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Tropical Storm Helene is no match for the magic of fairies — or the power of community collaboration. Though last September’s natural disaster left Bullington Gardens’ popular Fairy Trail in...
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After several months of meetings, community engagement sessions and wrestling with numbers to balance lost revenue paired with increased expenses caused by Tropical Storm Helene, Asheville City Council took care...
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Picture this: You order a cocktail, and when it arrives, the alluring elixir of fruit juices, syrups and several alcoholic beverages is served in a fancy glass festooned with decorative...
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After months of uncertainty, student-facing positions at Asheville City Schools (ACS) may be safe from funding cuts for fiscal year 2025-26. During their meeting of June 9, of the...
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Hey there, Xpress readers! I’m Ashley English, an author and educator based here in Western North Carolina, where I’m living and learning alongside my husband, Glenn English, and our two sons. Whether it’s...
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by Jane Winik Sartwell, Carolina Public Press Asheville’s train has come. Norfolk Southern, Western North Carolina’s primary rail carrier, resumed rail service from Tennessee into Asheville on May 20. Those...
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For the Asheville-based Katie Button Restaurants (KBR), 2025 is shaping up to be a year of major transformations. In February, the group announced that its popular downtown restaurant, La Bodega...
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On Jan. 1, Christopher Arbor and his friends pledged to visit one Asheville brewery each week for all of 2025 in the order that they opened, then share the experience...
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West Asheville has changed significantly over the past 10-15 years, and its evolution since the 1950s and ’60s is even more drastic. On Saturday, June 14, Buncombe County Public Libraries...
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Cúrate chef James Jefferies partners with chef Luis Martinez of Taqueria Rosita and Tequio Foods to host the Pinche Pintxo Party on Thursday, June 12. Also in this week's food...
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BPR News | By Helen Chickering A pioneering Medicaid program that has delivered food, housing , and transportation to nearly 30,000 low-income North Carolinians is set to end July 1. The state Department...
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Do you miss Bele Chere but also wish it had featured more metal, country and hip-hop acts and all took place at one venue just outside downtown Asheville’s central business...
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I am responding to the letter submitted by Susan Clark Muntean, Asheville resident and associate professor of business at UNC Asheville [“Listen to Public on UNCA’s Urban Forest,” April...
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I have a great solution on funding the public education of the county and city. Cancel the $38 million that the City Council approved to renovate the McCormick baseball field....
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What matters to our community? That was the focus of discussion during a town hall held June 5 at the West Asheville Public Library. Around 80 residents attended the event,...
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