Asheville and surrounding areas offer numerous family-friendly events throughout August 2025. Activities range from outdoor adventures and festivals to museum exhibits and educational programs. August ...

Artist Basil Watson is creating the first statue of an African American, Civil War hero Robert Smalls, to be placed on South Carolina's Statehouse grounds.

South Carolina Humanities hasn't been able to give grant money to libraries, museums and other groups after DOGE cuts. That ...

The usual suspects — finances and enrollment — spelled the end of Limestone University in rural South Carolina. But some hope ...

Robert Smalls was a historic South Carolina lawmaker who escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship.

In 1775, a year before there was a United States and six weeks after the Continental Army was formed, George Washington made ...

Robert Smalls​ escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship and became a top Union naval officer and ...