Drew Ball was voted in as the newest member of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. Despite newfound responsibilities, Ball still plays in three bands in addition to his full-time job with the ...

Xpress recently caught up with faculty from both programs to learn more about how the two institutions are thinking about environmental studies in the wake of Tropical Storm Helene.

"The most hopeful things are when a family or individual’s life has been changed by the generosity I see coming into our ...

Conservation easement saves large parcel next to Richmond Hill Park, thwarting a decade of attempts to add large developments ...

Western North Carolina cannot afford for recovery to be interrupted by total terminations of critical recovery programs,” the ...

The information session will be held from 4-7 p.m. April 24 in the Grand Ballroom at the Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin Street. Interested residents and media can drop-in anytime. There will ...

Election Services and Emergency Services staff began working together in 2022 on an Incident Action Plan (IAP) for implementation in the event of an emergency during an election and that plan proved ...

People are incredibly generous, especially when it comes to something horrific because they feel helpless, and this gives them the ability to help,” says Lupo Passero, owner of Twin Star Tribe, a ...

The NC State Board of Elections has won a national award for its emergency planning and response to Hurricane Helene, which helped ensure accessible and safe voting for residents of Western North ...

$85,000 to Mitchell County Long-Term Resilience Group to fund coordinators to help provide essential housing assistance to Helene survivors in Mitchell County. $315,000 to Mountain Valleys RC&D ...

Western North Carolina celebrates 420 with HempFest, an infused fantasy brunch, Take and "Bake" Pizza and cannabis tours.

The City of Hendersonville’s Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) invites community members to take part in the Hendersonville Neighborhood History Project, an initiative aimed at documenting and ...