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Photo Courtesy of Sam Dean sam dean Burnsville’s 1833 Nu Wray Inn was recently purchased by two Asheville couples. Posted: Saturday, December 13, 2014 12:00 am Landmark Blue Ridge Mountain Inn Changes Hands 0 comments BURNSVILLE, N.C. – Western North Carolina’s…

Wayne Caldwell stands on Broadway Street in downtown Asheville earlier this month. Caldwell was instrumental in organizing the citizens group Save Downtown Asheville in the early 1980s to defeat a bond referendum that would have bulldozed downtown Asheville and built…

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House for rent(Photo: monkeybusinessimages / Getty Images/iStockphoto) ASHEVILLE – The argument over using homes for short-term vacation rentals in neighborhoods nudged closer to resolution Monday with the release of draft rules. The recommendations made by contractors with Chapel-Hill-based Urban Planning…

Glenn Cox, HandMade in America executive director, left, and Stephanie Twitty, chair of the nonprofit’s board of directors, stand inside the Asheville office on South Lexington Avenue. HandMade supports the economy of Western North Carolina-made crafts and goods.(Photo: Katie Bailey/bkbailey@citizen-times.com)…

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