Verquan Durell Young, 29, was charged with felony assault inflicting serious bodily injury following an altercation that left another man with a broken nose.
In September 2024, Biltmore Village, the historic Asheville district located just outside of the Biltmore Estate, was flooded by Tropical Storm Helene. Damage was catastrophic. However, two years later, the neighborhood has reopened, changed but recovering.
Pack Memorial Library is about to get quiet, even by library standards. The downtown Asheville library has announced several upgrades coming to the library, including noise-cancelling personal study rooms.
The University of North Carolina Asheville has extended its lease with the Asheville Botanical Garden, a 14-acre community nature preserve located at the university, through 2072.
There is rain on the forecast this week as the first day of fall arrives.
Malik Keanu Ronshun Thompson, 25, was sentenced to 96-236 months in North Carolina prison for a second-degree forcible sex offense and the second-degree forcible rape of a 15-year-old girl.
Tourism spending has returned in some mountain counties while Asheville and other hard-hit areas remain below pre-storm levels
A massive new arts facility could be coming soon to the River Arts District. The RAD Creative Campus, a 36,000 square foot, two-building center for working artists, cultural activation and community engagement, is now in the works, officials say.
Aircraft came down in field near Roberts Lake Drive after emergency parachute deployed
Private landowners are still seeking relief as state and federal forest agencies plan another decade of recovery