Asheville

A smarter-than-average bear took a tourist jaunt through downtown Asheville, even taking care to use crosswalks at intersections before police guided it back to nature.

The city of Asheville's decision to remove a monument honoring a Civil War-era governor has been upheld by the North Carolina Court of Appeals. The downtown obelisk honoring former Gov. Zebulon Vance was dismantled in 2021 but the base has remained in place pending appeals.

The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Friday ordered the city of Asheville and Buncombe County to halt the demolition of a Confederate monument while an appeal plays out.

Want to understand why Texans froze this past February, or why California has been racked by wildfire in recent summers? Come to Asheville. It is no exaggeration to say that the answer to every quantifiable question about climate and weather here on Earth and throughout the solar system lies in the more than 40 petabytes of data stored in downtown Asheville's Veach-Baley Federal Complex.

Removal of the Vance Monument from downtown Asheville's Pack Square can move forward after a Buncombe County judge denied a motion to halt it Monday.

Asheville City Council voted Tuesday evening to remove the Vance Monument from its spot in the city's main public space. The monument is named for Zebulon Vance, a North Carolina governor and U.S. senator. Vance and his family enslaved people prior to the war, and he fought vehemently against full civil rights for Black Americans after it.

In a video seen around the world, a part-time Asheville who took up livestreaming dance parties during the #COVID19 pandemic was spinning discs during a livestream last October, when a black bear came looking to join the party.

Buncombe County Commissioners voted unanimously to remove a Confederate monument from a downtown square following a recommendation from a task force.

The campus of UNC Asheville will remain under a 'shelter in place' order until further notice after the university received threats over a Black Lives Matter mural painted on campus.

(UPDATE 10:45 p.m.) Asheville City Council Tuesday night approved a roughly 3% cut to the city police department’s budget. The plan was crafted after...