World of Games: 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays, Stephens-Lee Community Center, 30 George Washington Carver Ave., Asheville. For age 8 and older. Grab a controller and best your opponent on the Xbox or PS5. Board ...

Who will be the best linebacker in Western North Carolina during the 2025 NCHSAA and NCISAA high school football season? You get to decide. The Citizen Times and Times-News picked the top names among ...

Lance Cpl. Kevin Rumley, who now directs Buncombe County's Veteran's Treatment Court, was nearly killed in 2004 by a targeted explosive on the Syrian border in Iraq. 20 years later, he testified in ...

ASHEVILLE - The city has opened a temporary open space for dogs to let loose at Riverbend Park along the Swannanoa River. This comes nine months after Tropical Storm Helene devastated Asheville ...

E. coli rates in areas of the French Broad River have remained similar to previous years, despite Tropical Storm Helene. As the summer proceeds, experts have suggested swimmers, tubers and paddlers ...

The Mountain Athletic Conference is back for 2025. After realignment shrunk the conference from seven teams to six, there's an extra week of exciting nonconference games before the schools resume ...

The Enhanced Premium Tax Credit is set to expire at the end of 2025 and Congress has yet to act. This credit is a lifeline for many people.

War has gone on for many years and leaves scars that don't heal. Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, Israel-Iran wars are ...

SNAP is first line of defense against hunger for millions of North Carolinians. If the Senate passes the budget bill cuts ...

Madison County Health Board Chair Bob Adams said he feels the commissioners are "political maneuvering" to "stack the board" with hand-picked members.

The town of Hot Springs' property tax rate will decrease from 45 cents per $100 valuation to 43 cents per $100 valuation in its 2025-26 budget.

Granita, an easy icy dessert originating in Sicily characterized by its snow-like texture, was purportedly created under Arab ...