Jacob Vander-Weide

Jacob Vander Weide is a staff reporter for 828newsNOW. He is a graduate from Montreat College with a Bachelor's of Science in Christian Ministry. He enjoys long conversations and even longer drives. Contact him at jvander-weide@avlradio.com.

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Business
10 months ago
What to do this weekend in The 828: Nov. 15-17

Check out these awesome events happening this weekend in WNC

Weaverville Honey Hive Helene
Business
10 months ago
Helene deals double blow to WNC beekeepers

Former Honey and the Hive manager Knox Petrucci, his finance, Alison Wisely, and her 9- and 7-year-old sons died in the flooding from Hurricane Helene on Sept. 27.

Local
10 months ago
Latest storm could follow Helene’s track

As of now, NOAA gives Invest 99-L a greater than 90 percent chance of developing into a tropical storm within the next 48 hours.  

Local
10 months ago
Texas group offers Black Mountain a $750,000 donation

The donation is for the reconstruction of Veteran’s Park’s baseball fields, according to Town Clerk Wesley Barker

Business
10 months ago
FEMA announces $428 million in additional aid for NC

The deadline to apply for FEMA Individual Assistance after Tropical Storm Helene has been extended to Jan. 7, 2025

Local
10 months ago
Tombstone Tales: Man who pushed for GSMNP, Ridgecrest buried in Asheville

Jeter C. Pritchard introduced a bill titled “Southern Forest Preserve,” which later became Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Business
10 months ago
Alliance connects flood-damaged businesses with local contractors

A variety of builders — offering most construction services businesses in Asheville need to reopen — can be found in the website’s directory.

Tomb stone tales
Local
10 months ago
Tombstone Tales: Highland Hospital fire victim Sarah Hipps

Sarah Vance Neely Hipps (1898-1948) was also a nurse and participated in the Asheville chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy

Local
10 months ago
Zelda Fitzgerald said to haunt Highland Hospital

Highland Hospital went up in a blaze in the final hour of Wednesday, March 10, 1948.

Local
10 months ago
VP hopeful Walz touts Asheville’s resilience, lays out policy proposals

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz praised Ashevilleans as “Tough, tenacious and never going down without a fight.”

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