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Tickets are on sale for Asheville’s Brightest Holiday Tradition: Winter Lights coming to The North Carolina Arboretum Nov. 13 through Jan. 3. Now in its 13th year, Winter Lights continues to shine a holiday glow on the natural world and majestic gardens of the Arboretum. “Nature Revered” will introduce new sights and s

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Asheville Police Department has identified a pedestrian who was hit and killed in a September crash. Police said the crash took place on Sept. 10 when a driver, who was heading east on Tunnel Road through a green light. hit the pedestrian. On Oct....

BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (WLOS) — A small plot of land along Blue Ridge Road in Black Mountain is helping put fresh vegetables on local tables, and it is being tended by Mayor Mike Sobol and his son. The garden, filled with kale, mustard greens and turnips, is open to...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Craggy Correctional Center is now empty after the final offenders were transferred out at the end of August, leaving the future of the former prison site uncertain. The property could remain vacant for at least two years. While there has been interest in the site,...

The North Carolina House of Representatives voted Wednesday to approve a state gas tax holiday to help reduce costs for drivers across the state. The bill will now move to the state Senate for approval. House Bill 3, the "Relief at the Pump Act," aims to suspend the state's gas...

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Asheville and Buncombe County leaders continue to focus on affordable housing, with a new expansion aimed at trying to help low-income homeowners struggling to keep up with mortgage payments. Buncombe County Commissioners have approved an expansion of its housing assistance program that w

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Costco’s long-running effort to open an Asheville store cleared a key hurdle Wednesday night. The Asheville Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of conditional rezoning for the proposed store at 264 and 274 Enka Heritage Parkway and 1455 Sand Hill Road. C

A 53-year-old Mooresboro man has been sentenced to 22.5 years in federal prison after admitting he trafficked methamphetamine and firearms across Rutherford and Cleveland counties, including selling an undercover agent nearly a kilogram of pure meth and a dozen guns over just three months. Ronald Keith Goode was senten

ASHEVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - An Asheville man was sentenced to 21 months in prison after a firearm he illegally possessed was linked to four shootings in the city, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina said. Zyon Zashawn Jacobs, 21, was also sentenced to...