Buy Photo Donnie Fowler and his 3-year-old daughter Cleo play on a swing set in downtown Saluda on Thursday. The city had no brand and no outward identity to share with the world until a few weeks ago.(Photo: William Woody…

Michael Ein DRINKING TOURISM Owner Dave Tomasello, of Hammonton, explains that the customer counter is made from reclaimed wood at his Hammonton brewery called 3 Threes Brewery, Tuesday March 31, 2015. He plans to open in late summer or fall…

At least 11 children between the ages of 12 and 17 have committed suicide in my county since December. The heartbreaking details vary from child to child, but their families and this community—in the newly renamed Oglala Lakota County—feel the…

It’s been 60 years since an Asheville writer named Wilma Dykeman packed her husband into a car for a six-month ride along the French Broad River, which extends from southwestern North Carolina into Knoxville before joining with the Tennessee. The…

Waynesville aldermen initially agreed to explore the idea but decided that they weren’t keen on it after all. They tabled the idea indefinitely last week following discussion at a town meeting. “It was just an idea out there but it…

Katie Button cooking at the James Beard House.(Photo: Special to the Citizen-Times) ASHEVILLE – Katie Button, chef and co-owner of Cúrate and Nightbell in Asheville, has been named one of Food Wine Magazine’s Best New Chefs for 2015. Though 2015…

The New Belgium brewery is beginning to take shape and a separate distribution center is almost done in Enka, North Carolina near Asheville.(Photo: Michael Oppenheim Photography / New Belgium) Months of backbreaking labor are paying off at the $140 million…

Air quality officials met for an ozone season kickoff event Tuesday at the Land of Sky Region Council office on New Leicester Highway. March 31, 2015.(Photo: Sabian Warren) ASHEVILLE – With ozone season starting Wednesday, state officials are resuming daily…

It’s easy to compare hourly wages in different cities and think one town’s workers are better off than another’s. When a friend in New York City reveals that she makes $19 an hour in a part-time retail job, you, living…

The Brewers Association, a trade association representing small and independent American craft brewers, recently released the 2014 data on the United States craft beer industry. For the first-time ever, the craft segment reached double-digit volume share of the marketplace, 11%…