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Where to watch sports in Asheville
Hit up these bars + restaurants to see the upsets on the big screen.
August 26, 2025 11:25 AM
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Grace Powers
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Sports
Asheville hosts US Open Family Day
The whole fam can explore a love for the game with the brand new event from the US Open.
August 18, 2025
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Grace Powers
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Sports
Major investments are coming to three local sports complexes
The BCTDA will spend $2.65 million on improvements to two local sports complexes, and a local school will soon break ground on a multi-use field.
May 28, 2025
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Grace Powers
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Sports
An Olympic-level obstacle course opens in Fletcher
OSEGA debuts its newest offering, a training center for obstacle course racing.
April 17, 2025
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Grace Powers
A group of six women wearing matching blue shirts crossing the finish line of a relay race.
Sports
Celebrating 8 years of the Ville to Ville relay
The 72-mile relay from Asheville, N.C. to Greenville, S.C. returns with record-breaking numbers.
March 31, 2025
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Bethany Osborn
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Sports
Watch Asheville City Soccer Club compete in the US Open Cup
The men’s team is back in the tournament after their first appearance last year.
March 14, 2025
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Grace Powers
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Sports
SoCon Basketball Championships kick off in Asheville
Here’s to a weekend of nonstop ball.
March 3, 2025
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Laura Hackett
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Sports
From Asheville’s YMCA pool to the national stage
Asheville teen Emma Roberts was named to the USA National Paralympic Swim Team.
February 12, 2025
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Bethany Osborn
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Travel and Outdoors
Where to hit the slopes near Asheville this winter
Winter is coming — and so are winter sports.
December 9, 2024
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Grace Powers
1968 Asheville Tourists Team Photo with Sparky Anderson, fourth from the right
Sports
Meet the six former Asheville Tourists in the Baseball Hall of Fame
Our hometown team helped these athletes hit it out of the park and make their way to baseball greatness.
August 5, 2024
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Molly Wilson
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Evy Leibfarth clinches bronze medal in canoe slalom at 2024 Paris Olympics
The canoeist grew up paddling along the Nantahala River — and now she has an Olympic medal under her belt.
July 31, 2024
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Grace Powers
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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.
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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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History
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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A Spirit Halloween store in a retail plaza. The building has a red roof and cars line the parking lot.
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 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