Warren Wilson College is partnering with the Asheville Museum of Science (AMOS) to host a Science Pub series on sustainability this summer. The series takes place at The Collider in Downtown Asheville.

Craft brewer New Belgium Brewing and North Carolina State University are teaming up for a collaborative beer paying homage to NC State, Old Tuffy Premium Lager.

The Botanical Gardens of Asheville will host a Gardening on Slopes workshop on Sunday, July 28 from 2-4 p.m. in the Butler Room, hosted by Nina Shippen.

The Asheville Off-Road Series at the Biltmore Estate is three epic sport events all on one day: A Duathlon, a bike event, and an off-road 10K run. Enjoy cooler temperatures and gorgeous scenery on Sunday, Sept. 15 on trails you may never have experienced before at the Biltmore. Relay teams a…

Carolina Day School has taken a significant step in reducing its carbon footprint and energy costs by installing a 112-kilowatt solar system. The system, leased by Eagle Solar and Light, will produce approximately 140,130-kilowatt hours annually, just under half of the Upper School building’…

Sometimes a serendipitous encounter is the beginning of a new venture, as it was for Bob Long, who owns and operates The Spice & Tea Exchange with his wife, Jill.

D’Angelo Elliott, a 2019 graduate of Carolina Day School, has signed an NJCAA grant-in-aid to play college basketball at Guilford Technical Community College (GTCC) in Greensboro.

Using their extensive experience as pharmacists, Mike Rogers and Bill Cheek assist customers coming to Nature’s Vitamins and Herbs on Biltmore Avenue for advice about products at their store.

The 64th annual Grandfather Mountain Highland Games will be held Thursday, July 11, to Sunday July 14 at Grandfather Mountain in Linville.

A short walk through a courtyard and down a flight of stairs just off Biltmore Avenue in downtown Asheville brings you to Crocodile Wine, a unique shop that offers natural wines made using time-honored methods.

From traditional celebrations honoring the mountain heritage, to our more niche festivals such as the Asheville Yoga Festival, here are some of this summer’s festivals and events to count down the rest of the dog days ahead.

It’s hot and your family is heading for a fun vacation destination, but there’s still that long car ride that has to happen first. And no, a car with unhappy, complaining children isn’t the best way to get that vacation off to a great start.

The Ivy Building auditorium on the Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College campus is the last remaining structure from St. Genevieve-of-the-Pines, a school for girls started in1908 by nuns from a French order known as “The Religious of Christian Education.”

Ultimate Ice Cream on Tunnel Road was brimming with customers enjoying cool summer treats on a recent Friday afternoon.

In conjunction with the publication of her new book, “Skyland and Its Founder,” Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society volunteer Sandy Samz gave a presentation about the history of this storied community just south of Asheville and how it came to be.

In Western North Carolina, more than 100,000 people every year experience food insecurity. But with the help of the WNC craft beverage industry, during the month of July, you can help get food to our neighbors who don’t know where their next meal will come from.

With the 50th anniversary of the first human steps on the moon just ahead, UNC Asheville and the Astronomy Club of Asheville will present a special commemoration, and weather permitting, a lunar viewing the evening of July 9.

Asheville-based author Robert Beatty wrote his first novel as an 11-year old. He’s been pursuing literature, in some form, ever since.

Yes, it’s ice cream weather — and French Broad Chocolate (FBC) has added to summer enjoyment with the opening of Cookies & Creamery at 21 Buxton Ave., in Asheville.

For over 40 years, Our VOICE has provided services to thousands of individuals and their families who have been victimized by sexual crimes. Our VOICE provides direct client services, which include 24 hour crisis support, case management, and counseling.

Situated in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park just over the North Carolina/ Tennessee border sits historic Cades Cove — a broad, verdant valley surrounded by mountains offering some of the best opportunities for wildlife viewing in the park with frequent sightings of white-tailed deer,…

Each morning at 4 a.m. Robyn “Ziggy” Ziegler and Joshua Widner begin making bagels and breads in the kitchen of Ziggy’s Bakery & Deli.

Following a multi-year effort initiated by UNC Asheville student leaders, the UNC Asheville Board of Trustees approved using Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria for a portion of its endowment that will be divested from fossil fuel investments.

The Botanical Gardens of Asheville will host a Gardening on Slopes presentation on Sunday, July 28 from 204 p.m. in the Butler Room.

