Everlasting Funk: Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band celebrates 20 years

General Assembly candidates Caleb Rudow, Lindsey Prather, Eric Ager and Everett Pittillo strongly support increased arts funding for Western North Carolina.

Local poet Luke Hankins discusses his writings, the power of metaphor and his interest in spiritual dilemmas.

The Altamont Jazz Project, made up of three Asheville teenagers, scores weekly gigs. Plus, the East Asheville Library hosts a show focused on Black resiliency and hope; the Black Mountain…

John-Paul Miller, founder and guitarist of Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band, discusses the group's 20-year anniversary and its upcoming show at Salvage Station, Friday, Sept. 16.

Highland Brewing Co. debuts Clawtoberfest, a new fall celebration featuring autumnal beer, food, fun and games. Also: Bountiful Cities’ Community Garden Network hosts a Fall Equinox Garden Dinner Party; Devil’s…

Anton Sluder never thought he’d be excited about his future. “Who was going to help someone like me?” he says. With a felony record and a history of substance use,…

This installment of WTF explains what regional councils are and what they do by exploring the impact of Western North Carolina’s Land of Sky Regional Council on the area.

When you donate money to a political campaign, where do your dollars actually go? For local candidates, the answer for the bulk of donations is almost unanimous: mailers.

Parents of children who attend Asheville High School, the School of Inquiry and Life Sciences at Asheville and Asheville Middle School tell Xpress the experience of a perimeter lockdown Sept.…

The funding represents the final amount needed for the $30 million project, which has been under development since 2011. The money will go toward constructing 5 miles of greenway along…

The forum, hosted by the Council of Independent Business Owners, gave the candidates the opportunity to stake out their positions on a range of issues central to Buncombe County residents.

About 100 people attended the Sept. 8 event — the first of its kind hosted by the Asheville Area Riverfront Redevelopment Commission — at New Belgium Brewing Co. The gathering…

The county may offer reduced monthly parking passes in its Coxe Avenue parking deck, cutting the monthly cost to rent a space in that garage from $85 to $40 for…

"Let’s elect representatives like Jasmine Beach-Ferrara and Cheri Beasley, who will vote for opportunities to help our senior citizens with inflated prescription drug costs, help protect our beautiful mountains, and…

"Maggie Ullman Berthiaume is clearly the best candidate for City Council to address the highest priorities for Asheville citizens."

"We are totally in love with the school and staff and how progressive and warm their environment and community are."

"Asheville peace activists are guided by MLK and many others who were often threatened and imprisoned for their acts of civil resistance."

"We sincerely felt that we had no other recourse than to commit this act of civil resistance because of the secrecy and complicity of elected officials and the business community…

"Building more housing — in places where communities, jobs, transit, infrastructure and amenities already exist — is by consensus a key component of the fight against the climate crisis."