Activities at Mills River Park

Many relaxing and fun activities are planned for July at the Mills River Park, including the opening of a snorkel trail, visits by professional volunteer services and outdoor movies.

Continuing Water Outage & the Latest

In the latest public information presentation about Asheville's Christmas water outage, city staff spoke more about the mechanics of the failure, and council stressed the importance of staying in touch with customers, even when there is nothing new to announce.

Water’s Restored, Confidence? Not So Much

A water outage over Christmas break affecting 38,500 users was annoying, but not as annoying as the City of Asheville's shortage of communication about the problem. Following four days without a press conference, when the city did speak, citizens felt leaders were not being upfront about the source of the problem, and they resented being strung along, day after day, with promises that services would be restored within 24-48 hours.

Falcons Celebrate Hoops Greats of 30 Years Ago

A “West is Best” fond memory of 30 years ago is of the West Henderson Falcon boys’ most prolific basketball team ever.

WNC British Car Club Show in Mills River

Fans of European and British cars will have a lovely afternoon on Saturday, September 25, when the British Car Club of Western North Carolina is holding its annual Autumn in the Mountains Show at Mills River Brewery.

New Falcons Shift into ‘Manuel’ Transmission

West Henderson is young but should improve, following an impressive second-place finish in the elite WMAC.

Trevon Hill Channeling Houdini, Sanders

North Henderson pulled off a huge comeback win at arch-rival West Henderson, as star runner Trevon Hill made a play for the ages.