Both the city and county ordinances make it illegal for employers and business owners to discriminate based on any “difference in treatment based on race, natural hair or hairstyles, ethnicity, creed, ...

The Buncombe County Board of Education passed an increased funding request of $13.5 million from the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners at its May 2 meeting based on a “vast number of assumptions ...

Press release from Warren Wilson College: Warren Wilson College has received a $1.5 million gift from Helmar E. Nielsen of St. Petersburg, Florida, to galvanize how students engage with the ...

A. FY25 Budget Discussion B. Nondiscrimination policy – update C. Asheville-Buncombe Sustainable Microbrewery Project Update D. Clean Air Excellence Awards-Recommendations E. Clean Air Compliance ...

The Pigeon River Fund of The Foundation of Western North Carolina (CFWNC) awarded nine grants totaling $223,686* to environmental groups working to improve surface water quality, enhance fish and ...

TEACHING MOMENT: UNC Asheville professor Stephanie O'Brien teaches a senior seminar called Media Industries & Artificial ...

Commissioners will consider a new seven-year contract with global waste management company FCC Environmental Solutions, which ...

"Violence spins in vicious cycles, and if you want to fully understand why these events in Morganton occurred, then you have ...

Explore Asheville, River Front Development Group, and the Asheville Black Cultural Heritage Trail (BCHT) Advisory Committee are now inviting artists to submit qualifications for public art ...

Press release from Buncombe County: In July 2019, Buncombe County began constructing its first five-year strategic plan. Now, the County looks to build on that momentum with updated focus areas and ...

A March 27 proposal to the board of commissioners of the Housing Authority of the City of Asheville called for the demolition ...

Rebecca Blalock of Hendersonville noticed that she actually felt relieved during the two years she and her family isolated ...