Travelers now have a comprehensive website that covers lodging, restaurants, events, attractions and things-to-do in Banner Elk. Banner Elk’s Tourism Development Authority unveiled the site – BannerElk.com – on Sept. 18. It replaces a small, outdated site which did not…

It may not be time yet to break out the champagne over Duke Energy’s decision to consider alternatives to its despised power line. On second thought, pop those corks to celebrate the might of the opposition in Henderson County. The…

Buy Photo Sherricka Williams, center, leads a chant with a megaphone as Brandy Edmonds, center right, and Bobby Greenwood, far right, answer her as they protest for higher wages in front of Long John Silver’s on April 15. The protest…

Duke Energy is re-examining a controversial transmission line project that would run about 40 miles from the Upstate to Asheville.(Photo: Tonya Maxwell/Citizen-Times) Overwhelming opposition to Duke Energy’s plan to run a 40-mile long transmission line from Upstate South Carolina to…

Buy Photo City council candidates from left: Julie Mayfield, Rich Lee, Keith Young, Lindsey Simerly, Brian Haynes and Marc Hunt answer questions submitted from the community during the first Asheville City Council debate at Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College’s Ferguson…

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By Matthew Clark mclark@scbiznews.com Published Oct. 8, 2015 With a self-imposed deadline to announce a proposed transmission line route looming, Duke Energy officials said they need more time to analyze public comments before making a decision. In August, Duke proposed…

Transmission lines(Photo: Tonya Maxwell/tmaxwell@citizen-times.com) Duke Energy is re-examining a controversial transmission line project that would run 45 miles from South Carolina’s Upstate to Asheville, a plan that has been met with vehement public outcry. On Thursday, Duke officials said the…

Wilma Dykeman was the first winner of the Thomas Wolfe Award for her 1955 book “The French Broad.”(Photo: CITIZEN-TIMES) It wasn’t hard to pick out Wilma Dykeman in any crowd with her penchant for big wide hats. But beneath those…