Online check-ins highlight road conditions, outages and pockets of stability
Amanda Fender helps launch a red-carpet event for people with disabilities while balancing salon work, school and family
Utility urges customers not to click links or download attachments
Icy roads and freezing rain prompt districts to cancel classes
Hospitals stay operational while city, county suspend services Monday
After reporting a low number of power outages in Asheville this morning, conditions have continued to worsen across the Western North Carolina region, with outages now numbering in the thousands.
No remote learning planned as power outages persist
Officials urge people to stay informed and take precautions as roads, waterways and neighborhoods remain at risk
Travel discouraged as ice coats roads and infrastructure problems grow
After a mostly dry Saturday, Winter Storm Fern crept in overnight, coating Western North Carolina with ice and knocking out power for over many toward the North Carolina-South Carolina state line.