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SWANNANOA, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Residents in Swannanoa have expressed frustration after receiving a postcard from the United States Postal Service asking for public comments on relocating the town’s post office — without identifying where the new facility might be located. The former Swannanoa Post Office at 2311...

A Carter County man wanted in connection with a home invasion investigation in North Carolina is now facing multiple drug and weapons charges after authorities executed search warrants at his […]

Two kids with measles sat for hours in open areas of Mission Hospital’s emergency department in Asheville before anyone put them in isolation, a delay that exposed dozens of patients and staff and landed the hospital in serious trouble with federal regulators. Inspectors issued a rare “immediate jeopardy” finding, a...

This five-year-old male hound mix is very active and sweet. He would do well with an active family and older kids. Jack O' Lantern would also do well with other dogs. If interested in Jack O' Lantern, visit the Asheville Humane Society at their website here.

WEAVERVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Community members in Weaverville are speaking out in support of an old pedestrian bridge over Merrimon Avenue. Demolition of the bridge had been scheduled for Tuesday, March 10, but that plan is now on hold. Property owners say the bridge has historical value. According to...

Jan Nickerson lives at Pisgah Valley Retirement Community in Candler, one of several unincorporated parts of Buncombe County. The complex has residences and operations on two sides of Holcombe Cove Road, a busy street with no sidewalks or crosswalk. So, when Nickerson heard the county was holding a community meeting...

A juvenile accused of shooting and killing a man in Asheville on Monday has died, police said.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Buncombe County’s property tax office expects more than 10,000 homeowners to challenge newly issued property values now arriving in mailboxes. Some property owners report increases of more than $200,000 in assessed value. The values are meant to reflect market value as of January 1.

Hurricane Helene made landfall in late September 2024, especially ravaging the city of Asheville, N.C., and surrounding mountain communities like Hendersonville. The Hendersonville Fresh Market sustained extensive damage due to floodwater, necessitating a rebuild. The reopening began with a bread-breaking ceremony,...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — More than three decades after it struck the mountains, the Blizzard of 1993 remains one of the most significant winter storms in western North Carolina history. The storm arrived overnight, March 12 into March 13, after rapidly strengthening over the Gulf of Mexico. As the...