ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — The top headlines this week included stories about egg prices, protests, loving Asheville and the importance of radio in the first days after Tropical Storm Helene devastated the area.
Anne Frank comment by Montford Deli causes online controversy: Local sandwich shop Montford Deli caused an online outcry earlier this week after posting a comment comparing Holocaust victim Anne Frank to a pork sandwich. READ MORE
Rekindle the Love project aims to lure tourists back to Asheville area: An Asheville project wants people to fall in love with the city again. READ MORE
Asheville protest takes aim at Musk, Project 2025: A crowd gathered inside the Veach-Baley Federal Complex in Asheville on Wednesday, protesters taking aim at Project 2025 and Elon Musk’s role in the United States government. READ MORE
Celebrity tennis benefit raised over $1 million for WNC nonprofits: The Stars Servin’ Up Love celebrity tennis benefit was raisin’ up cash, too. READ MORE
‘What’s going on here?’: Edwards team addresses community concerns: It’s not every day the Carolina Cruiser comes to town, but the citizens who came to meet it have concerns about their day-to-day lives. READ MORE
Black bear businesses: February is Love Asheville, Go Local month: Every year, over 600 local businesses in Asheville put a new sticker in their window. READ MORE
Radio saved lives after Helene, broadcasters tell FCC chair: Tropical Storm Helene was more than torrential rain and deadly flooding. The storm in late September was a wall of noise — howling winds, falling trees, landslides and rushing water. There were cries of disbelief as people watched homes and automobiles wash away. And there were screams as people were swept away in raging rivers and creeks or buried in the rubble of landslides. READ MORE
February concert calendar: Live music in Asheville area this month: Asheville boasts a vibrant live music scene with venues catering to diverse musical tastes. Here are some live performances set for February. READ MORE
‘We were lucky to be spared,’ Navitat manager says of Helene: When Tropical Storm Helene moved out of Western North Carolina in late September, Buncombe County residents faced the death and destruction left behind. READ MORE
The big, bold beauty of ‘The Brutalist’ and misguided ‘Companion’ – 828reviewsNOW: “The Brutalist” is big. A three-and-a-half hour runtime, 10 Oscar nominations, overture, intermission and epilogue kind of big. “Companion” has the right idea: men attempting to control women is evil, wrong and prevalent as the smartphones in our pockets. It only went off the rails when writer-director Drew Hancock chose to communicate that message through the lens of a mistreated AI. READ MORE
Tombstone Tales: Incarcerated African Americans built WNC railroad: Along the railroad tracks between Old Fort and Black Mountain lay an unknown number of bodies. In at least one location, an unmarked mass grave was constructed by prison guards to hide the deceased from public attention. READ MORE
Buncombe sheriff clarifies stance on cooperating with ICE: Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin E. Miller reiterated his non-compliance with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to Buncombe County residents in a press release on Feb. 7, 2025. His statement fell short of fully ruling out his office’s involvement in ICE operations. READ MORE
Airport construction on schedule despite Hurricane Helene: Neither TSA nor Hurricane Helene quieted the booming progress made at the Asheville Regional Airport last year. READ MORE
State Republicans move to block AG’s power to sue Trump: North Carolina Republicans are trying to restrict the power of one of the state’s top elected officials — Attorney General Jeff Jackson, a Democrat. READ MORE
Tie the knot…not! Get ‘fake married’ at Fleetwood’s Valentine party: Every Valentine’s Day, Fleetwood’s opens their chapel doors to anyone who wants a “Fake as Hell” wedding: couples, best friends, or even cardboard cutouts. READ MORE
Oh cluck: Chickens, eggs endangered by bird flu, inflation: Egg prices are on the rise and bird flu is in the region. Take heed and hold your hens close. READ MORE