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Aug 2017
App State’s new HOW Space is the university’s latest evolution in innovative, interdisciplinary education
Apr 2017
With a boost from local musicians, Arts for Life makes healing tunes for ailing kids
Dec 2016
Hood Huggers Hood Tours reveal a path from Asheville’s past to the present
Oct 2016
Classes at Hendersonville’s St. Gerard House share culinary skills to individuals with autism
Aug 2016
Five years in, Angie Newsome’s vision for a WNC-wide investigative reporting nonprofit reaches sustainability
Aug 2016
Celebrate—and help preserve—monarch butterflies during their annual migration through WNC
Aug 2016
How Asheville is becoming world headquarters for climate science and ground zero in the quest to confront climate change
Jun 2016
Even a century later, the Great Flood of 1916’s watery depths haunt Western North Carolina
Jun 2016
After more than three decades in
the business, Asheville native
Warren Haynes
rocks on at full tempo
Aug 2015
At Hart Square in Catawba County, a man with a passion for historic
structures keeps the past alive
Aug 2015
Hendersonville restaurant Dandelion serves up sustenance and job skills for those at risk of domestic violence
Aug 2015
Throughout Western North Carolina sit dozens of public schools abandoned by time, consolidation, and changing demographics. In their heyday, they were community epicenters and veritable second homes for thousands of students. Today, some are boarded up, while others await imminent demolition and replacement by new state-of-the-art facilities. But there are also a handful of old schoolhouses tucked away in various corners of the mountains that have found new purpose as community centers, concert venues, historical beacons, and artists’ studios. Here’s a look at the past and present of eight of them.
Aug 2015
Throughout Western North Carolina sit dozens of public schools abandoned by time, consolidation, and changing demographics. In their heyday, they were community epicenters and veritable second homes for thousands of students. Today, some are boarded up, while others await imminent demolition and replacement by new state-of-the-art facilities. But there are also a handful of old schoolhouses tucked away in various corners of the mountains that have found new purpose as community centers, concert venues, historical beacons, and artists’ studios. Here’s a look at the past and present of eight of them.
Oct 2014
An up-and-coming Asheville restaurant will showcase innovative and sustainable design
Aug 2014
The Cherokee Preservation Foundation invests in the tribe’s past and future
Aug 2014
The Carson House in Marion preserves the full spectrum of antebellum mountain life
Dec 2013
You can never foresee how the life you choose—or the one that chooses you—can ultimately impact someone in extraordinary ways. Meet seven inspirational locals whose personal journeys are making a big difference in the lives of others.