Local
1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year ago
Zelda Fitzgerald said to haunt Highland Hospital

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

Health & Wellness
1 year ago
When is potable water likely to hit Asheville taps?

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has joined Asheville water crews in their efforts to clear the water in the normally pristine reservoir.

Local
1 year ago
Buncombe County updates: Thanksgiving meals, supply distributions, elections

Buncombe County officials provided updates on Thanksgiving meals, supply distributions and elections

Health & Wellness
1 year ago
Asheville updates: Work to settle sediment at reservoir continues

Though the overall turbidity of the reservoir remains high, levels continue to drop, city officials said.

Local
1 year ago
DuPont among several areas set to reopen after Helene damage

Despite significant recovery efforts, several forest features remain closed