TikTok underwent a temporary ban in January, sparking concerns among small-business owners who rely on the platform to grow their companies’ reach. “TikTok has definitely given us a chance to reach a ...

Three years after a bomb threat at the University of North Carolina at Asheville over the Black Lives Matter mural that students worked to paint on University Heights, another controversy surrounds ...

Witchcraft sparks conversation easily in a city like Asheville but many people might not know where to start or are conscious of closed practices utilized by specific cultures. “Witchcraft is sacred ...

There is no doubt Greta Gerwig’s Barbie took the world by storm. Although from the surface it appears as a lighthearted movie about the famous Barbie doll, it is much more. With themes of feminism, ...

Courtney Garcia News Writer [email protected] Chris Mortensen, an employee at Sovereign Kava said when the bar opened in Downtown Asheville in 2010, it was the first and only kava and kratom bar in ...

“Just for today, I will be unafraid, especially I will not be afraid to be happy, to enjoy what is beautiful to love — to believe those I love, love me.” – Virginia Marie Olson A beautiful young woman ...

Being a minority in the United States of America means you have to face adversities left and right. This is not only prevalent in racial and gender differences, but in religious differences as well.

Since October of 2014, the Appalachian Wildlife Refuge has been dedicated to the conservation and preservation of wildlife local to Western North Carolina. Composed of passionate volunteers with a ...

Athletes at division one colleges say they experience mental health issues due to their injuries. “My injury has affected my mental health a lot. The first few weeks were really tough, I didn’t want ...

The National Collegiate Athletic Association announced informal discussions of granting players five seasons of eligibility, which could affect all UNC Asheville athletes and those in the recruitment ...

Black Mountain College Legacy Fellow Jonathon Keats thinks it is time for a Copernican Revolution to hit the arts. Much like the way scientists stopped seeing Earth as the center of the universe, ...

The debate of Helen Clevenger’s murder As thunder and lightning struck the town of Asheville a young 18-year-old girl, Helen Clevenger was brutally murdered in one of Asheville’s most famous hotels in ...