PIGEON FORGE – This summer Alcatraz East Crime Museum continues to roll out new things for visitors. There will be two special displays, both aimed at providing visitors with information about headline-grabbing cases from both history and current events. The special summer displays focus on …

The North Carolina Arboretum and an affiliate of the University of North Carolina System, announced a new partnership with the NC Division of Parks and Recreation to expand the Arboretum’s ecoEXPLORE citizen-science youth program to all 41 NC state park locations.

Following a reading engagement in eastern North Carolina in the late ‘80s, Kurt Vonnegut made a special stop through Asheville.

Gan Shan Station was a busy place on a recent Sunday with diners coming in to enjoy a meal at the restaurant, which is now open seven evenings a week.

The Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP) will present portions of the famous AIDS Memorial Quilt now through Saturday, June 22 at the Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway St. in Asheville.

The Asheville Museum of Science invited Bethany Stolevski, engineering manager at GF Linamar, to give her presentation on “Engineering & the Science of Die-Casting.”

Agya Boakye-Boaten, chair and associate professor of Africana and interdisciplinary and international studies at UNC Asheville, has been awarded a 2019-20 Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant to teach and conduct research in Ghana at the University of Cape Coast.

Carolina Day School (CDS) has embarked on a partnership with Horizons National to host a high-quality, summer enrichment program on the CDS campus for eligible public school students.

PIGEON FORGE, Tennessee – With summer break upon us, many parents will be scrambling for ideas of how to keep their families active over the next couple of months. Staying active, both physically and mentally, can help families avoid the dreaded summer brain drain, where kids tend to lose so…

On Thursday, June 27 at 2 p.m., Bob Wilkerson will be the speaker at the free program: “The Aircraft of D-Day, June 6, 1944” at the Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas.

Leadership Asheville, a program of UNC Asheville, will host its 2019 Buzz Breakfast series with the theme, “How Do We Build a Connected Community?” The breakfasts on June 20, July 25 and Aug. 14 at the Crowne Plaza Resort Asheville are open to the public and provide a chance to hear thoughtf…

There’s a buzz going on in the mountains. And it’s about the importance of bees and pollinators in the ecosystem. Crops, foods and flowers rely upon bees and other pollinators, in order to reproduce and bear fruit.

As manager of Altar’d State in Biltmore Park Town Square, Jordan Rasnic spends much of his time helping customers who come in to shop.

RiverLink, in partnership with Leap Frog Tours, is offering an informative three-hour tour of the French Broad River again this year, typically on the first Thursday of each month from now through November.

Carolina Day School rising senior Ryan Philip raised nearly $50,000 to benefit children in the African village of Rwinkwavu in Rwanda. Ryan was inspired by a visit to the town last summer with family working with Partners in Health, a nonprofit based in Boston that supplies medical services …

On June 27, at 5:30 p.m. the Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County (PSABC) will host its 43rd Annual Meeting.

In its mission to engage children with the outdoors, the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation’s Kids in Parks program is marking a powerful milestone; kids and families have completed one million adventures through the program’s TRACK Trails. This figure represents more than one million miles hiked…

As the first Buncombe County school to field a lacrosse team, the T. C. Roberson Rams placed an impressive 3rd in their conference this spring. In addition to two wins over Watauga and splitting games with a veteran Hickory team, Roberson managed two victories over Asheville High School in t…

The off-road series of multi-sport events at Biltmore Estate on Sept. 15 consists of three main events: A duathlon, a bike event, and an off-road 10K run.

A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that in 2018, 14.7 million park visitors spent an estimated $1.1 billion in local gateway regions while visiting the Blue Ridge Parkway. These expenditures supported 15.9 thousand jobs in the local region and had a cumulative benefit of $1.3 bil…

From model trains in a miniature landscape, to the thrill of a raptor encounter, to stars gracing the concert stage, Biltmore shines this summer with experiences to bring wonder and a touch of nostalgia to guests of all ages.

As end-of-year testing at Glen Arden Elementary School came to a close, DoubleTree by Hilton Asheville – Biltmore delivered a special treat to thank teachers and staff.

Best Western Hotels & Resorts has opened its suburban boutique hotel brand, GLō in February.

The National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) has named Rachel Kuehn National Senior Girls’ Golf Athlete of the Year.

A-B Tech’s Small Business Center and the Carolina Small Business Development Fund are partnering to present the fifth annual Western Women’s Business Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the A-B Tech Conference Center on the Asheville campus.