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President Donald Trump drew thousands to a local rally, Xpress celebrates three decades, Bite Me festival debuts and more.

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Verner Center for Early Learning student Casper Stone plays with a toy chainsaw at a “Reopen House” on Nov. 1. The toy is an ...

In the crowded, fluorescent-lit basement of the Buncombe County Democratic Party headquarters in Oakley on Dec. 18, Democrats ...

A buyer steps up for Canton's shuttered paper mill, Highland Brewing Co. turns 30, Salvage Station call its quits and more.