Laura Hackett

Ava Pickett was a twentysomething working from the family PC before she wrote the Tudor drama 1536 and became an overnight star. It’s been ‘mental’, she says

Our critics choose their recent favourites including Elizabeth Strout’s latest tearjerker and a Booker-shortlisted Doris Lessing novel

As Asheville City Council members consider shifting $19 million of a federal disaster grant to single-family home repairs, local housing nonprofits

The two Asheville mayoral candidates largely agreed on housing and recovery priorities — but differed on how city government should operate.

The BBC is looking to follow up on the success of The Other Bennet Sister with more stories about the author’s minor characters. We have some ideas

The funding will support emergency repairs at 207 sites across Buncombe, including farms, businesses, homes and public land.

The rest of the money is for waterway debris removal, road repairs and utility projects in 11 WNC counties, including Yancey, Henderson and Jackson.

Transportation officials say roadwork will continue in the Hickory Nut Gorge area through at least 2028. Residents say they’re already fatigued from living in a seemingly endless construction zone.

Randy Shull acknowledges that a new 22-foot statue of himself may appear self-centered. But he insists the goal is to magnify his father's work.

The larger-than-life sculpture is based on a small wooden carving Shull’s father made three decades ago.