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By Jon Tharp, Broker · May 18, 2026
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Studio Alive is a figure drawing and painting group at The Bascom in Highlands, NC, meeting on select Mondays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. year-round, except …
By Jon Tharp, Broker · May 17, 2026
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Waynesville's town board is proposing a 2-cent property tax increase, raising the rate to 49.9 cents per $100 of assessed value, to help close a $721,000 shortfall in the town's $20.5 million general fund. The …
By Jon Tharp, Broker · May 17, 2026
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Home buyers, not developers, are the primary force driving residential growth in Haywood County, NC, according to a letter published in The Mountaineer. With median home prices at $415,000 and rising more than 10 percent …
By Jon Tharp, Broker · May 24, 2026
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Asheville declared May 16 Oscar Wong Day in 2026 to honor the Highland Brewing founder who launched the city's craft beer movement in 1994. AVL Beer Week runs through late May with collaborative releases, brewery events, and the …
By Jon Tharp, Broker · May 12, 2026
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The Oldest Sweet Shop in Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire was founded in 1827, earned the Guinness World Record for oldest candy shop in 2014, and is now run by 29-year-old Ben Howie. Its best sellers …
By Jon Tharp, Broker · May 12, 2026
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Franklin's Town Council has partnered with planning and design firms McAdams and Toole Design to create a transformation plan for Main Street. Two public meetings are scheduled for May 28 and 29 at Twenty-Eight Main …
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By Jon Tharp, Broker · May 11, 2026
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Travel + Leisure identified eight real estate markets along the Blue Ridge Mountains from Georgia to Virginia, and five are in Western North Carolina: Waynesville, Blowing …
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By Jon Tharp, Broker · May 11, 2026
At a Glance
Bryson City, NC, a town of under 2,000 in Swain County, is home to the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, a locally owned downtown voted Best Small …
The pump track going into Swannanoa this fall won't just be the largest in North Carolina. It will be the largest in the Americas. That detail alone tells you something has shifted in a community that spent two decades watching a former blanket mill sit empty, flood, …
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