Photos from the LEAF Festival in Black Mountain highlight performances, art and community from the 2021 and 2023 events.

Black Mountain Town Council has allocated an additional $40,000 for Lakeview Center repairs. BLACK MOUNTAIN – After a Jan. 21 special call meeting by Town Council, an additional $40,000 has been ...

Jennifer Pickering, LEAF founder and former executive director, has stepped away from the organization. Pickering is joined by her husband, Leigh Maher, former festival director and chief financial ...

The Black Mountain Fire Department has responded to a partial building collapse on Montreat Road Jan. 21. A noon news release ...

BLACK MOUNTAIN – For 36 years, Melody Morris’ family has operated antique shops in Black Mountain. As of Jan. 17, that is ...

Joseph Elcaney “Caney” Allison married Mary Jane Burnett in 1868 and built their home around the same time in the North Fork ...

Piedmont Triad Regional Council has been selected to lead the search for Black Mountain's new town manager. A traffic study ...

Shelby Wardlaw is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Writing Program at Rutgers University and holds an MFA in Fiction ...

Macy's is set to celebrate its 99th annual Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 27. The famed event is set to feature 34 balloon, 29 floats, 11 marching bands, 33 clown crews, 9 performance ...

SWANNANOA – In the immediate aftermath of Tropical Storm Helene hitting Western North Carolina, sisters Beth Trigg and Mary Etheridge-Trigg went to work helping their community. The sisters live ...

Defiance Cafe has opened in Swannanoa with lunch service at 2288 U.S. 70. Owner Chaney Harrison has been in the Air Force and reserves for 21 years. Harrison worked in COVID relief efforts in New York ...