Buncombe has not released an average of the new tax values, but an Asheville Watchdog sampling of more than 80 residential properties showed increases across neighborhoods ranging from 25% to 324%.

And finally, listening is more powerful than fixing. When adults show genuine curiosity and reflect back what they hear, children learn that their inner world matters. That sense of being understood ...

Buncombe has not released an average of the new tax values, but an Asheville Watchdog sampling of more than 80 residential properties showed increases across neighborhoods ranging from 25% to 324%.

Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College (A-B Tech) has received more than $1.04 million in grant support for a new regional work-based learning ecosystem that will prepare high school students ...

Buncombe County farmers markets are opening throughout April, May, and June—or, for year-round markets, shifting back to regular season hours. Spring markets offer an array of seasonal produce as well ...

The City of Asheville is beginning an assessment and inventory of its stormwater system, a critical step toward evaluating current system information and building a more comprehensive, reliable ...

The Asheville Police Department, in partnership with the North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program, has launched its annual “St. Patrick’s Day Booze It & Lose It” campaign.

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At a meeting last month of the Metropolitan Sewerage District's board of directors, the utility’s staff threw cold water on a proposal to remove the 122-year-old Craggy Dam and openly criticized its ...

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Asking open-ended questions about a child’s observations can show care and minimize one-word answers. Maintaining understanding when the time is not right for conversation helps too.     What is one ...

Being a guitarist bearing the surname Van Halen brings with it a good deal of baggage. “People expect certain things of you,” says Wolfgang Van Halen, only son of actress Vale ...