ASHEVILLE - It now takes at least $20.10 an hour to be able to afford to live in Buncombe County, living wage advocates say. The new living wage, announced March 1 by the nonprofit Just Economics of ...

Many Asheville residents have long voiced concerns of high costs of living in the area. How does the area look compared to the state's averages? The entire nation? Livingcost, a crowdsourced database ...

ASHEVILLE - Asheville’s creative community and abundant nature offerings are just two reasons attributed to it being named one of the best places in the South. On March 6, Southern Living, a media ...

Southern Living has placed Asheville on a list of 25 best Southern places to go to in 2025. Writers reminded readers that, despite damage caused in the Western North Carolina region by Tropical Storm ...

TEACHER PAY: Liz LeBleu, left, and Daniel Withrow lobby the Asheville City Board of Education to raise teacher pay. Photo by Greg Parlier A local teachers group presented a grim picture to the ...

Core cost of living data is from The Cost of Living Index - COLI from the Council for Community and Economic Research. Price collection by city is conducted in strict conformance with standard ...

MAKING IT WORK: Local stage actor Kirby Gibson, right — seen here performing with her husband, Scott Fisher, in The Sublime Theater's recent production of "Ben & Angela" — credits a challenging ...