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Local
5 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.

Emergency medical personnel and North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers respond Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, 2026, to a serious crash on Pisgah Highway near Mountain Home Drive in Candler.
Crime & Safety
7 hours ago
1 killed in crash on Pisgah Highway in Candler

The single-vehicle crash happened Tuesday morning near Mountain Home Drive, Highway Patrol said

Local
8 hours ago
Asheville wants your opinion on speed humps, traffic calming

A new city survey is asking residents what works, what doesn’t and what should change in Asheville’s traffic-calming policy

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

Upper Grassy Branch Road closed between Maxwell Road and Riceville Road

An old Appalachian weather tradition says each foggy morning in August could signal a snowfall during the coming winter.
Local
9 hours ago
Asheville foggy mornings: Does August fog mean snow this winter?

An old Appalachian weather tradition says each foggy morning in August could signal a snowfall during the coming winter

Perspectives
23 hours ago
Life in limbo: Burton Street resident shares I-26 Connector perspective

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — For Kofi Caldwell, a West Asheville resident for 20 years, […]

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
1 day 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

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