Local
11 months ago
Election 2024: Polls have closed, counting begins

Results are coming in and the 828newsNOW staff is bringing them to you live on our Facebook and Instagram feeds and YouTube channel.

Local
11 months ago
Election 2024: Fewer workers manning the polls in NC

It takes about 25,000 people to make voting happen at these polling places in North Carolina, election officials say.

Local
11 months ago
Officials tout safety measures as they brace for Election Day

Voters who are harassed or intimidated should notify an election official immediately.

Local
11 months ago
Tree falls on worker at Biltmore Estate

A contracted tree worker was injured in an accident at the Biltmore Estate this morning, Nov 4, 2024.

Local
11 months ago
Election 2024: Who and what are on the ballot

Polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. On Election Day

Local
11 months ago
Tips for voting Tuesday

If you are waiting for Election Day, Nov. 5, to cast your ballot, the State Board of Elections has some tips that might make the process a little easier.

Local
11 months ago
Record turnout in NC: More than 4.2M ballots cast in early voting

Including absentee voting, 4,465,548 voters — or 57% of the state’s 7.8 million registered voters — cast ballots in the general election as of Sunday morning, officials said.

Tomb stone tales
Local
11 months ago
Tombstone Tales: Highland Hospital fire victim Sarah Hipps

Sarah Vance Neely Hipps (1898-1948) was also a nurse and participated in the Asheville chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy

Music
11 months ago
Local high school marching band competition celebrates 50 years

Marching bands from around the region will assemble to compete at the 50th Land of the Sky Marching Band Festival this Saturday, Nov. 2.

Local
11 months ago
Zelda Fitzgerald said to haunt Highland Hospital

Highland Hospital went up in a blaze in the final hour of Wednesday, March 10, 1948.