Post archive for September 2026

Sept. 30, 2026

39 New Members of the Nation's Oldest Craft Guild Show Their Work in Asheville

Posted in Events
Sept. 30, 2026

The Native Bamboo That Could Help Hold WNC Riverbanks Together

Sept. 30, 2026

The Mountain on Asheville's Old Postcards Is Becoming Buncombe County's Largest Park

Sept. 30, 2026

Four Farms and a Century-Old Summer Camp: Buncombe County Puts Money Behind 250 More Protected Acres

Posted in Local News
Sept. 30, 2026

Three Mitchell County Gem Mines Where Fall Color Comes With a Bucket of Ore

Posted in Tourism
Sept. 30, 2026

Ten Places in Asheville to Watch the Leaves Turn From Above

Posted in Local News
Sept. 30, 2026

Highlands Organizations Make It Easy to Enjoy Time Outdoors

Posted in Tourism
Sept. 30, 2026

Burnsville Will Hear the First-Ever Performance of a Symphony About Hurricane Helene

Posted in Events
Sept. 30, 2026

The Craggies Could Become North Carolina's First National Scenic Area, If Someone in Congress Will Carry It

Posted in Local News
Sept. 28, 2026

Monday Mornings at The Bascom Belong to Studio Alive, a Highlands Group Founded in 1980 and Revived in 2013

Posted in Events
Sept. 28, 2026

From Mud to Momentum: How Asheville's River Arts District Came Back After Helene

Posted in Local News
Sept. 25, 2026

A Puppet Parade, Rebuilt Posters, and 59 Years of Mountain Music in Mars Hill

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Sept. 25, 2026

The 336 Acres Above Lake Eden That Pushed a Mountain Land Trust Past 100,000 Protected Acres

Posted in Local News
Sept. 25, 2026

The Enka Costco Just Got Bigger, and Its Tree Plan Is Changing Again

Posted in Local News
Sept. 25, 2026

An American Avocet Was Photographed at Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary in Asheville

Posted in Local News
Sept. 24, 2026

A Slow-Motion Fish Kill: Why WNC's Trout Streams Will Be Quieter This October

Sept. 24, 2026

Three Fall Drives Worth the Gas Money This October, Starting Right Outside Franklin

Posted in Tourism
Sept. 24, 2026

Colorfest Turns Dillsboro's Front Street Into a Working Studio for a Day

Posted in Local News
Sept. 23, 2026

Ten Feet Up the Wall: How Asheville's River Arts District Is Rebuilding Two Years After Helene

Sept. 22, 2026

Ask a Highlands Chef What They Crave and You Get Boiled Peanuts, Collards and Tomato Pie

Posted in Local News
Sept. 22, 2026

A Three-Year-Old From Cherokee Out-Hunted Everyone for Carl the Bigfoot This Summer

Posted in Local News
Sept. 21, 2026

Wine, Brick Oven Pizza and a Family Story: Eating Your Way Through Two Mountain Vineyards

Posted in Events
Sept. 21, 2026

They Said a County Fair Couldn't Survive Without a Carnival. Macon County Proved Them Wrong for 73 Years

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Sept. 21, 2026

A 61 on Sunday and a Sold-Out Saturday: What the PGA Tour's Return Meant for Asheville

Posted in Local News
Sept. 21, 2026

Old Fort Is Quietly Becoming the Southeast's Next Great Trail Town

Posted in Tourism
Sept. 11, 2026

West Jefferson Turns Into an Open-Air Art Walk Tonight, and It Is Worth the Drive

Posted in Local News
Sept. 11, 2026

Asheville Is Having a Biscuit Moment, and These Are the Sandwiches Worth the Drive

Posted in Local News
Sept. 10, 2026

A Brand New Festival Is Throwing the River Arts District a Party This Saturday

Posted in Events
Sept. 10, 2026

The Smokies Column That Started in Lockdown Is Now a Book, and It Reads Like a Field Guide to Your Backyard

Posted in Local News
Sept. 10, 2026

The Parkway Is Not the Only Show in Town: Where to Chase Fall Color Without the Traffic

Posted in Tourism
Sept. 10, 2026

Where the Apples Are: 17 North Carolina Orchards Worth the Drive This Fall

Posted in Local News
Sept. 9, 2026

Mules Are Doing the Heavy Lifting on the Appalachian Trail in the Smokies

Posted in Events
Sept. 9, 2026

The Avett Brothers, a New Stage, and a Record Crowd: Earl Scruggs Fest Turns Five in Mill Spring

Posted in Events
Sept. 9, 2026

Twenty-Four Front Doors and a Good Cause: Asheville's Wine Walk Returns This Sunday for Habitat

Posted in Events
Sept. 8, 2026

A Free Interactive Art Show in West Asheville Was Almost a Year in the Making

Sept. 8, 2026

A James Beard Winner Is Cooking Outdoors in Highlands, and Seats Will Go Fast

Posted in Local News
Sept. 4, 2026

Why Transylvania County Wants You to Look Up This Week

Posted in Local News
Sept. 4, 2026

Skip the Parkway Traffic: Four Haywood County Back Roads Locals Actually Drive for Fall Color

Posted in Local News
Sept. 3, 2026

Dillsboro's Music on the Porch Festival Returns This Saturday With Bluegrass, a Cherokee Choir and a New BBQ Cook-off

Posted in Events
Sept. 3, 2026

Robbinsville and Graham County Are Where the Smokies Get Wild and Quiet

Posted in Local News
Sept. 3, 2026

Cataloochee Ranch Trades Cowboy Twang for Americana Harmony This Week in Maggie Valley

Posted in Local News
Sept. 2, 2026

This 1.5-Mile Trail Near Franklin Packs 11 Mountain Ridgelines Into One Sunset Hike

Posted in Tourism
Sept. 2, 2026

The Plant That Built a Culture: New Documentary Traces Rivercane's Deep Roots Along Transylvania County's Rivers

Sept. 2, 2026

Forty Years On, Waynesville's Main Street Is Still the Heart of the Mountains

Posted in Events
Sept. 2, 2026

Step Back Into 1780: Mitchell County Hosts a Revolutionary War Encampment for the 250th Anniversary

Posted in Local News
Sept. 1, 2026

The Best Fall Hikes in Western North Carolina, From Graveyard Fields to Grandfather Mountain

Posted in Tourism
Sept. 1, 2026

The NC Mountain State Fair Returns to Fletcher, and This Year It Comes With New Rides, New Flavors, and the Same Small-Town Pride

Posted in Events
Sept. 1, 2026

When Does It Actually Get Cold in Western NC? A Elevation-by-Elevation Guide to Mountain Fall

Posted in Local News