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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — It’s another one for the record books in Asheville. Tourism officials tell local media outlets that 2014 again set records for tourism in the area. Officials say an estimated 10 million visitors flocked to Asheville during…

Alcohol report details what parts of N.C. like which spirits WILMINGTON — A detailed report shows exactly what kind of alcohol is most popular across North Carolina. The StarNews of Wilmington obtained the 422-page report from the National Alcoholic Beverage…

Weavercook construction workers are nearly finished with a 55-unit apartment complex located off Fallen Spruce Dr, off of Old Leicester Hwy Thursday morning.(Photo: William Woody / wwoody@citizen-times.com) This report is one in an occasional series on Asheville’s shortage of affordable…

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The agency that promotes tourism in Asheville has a $9 million budget of public money, but doesn’t have to reveal how it spends a lot of that money. Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Stephanie Brown…

Hotel Indigo(Photo: Citizen-Times) ASHEVILLE – The area’s most important tourism promoter, the Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau, is run on public money. But details on how the bureau spends a large part of that cash is kept private. The bureau…

Franklin School of Innovation opened last year. Some residents say heavy traffic occurs at drop-off and pickup times.(Photo: Citizen-Times file photo) Today’s batch of burning questions, my smart-aleck answers and the real deal: Question: Ever since school opened, there are…

First the overall picture: state tax receipts as a result of visitor spending neared the $1.1 billion mark in 2014. The figure represents a 4 percent hike over 2013’s figures. In our region, nearly every county had an increase in…

The Thunder Road Wine Trail, named as a nod to the region’s whiskey bootlegging roots, debuted Tuesday, connecting six wineries from Knoxville to Butler. Rick Riddle, executive director of the tourism push, said the marketing campaign is intended to help…

Airbnb(Photo: Courtesy of airbnb) Local online travel company sales jumped more than $1 million after Airbnb officially went on the Buncombe County tax books in June. One-month sales went from $344,177 in May to $1.4 million in June, according to…