While there are businesses in the RAD closing for good, Burroughs said there is a strong commitment from the city to rebuild.

We are seeing back-to-back days with highs in the 70s for Asheville. Today's high of 72 degrees came within one degree of the record that dates back to 1890.

I didn’t really understand why I loved Asheville so much. The quaint city of just under 100,000 residents trades in music and ...