ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Sanitation crews were at the Mountaineer Inn in Asheville on Tuesday to begin assessing how to clean up the property after officials deemed it a threat to public safety. A judge authorized the City of Asheville to enter the abandoned site.
At the site of the motel on Tunnel Road, crews documented litter and overgrowth throughout the property. A second team is expected to inspect the buildings for structural and safety concerns.
In February 2026, Buncombe County Superior Court Judge Alan Thornburg ordered Radify Asheville LLC, a now-defunct business entity, to clean up the Mountaineer Inn or face a potential lien to cover the bill for city staff to do it. That ruling came with an injunction order for the owners to clean up garbage and weeds on the property…