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HALTING THE LOSS OF FARMLAND IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

Gary Steiner is proud to be a farmer. He’s even prouder to be a farmer in Henderson County. He grows an array of produce at his farm, Bee-utiful Farm and Garden, which is lush and has sheep, cows, pigs and even a greenhouse, tucked away on farmland in a little neighborhood outside Hendersonville.
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Charter outage preventing landline 911 calls in Buncombe County, officials say

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - Buncombe County officials reported on Friday that some landline 911 calls are being impacted by a Charter outage. Officials said that Charter has experienced a fiber break in its equipment, which is preventing some customers’ landline calls from reaching the 911 Emergency Call Cen
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Strong thunderstorm moving into Asheville area

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — A strong thunderstorm was moving toward Asheville and parts of Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania and Haywood counties Friday afternoon, bringing the potential for 40 mph wind gusts and half-inch hail. The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg is
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A Thousand Loves, new Hendersonville romance bookstore, opens Aug. 15

HENDERSONVILLE — Sheets of brown paper still covered the plate-glass windows of A Thousand Loves bookstore on a recent afternoon as its owner prepared for a grand opening, just days away. Inside the brick Church Street storefront were literally thousands of books, most of them romance novels : around 900 titles to be m
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TRAFFIC ALERT: Interstate 40 East fully reopens following 7 hours of emergency road work

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — A lane closure on Interstate 40 East caused traffic delays in the morning hours of Aug. 14. The closure, which was near Exit 44 and also U.S. 74 Alt in Buncombe County, was first reported by the North Carolina Department of Transportation a little after 7 a.m.
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Find Fearless, Ingredient-Driven Cooking in This Appalachian Food Destination

The maker mentality sets Asheville’s dining scene apart.
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Man charged in July Henderson County shooting won’t face death penalty

HENDERSONVILLE – The state will not pursue the death penalty in the case of a Hendersonville man charged with a July killing near Corn Mountain Road, northeast of the city, according to prosecutors. Ervin Landis, 62, faces a non-capital first-degree murder charge in the shooting of Edward Russell, 63, Assistant Distric
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Former NC Gov. Vance’s birthplace offers a look into his controversial life and legacy

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — The birthplace of former North Carolina Gov. Zebulon Baird Vance is offering visitors a chance to explore one of the state’s most controversial historical figures — and the times he lived in. Vance was born in 1830 at Reems Creek in what...
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After months of silence, plant that spilled pipe in Helene pledges changes

Editor’s note: Story updated 4:30 p.m. Aug. 13, 2026. Nearly two years after floodwaters from Tropical Storm Helene pulled thousands of PVC pipes into the French Broad River, creating an ongoing environmental crisis and safety hazard, the corporate owner of a riverside plastics manufacturer has emerged from a period of
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Fairview triple homicide: Death certificates detail how 3 Grant family members died

FAIRVIEW, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Death certificates for three members of a Fairview family killed in May provide new details about the fatal injuries, including the locations of gunshot wounds and stab wounds suffered by one victim. Kimberly Michelle Grant, 42; Sharon Kay Grant, 66; and Travis Eugene Grant, 41,...

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