Local
1 year ago
UPDATE: Interstate 40 West reopened after construction delay

Issues with latex-modified concrete delayed the reopening of a busy stretch of I-40 between Hendersonville Road and I-26.

Housing
1 year ago
Hendersonville considers giving new life to historic Osceola Inn

The Hendersonville City Council could clear the way for a 20-room hotel, event center and cafe, plus 26 multi-family housing units.

Local
1 year ago
Parts of I-40 closed over weekend for construction

A stretch of I-40 Interstate 40 between Hendersonville Road and Interstate 26 will close this weekend, weather permitting, so contractors can start rehabilitating bridges and doing resurfacing work, the North Carolina Department of Transportation reported.

Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer, pictured at a recent meeting, is heading to Washington, D.C., to lobby with a Task Force on Homelessness for the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
Housing
1 year ago
Manheimer, fellow mayors to lobby for help on homelessness

The U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Homelessness Task Force will be advocating for federal help on the nationwide issue.

Education
1 year ago
Tour sheds light on the dirty laundry Thomas Wolfe aired

A Riverside Cemetery Tour will weave fact and fiction to highlight Asheville residents who inspired author’s characters.

An annual census of people in rescue shelters, transitional housing or on the streets finds growing numbers of people experiencing homelessness in the city.
Housing
1 year ago
Annual count confirms rise in homelessness in Asheville

The 2024 Point-in-Time Count found more people who were unsheltered, living in transitional housing or rescue shelters.

Health & Wellness
1 year ago
On the clock: Veterans Healing Farm needs help for a new home

Veterans Healing Farm is racing to raise funds and find a suitable site before it must leave its longtime home this summer.

By mid-2025, butterflies will descend on the Western North Carolina Nature Center, where construction soon will begin on a new "Gateway to the Southern Appalachians" including butterfly exhibits.
Local
1 year ago
Contract clears way for metamorphosis at WNC Nature Center

A $1.1 million contract award Tuesday means work on a gateway and butterfly exhibits soon will start at WNC Nature Center.

Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Man arrested in weekend shooting on Atkinson Street

Local law enforcement agencies teamed up to arrest and charge a 23-year-old man in connection with a shooting Saturday, April 20, at an apartment complex on Atkinson Street in Asheville.

Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Sheriff identifies deputies involved in fatal shooting near Mills River

 The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of the deputies involved in a fatal shooting earlier this month on North Mills River Road.