Grandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, is welcoming Leroy, ...

Marijuana is currently classified in the same category as heroin and ecstasy. The president says he's considering a big change.

As Asheville ranked first in the state for pedestrian crashes per capita from 2015-24, officials now look at panhandling ...

UNC Asheville announced Aug. 14 it will pause current negotiations for the multimillion-dollar development proposed for its ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park staff have seen an uptick in visitors feeding bears, with three incidents in the past week, the park said Aug. 13.

A state program set up to repair and rebuild damaged and destroyed homes in the aftermath of Helene has received more than 1,000 applications.

Buncombe County property tax bills are now available online and will be mailed to property owners soon, the county announced in a news release.

The mythology of the Greeks draws my attention to the human need to create divine figures to make sense of our world, Chris Highland writes.

Getting tips from his older brother and NFL highlights have helped Asheville School football running back Marvyn Larozar become a Division I recruit.

Former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis asked the court, which currently holds a conservative supermajority, to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges.

Asheville food businesses are raising menu prices due to increased ingredient costs attributed to inflation and tariffs. The ...

Tropical Storm Erin is forecast to become a hurricane within the next 24 hours or so as it heads west-northwestward toward the continental U.S.