits.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced sixty selectees that will receive $7 billion in grant awards through the Solar for All competition to deliver residential solar projects to over 900,000 households nationwide.

Mountain families should mark their calendars for the return of Movies in the Park to Pack Square Park with a showing of Wonka on Friday, May 10, 2024.

These sunny skies and 70 degree days finally have it feeling like spring! This season’s markets are full of spring alliums like green garlic, ramps, leeks, onion scapes, green onions, and more! 

A new round of questions, smart-aleck replies, and the real answers with Asheville Watchdog’s John Boyle.

NC By Train, the state’s intercity passenger rail service, continues to see record ridership and plans for the momentum to continue as it adds special stops and partners with new groups.

ABCCM’s Loaves & Fishes Food Drive is underway through the month of April, collecting food and donations for families in need.

The Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority has contracted with a Florida company to attract sports events to Asheville, the current mission of the Asheville Buncombe Regional Sports Commission, a local nonprofit that fought the TDA last year to remain an independent operation. 

Asheville is known for its beautiful scenery and fresh mountain air. Yet, while the historic Biltmore Estate brings people to Asheville from around the country, there are plenty of family activities that don’t cost a dime.

This year marks a rare convergence as two significant cicada broods — the 13-year Brood XIX and the 17-year Brood XIII — emerge simultaneously, an event occurring only once every 221 years.

Hendo Earth Fest will be centered around Main Street from 6th Avenue to 4th Avenue and is sponsored by the Hendersonville Environmental Sustainability Board.

The Asheville Museum of History has announced David Joy’s Those We Thought We Knew as the winner of the 2023 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award

Greg Shuler joined the City of Asheville in March 2008 and has served as the Public Works Director since April 2014.