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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Nearly two years after Helene left much of western North Carolina without reliable cell service, Verizon says it has made major upgrades across the region to keep communities connected during the next potential disaster. The company says its work has included six new cell towers,...

Roads have reopened after a tractor-trailer overturned in Woodfin on Monday.

A downtown Black Mountain nonprofit organization that has served as eastern Buncombe County’s primary museum of local history for nearly four decades is welcoming new leadership. Trevor Freeman has been selected to serve as the fourth executive director of the Swannanoa Valley Museum & History Center, the board of...

MILLS RIVER, N.C. (WLOS) — Bold Rock Mills River is marking two years since Helene with a special event Saturday, Sept. 26, honoring local heroes and first responders. From noon to 8 p.m., the venue will host WNC Strong. For every pint sold during the event, $1 will be donated to Henderson County Heroes Inc., a nonprof

Art on Main is a large-scale fine arts and crafts festival celebrating creativity in the heart of Downtown Hendersonville. Now in its 67th year, the festival features more than 100 artists and craftspeople, a Kids Zone, live artist demonstrations, and plenty of local restaurants and shops to explore along Main Street.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — For Gilda Santiago and Christine Di Benedetto, Wink Salon has always been more than a business. The two opened the salon in 2005 and spent years building it into a thriving business with more than 35 employees and two locations. Then Helene changed everything. The...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Over four tons of food from the Biltmore Championship Asheville will provide about 8,000 meals for people across western North Carolina instead of going to waste. Food Connection, an Asheville-based nonprofit that has been around for 11 years, was selected as the official food rescue...

A search-and-rescue operation in the North Carolina mountains came to a comical conclusion when it turned out the “male” yelling help was actually a boisterous chicken. And it belonged to the chief of the search and rescue department. Chief Brent Hayner of Broad River Vol. Fire & Rescue in Black Mountain says the 911 c

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA (WLOS) — A project helping local farms is back after about two years. When Helene hit and impacted local farms, Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) wasn't able to continue its farm tour. Now, it is back and bringing in new farms like Durrant Farms Estate in...

Written by Jack Evans, Asheville Watchdog. Humans may prize nature for notions of quietude, for serving as a refuge from highway buzz and construction grind and office chatter and the anxieties that accompany them. “I go among trees and sit still,” begins one poem by the late writer and environmentalist Wendell Berry.