Mountain Xpress, Author at AANWire.com

According to Vic Isley, president and CEO of Explore Asheville, May 2025 hotel occupancy was down 5 percentage points from 2024 and down 10 percentage points from 2019.

Author Archives: Mountain Xpress

Tourism down as summer begins

UNCA’s stadium proposal confirms a long-running rumor — and raises many more questions

A survey of local podcasts that cover a wide range of niche topics

Saving UNCA forest calls for big-picture thinking

Gardening with Xpress: Step-by-step approach to a wider view of gardening

The story behind a geologist’s viral tutorial

WCU students help analyze Helene-affected cemetery

HUD rejects City of Asheville’s disaster funds plan because of DEI

Buncombe County lobbies legislature for financial flexibility

FEMA reports difficulty in contacting dozens of temporary hotel residents