Buncombe County Reappraisal Notices Going Out
Asheville – Buncombe County is striving for equity by postponing the 2025 revaluation. Interim Property Assessor Eric Cregger recounted a story familiar to Western North Carolinians. The 2025 reappraisal process was 70% complete when Helene struck. Over 5,500 parcels and hundreds of businesses were damaged. In a...
NC man sentenced to prison for shooting, carjacking USPS worker
WEAVERVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The United States Attorney’s Office said a Buncombe County man was sentenced to prison for carjacking and firing a gun that left a U.S. Postal Carrier seriously hurt. In 2023, officials said Jaden Garay attacked the USPS worker while she was working in Madison...
Weather Warn Day issued for March 16 with threat of tornadoes and damaging winds
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — We're looking ahead to the weekend for the potential of severe weather. A Weather Warn Day has been issued for Sunday, March 16 in the morning, for possible damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. HELENE: A JOURNEY OF HOPE (HOT SPRINGS) There is a greater risk...
‘There were chilling screams’: Witnesses recount S.C. drownings
An autopsy confirmed it took only a matter of seconds for both 43-year-old retired U.S. Navy veteran, Lonnie Hancock and 21-year-old Valentin Quiroz to drown.
Mom-to-be does the unthinkable with metal letter opener as she was giving birth: Cops
"We'll make sure that this baby will receive justice," Liner said. "It didn't have a chance at life. Not long. So it's our job to make sure that this baby does receive that." The post ‘Didn’t have a chance at life’: Woman allegedly stabs newborn to death with metal letter opener mid-childbirth, throws boy in trash...
Longer days are coming faster. Here’s when these 6 SC cities will have 8...
This is when these South Carolina cities will have 8 p.m. sunsets now that daylight savings is underway.
Missing Va. man’s remains found in drainage canal in N.C.
KNOTTS ISLAND, N.C. (TCN) -- A missing man’s remains have been positively identified several months after a hunter discovered the body in a drainage canal. According to the Aware Foundation, 42-year-old Martrell "Andre" Lamar was last seen by his family in June 2024, when he was living with his girlfriend on Knotts...
Will the Total Lunar Eclipse be visible in NC?
GREENSBORO, N.C. — In just the next few days, the March 2025 total lunar eclipse will take place across several time zones. The Moon will pass into Earth's shadow and appear darker and even reddish at tint at its peak. What's a lunar eclipse?. A lunar eclipse is the...
Real ID enforcement begins in less than two months
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Starting May 7, 2025, a Real ID or another acceptable form of identification will be needed to board a plane and get into most federal buildings and military bases. Close to 50 percent of active North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) customers already have a Real ID, according...
South Carolina officer fired after inappropriately touching woman under arrest, chief says
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WBTV) - A former police officer was arrested after he was accused of inappropriately touching a woman he was taking to jail last month, state officials said. The officer, Caleb Hickmon-Payne, worked for the Columbia Police Department when he was taking the woman to the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center...
