Health & Wellness
11 months ago
Novant wants to build diagnostic center in Buncombe County

A public hearing for Novant Health’s plans for a diagnostic center in Asheville is scheduled for next month

Darren Lamon Clayton shooting death asheville
Crime & Safety
11 months ago
Man wanted in shooting death arrested in Jacksonville

Asheville police found Makayla Lashea Harrison, 26, dead from what appeared to be a gunshot wound around 11 a.m. Saturday

Weaverville Honey Hive Helene
Business
11 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
11 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.  

North Fork Reservoir sediment Helene Asheville water system
Health & Wellness
11 months ago
Helene updates: Water clarity at North Fork Reservoir improves

Water clarity, grants for housing-related costs, Home Hazard Mitigation projects, business grants

NCDOT I-40 at MM 47 Helene flooding
Local
11 months ago
NCDOT flood-alert tools possibly saved lives in I-40 flooding

Floodwaters driven by Tropical Storm Helene eventually reached about 8 feet over I-40.

Keri Lynn Buckner missing asheville biltmore village
Local
11 months ago
Search continues for woman last seen 2 years ago in Biltmore Village area

Keri Lynn Buckner, 32, was last seen on Nov. 11, 2022, on Biltmore Avenue in the Biltmore Village area

Business
11 months ago
Which Buncombe County businesses have reopened?

Check these websites to see what area businesses are open, temporarily closed or closed

FEMA center Asheville Mall
Health & Wellness
11 months ago
Helene updates: Buncombe reopens homeowner grant program

Grants may be used for housing-related costs like property tax bills, housing costs, mortgage or homeowner’s insurance

Local
11 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