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NORTH CAROLINA — Monday’s weather could turn rough for the Western Carolinas, with a risk for severe storms coming in at a Level 2 out of 5. Damaging wind is again the greatest threat with any storms that form, and the overall threat is expected to be higher from mid-afternoon through the evening hours.

Employees at the Pactiv Evergreen paper mill kept calling Canton Mayor Zeb Smathers one day in March 2023. A mysterious meeting had been scheduled that afternoon. Did he know why?. Then, the mill’s security team contacted the Canton Police Department. They may want to station officers around town, security ominously...

This week’s episode features two segments. First up, you’ll hear Jeremy and Sea speak about the upcoming G20 Financial Track gathering of Finance Ministers and Central Bankers happening in Asheville at the end of August this year. We speak about the G20, neoliberalism, and some of the organizing happening locally. More

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — As the Interstate 26 Connector has progressed across the Asheville area, it has brought changes and complications to several Asheville communities, particularly in West Asheville. Clifford W. Cotton II, a lifelong resident of the Burton Street neighborhood, provided his perspective on the

Asheville, North Carolina cannot be understood from a highlight reel or a single price on a booking page. Asheville has...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A business owner who had to move because of the I-26 Connector Project has found a new home for her business. She says this is thanks to a collaboration with another local business. "I’m comfortable in change, because change excites me," said Veronica Carlson, the...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — This week, a couple was sentenced to prison on drug trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Russ Ferguson announced. Jason Mills, 47, of Hendersonville, N.C., pled guilty to distribution of fentanyl and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine a

The Mountaineer, Waynesville, N.C. Aug. 14—The Canton Fire Department has finally settled on a new flood-proof home, but the Haywood Rescue Squad will lose its storage building on the east side of the county to make room. In May, the Rescue Squad received a notice to vacate the property...

On a warm Tuesday in late July, a blue van marked with a Transylvania County Schools logo pulled into a gravel driveway and let out a light honk. Seconds later, the door of a house swung open. Two children bounded down the steps and into the arms of the van’s passengers — school nutrition employees […]

Buncombe County -- August 15, 2026: Buncombe County voters will head to the polls this November to decide whether to authorize $70 million in new general obligation bonds aimed at expanding local affordable housing and preserving natural land. The two referendums, approved unanimously by the Board of Commissioners for