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AVLtoday’s 2025 holiday gift guide: 90+ finds for everyone you love
Including gifts for significant others, retirees, holiday parties, young people, and gifts that ship fast.
October 26, 2025 10:11 PM
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Citizen Vinyl’s cafe, event space, and record store to close by May
The public-facing operations will close on Sunday, April 30 as the biz focuses on its vinyl manufacturing and record studio.
April 14, 2025
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Grace Powers
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Period Nirvana opens in West Asheville, offering menstrual cycle care products
The new West Asheville shop is one of just a handful of physical period care shops in the world.
April 10, 2025
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Grace Powers
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Asheville Tea Company brews up a comeback
Founder Jessie Dean spills the tea on the company’s recovery ahead of its Rebuild + Regrow fundraiser.
March 25, 2025
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Bethany Osborn
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WNC Build and Remodel Expo returns this weekend
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Spring cleaning your carbon footprint
Sugar Hollow Solar’s “Spring into Solar” event is helping AVL get educated and go green.
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WNC could finally be getting a Costco
While nothing is set in stone, city officials will begin talks on March 6 for a potential location at Enka Heritage Parkway.
March 5, 2025
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Bethany Osborn
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Broadway Street welcomes a slew of new businesses
Stoker’s Studio bike shop is the latest business coming to Broadway Street.
March 4, 2025
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We’re celebrating Small Business Week, here’s how to join us
Join us in celebrating the heart of our community, small businesses.
February 25, 2025
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The story behind that viral Billy Strings Instagram post
For two weekends, Billy Strings fans helped with hurricane clean-up efforts throughout WNC.
February 20, 2025
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Bethany Osborn
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