Residents urged to move vehicles off streets by Friday evening to allow snow plows to operate
Ice, dangerous roads and power outages expected; 72-hour preparedness recommended
Community has been without local mail service since Tropical Storm Helene more than a year ago
Travel discouraged amid snow, ice and dangerously cold temperatures
NCDOT begins pre-treatment of interstates and primary and secondary roads in Asheville area
Two non-residential structures destroyed; no injuries reported
A section of local music venue White Horse Black Mountain collapsed earlier today during construction work on the building. No one was injured during the accident.
Harold Kenneth “H.K.” Edgerton, former president of the Asheville branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and a vocal advocate for the preservation of Confederate history, has passed away at the age of 77.
Hundreds brave cold temperatures for annual celebration of civil rights leader’s legacy
On Aug. 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered what would become one of the most famous speeches in American history. “I Have a Dream,” King’s address to the 200,000–300,000 attendees of The March on Washington, remains a signature rallying cry for civil rights over 60 years later.