Abi Cole
In Asheville, Small Business Is Big Business
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rattle the city’s small business community, as business after business closes permanently.
Burglary at Leicester Post Office
A break-in at the Leicester Post Office left post office boxes ransacked.
In Weaverville, New Independent Pharmacy Coming
Business owner Anthony Randolph has signed the lease to open his next Prescription Pad pharmacy in Weaverville.
Scholars Discuss Vance Monument at Symposium
The city is facing a reckoning of history and memory at the steps of the Vance Monument in Asheville.
Local candidates meet with black community leaders
State and local political candidates spoke about their platforms during a voter registration event in Hendersonville.
Weaverville’s first corporate hotel opens, others worry
The first corporate hotel to open in the Town of Weaverville did so on September 3rd at 25 Fairfield Approach Drive.
Full-service beauty & tanning salon opened in Weaverville
Owners David Scott and Dawn Payne opened Beauty & the Sun Bum, a full-service beauty and tanning salon on July 1st on N Main St in Weaverville.
Historic small town drug store closes after being in business since 1928
Weaverville Drug Company originally opened in 1885, but the present-day store opened in 1928 and was a longstanding institution of downtown Weaverville. A recent Walgreens buyout of Smith Drug Company marks the startling end to this local favorite.
Bored at home? Read about the history of your community
Bored at home during the coronavirus lockdown? Instead of flipping through channels or reading the same magazine from March, it is a great time to learn about the history of your community.
Basketball camp continues thirty year tradition during pandemic
The 30th annual Crossfire basketball camp is still shooting to hold sessions in late July and August. Co-founders Randy Shepherd and Jamie Johnson have trained over 22,000 campers across the globe, from Argentina and Austria to their hometown of Asheville. This year’s camp in the midst of a global pandemic will operate differently, but Shepherd […]