Laura Hackett

Caroline Blackwood drew on her background to write the gloriously wicked Great Granny Webster. Now reissued, this 1977 novel was shortlisted for the Booker prize

A-B Tech has landed a $29.2 million disaster recovery grant from the Economic Development Administration to build a manufacturing and workforce training center in Asheville.

Here are some our favourite novels, longlisted for Britain’s leading literary prize, then unceremoniously dumped by the judges

Chatsworth House Escapes’ new package celebrates the Regency period in style with a behind-the-scenes tour, a themed dinner and more. Laura Hackett tests it out

A proposal to build more than 500 apartments in the floodplain of the Swannanoa River cleared its first hurdle this week.

A couple’s home improvement takes a turn for the weird in The Renovation, Kenan Orhan’s unusual Booker-longlisted debut

As readers start compiling DNF — did not finish — lists online, our writers share the novels that made them admit defeat

A Flock camera on Merrimon Avenue near downtown Asheville. The Flock network has read more than 365,000 unique license plates, according to APD data.

Louisa Young remembers Elizabeth Jane Howard and talks about how delving into her literary legacy is like playing in a doll’s house

The Trump administration says the international gathering will showcase Western North Carolina’s resilience. Locals say the region still needs billions of dollars to recover.