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Crime & Safety
1 hour ago
Buncombe DA clears Asheville officers in Westmont Commons shooting

Buncombe DA says officers were justified in June 7 shooting after man advanced toward them with an 8-inch kitchen knife

Local
2 hours ago
Spectrum outage impacts Wi-Fi, phone lines across Asheville

Asheville businesses, residents and the Buncombe County government have reported that Wi-Fi and phone lines are down after a Spectrum outage hit the region this morning.

Local
5 hours ago
Buncombe County road closed after tree takes down power lines

Upper Grassy Branch Road closed between Maxwell Road and Riceville Road

FILE - Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., listens to testimony as the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight holds a field hearing on violent crime in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File)
Politics
22 hours ago
Ethics panel recommends censure for Rep. Chuck Edwards

House ethics panel says the North Carolina Republican engaged in improper conduct involving two congressional aides

A map showing viewing areas of the August 2026 total solar eclipse.
Local
1 day ago
August skywatching: Solar eclipse, Perseid meteor shower and lunar eclipse

From a partial solar eclipse visible in North Carolina to the Perseids and a deep partial lunar eclipse, August offers plenty of reasons to look up

Outdoors
1 day ago
MountainTrue crew removes 4 totaled vehicles from Hungry River

Nearly two years after Tropical Storm Helene, MountainTrue crews are still hard at work clearing debris from Western North Carolina rivers. Today, that meant excavating and extracting several battered vehicles from the Hungry River in Flat Rock, N.C.

Asheville police officers and forensic investigators process the scene of a deadly shooting along Biltmore Avenue and Short Coxe Avenue early Sunday morning.
Crime & Safety
1 day ago
Biltmore Avenue shooting: What police are and aren’t saying

Asheville police say suspects have been identified and a vehicle recovered, but questions remain about who was targeted, the motive and links to other shootings

Arts & Culture
1 day ago
Alex McDonald Villarreal Brings Award-Winning “Ethnically Ambiguous” to Asheville

Alex McDonald Villarreal returns to Asheville with “Ethnically Ambiguous,” an award-winning autobiographical solo show exploring family, culture and mixed-race identity.

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