The weekly COVID-19, flu & RSV update
ASHEVILLE, NC - January 24, 2024 - There is a surge of respiratory viral infections, like COVID-19, influenza (the flu) and RSV, as people...
Henderson County Man Faces Kidnapping Charges
Buncombe County -- January 24, 2024: Buncombe County Sheriff's Office reported on Tueday sone man is being charged with multiple serious offenses, including kidnapping,...
‘It doesn’t have to be this way:’ Watchdog event panelists decry HCA, call for...
An Asheville Watchdog community event focusing on the crisis of health care at Mission Hospital drew an audience of about 350 Tuesday evening amid...
An LGBTQ+ nonprofit in North Carolina was broken into and robbed over the weekend
The Campaign for Southern Equality office in Asheville, N.C., was broken into over the weekend, with the burglar taking the LGBTQ+ nonprofit's safe. The...
Weather Warn Days: Isolated flooding possible for the mountains with more rain on the...
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) - Flood Watch in effect for Clay & Cherokee counties from 3:27 am Jan. 24 to 11 a.m. Jan. 25, according...
2024 James Beard Award semifinalists announced with 4 from WNC
ASHEVILLE - The first-round candidates for an esteemed national culinary arts awards program have been announced, with four representing Western North Carolina. ...
Man arrested after stealing wire from cell phone towers, deputies say
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Buncombe County Sheriff's said a man was arrested and charged with stealing wire from cell phone towers...
Interim Police Chief Mike Lamb taps into insider knowledge
Having spent his entire career at the Asheville Police Department, few people understand the culture and history of Asheville like interim Chief Mike Lamb....
Mission ambulance wait times decrease; McDowell EMS resumes patient transfers
ASHEVILLE – McDowell County ambulances will begin transporting noncritical patients to Mission Hospital again after a two-and-a-half-month stoppage. Ambulances resumed transporting patients from Marion-based...
Buncombe County proposed Airbnb regulations meeting draws hundreds
ASHEVILLE - Emotional stories of evictions from mobile homes and a lack of affordable housing were set against full-throated support for short-term vacation...
