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Altura Architects transforms run-down space
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Food
Grab a slice for WNC Pizza Week
Check out the interactive map to dig in to special slices and pies all around the region.
March 7, 2025
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Grace Powers
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🦪 Shell-evate your next event with a raw bar
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Where to find lunch for under $10 in Asheville
From pizza and sandwiches to seitan shawarma.
February 27, 2025
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Food
Find farm-driven food with a Buncombe County CSA program
Learn more about Community Supported Agriculture and partner with a local farm during CSA Week.
February 19, 2025
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Molly Wilson
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Food
Local restaurants celebrating major milestones this month
February may be the shortest month of the year, but it’s packed with local businesses celebrating birthdays.
February 17, 2025
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Bethany Osborn
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Food
Finding New York Times-predicted food trends in Asheville
The publication put out its annual list of food predictions, but some forward-thinking Asheville spots already have these trends on lock.
February 7, 2025
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Grace Powers
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Food
🥬 Find seasonal produce at Asheville’s winter markets
Stock up on leafy greens, root vegetables, baked goods, and more at these winter markets.
February 5, 2025
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Bethany Osborn
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4 reasons to dine at this downtown institution
The Lobster Trap is celebrating 20 years of serving fresh, sustainable seafood in Western North Carolina.
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Food
How to tailgate like a local
Want to make your Super Bowl tailgate party worthy of serving up in the 828? Here are our picks for local party foods, from snacks to hearty meats and more.
February 4, 2025
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Food
Farmers markets in Asheville
Pack your reusable shopping bags, because we’ve rounded up eight farmers markets around Asheville.
February 3, 2025
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Blue Ridge Parkway opens 26-mile section, restoring access to Mount Mitchell State Park
The opening completes the first phase of the NPS’ Helene recovery work.
September 15, 2025
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Spread the local love with AVLtoday’s Best
Make your voice heard, nominate your favorite local biz and they could win AVLtoday’s Best Competition.
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Local restaurant deals by day of the week
We have your go-to guide for delicious deals all week long.
September 11, 2025
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How Asheville fought for the Blue Ridge Parkway
Thanks to the lobbying efforts of local leaders, politicians, and business owners, the Blue Ridge Parkway didn’t pass us by.
September 9, 2025
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Grace Powers
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Travel and Outdoors
County earns funding to purchase Deaverview Mountain for a public park
In partnership with the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy, Buncombe County will acquire Deaverview Mountain, meaning the 343-acre mountaintop tract will be conserved as a public park.
September 8, 2025
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Grace Powers
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City
Asheville will have two Spirit Halloween stores... right across the street from each other
Spirit Halloween will strike South Tunnel Road twice, with stores in neighboring shopping plazas.
September 2, 2025
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Grace Powers
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City
Meet the WNC natives being honored at the North Carolina Award
At this year’s North Carolina Awards, all recipients have made a valuable impact on WNC. Meet the locals who earned NC’s highest honor.
August 29, 2025
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Grace Powers
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City
City announces partnership for new downtown entertainment venue
The City of Asheville has partnered with a UK-based entertainment company to begin initial phases of developing a public-private arts facility.
August 28, 2025
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Grace Powers
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Food
Sugar & Snow Gelato is coming back to the RAD
The shop announced it will reopen this November inside The Wyre in the upper RAD. Did we mention there will be dessert pizza?
August 28, 2025
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Grace Powers