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North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson says he will not sign a proposed settlement in Duke Energy Progress’ rate case because it would increase residential electric bills by about 6.8% over two years. Duke Energy Progress serves the eastern half of North Carolina and the Asheville area. According to...

A grand opening for the new Publix at the Marketplace at Mills River complex, on Boylston Highway at Old Haywood Road, is scheduled for Aug. 13. “We are thrilled to welcome customers to their new Publix supermarket in Mills River,” Publix spokesperson Jared Glover said in an Aug. 12 news release. “As Publix continues t

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — For Barbara Payne, Shiloh is more than a neighborhood. It is the place her ancestors worked to build, the place where families once owned modest homes on larger pieces of land and the place she hopes will still feel like home years from now. But...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — More than 1,100 people already sentenced to state prison remained in North Carolina county jails waiting for a transfer as of Aug. 7, including 33 in Buncombe County, according to new data from the N.C. Department of Adult Correction. The statewide backlog of 1,154 people...

MADISON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — A person is dead following a single-vehicle accident that happened in the early-morning hours of Aug. 12 in Madison County. According to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, the accident happened at approximately 6:25 a.m. on U.S. 25/70 near the intersection of Fore Road.

Five historic Asheville communities will come together for the inaugural Legacy Neighborhoods Coalition Festival on Friday, August 28, and Saturday, August 29. The free celebration will be held at Memorial Stadium, 32 Buchanan Place in Asheville. Friday’s program is scheduled from 6 to 9:30 p.m., followed by a longer S

No criminal charges will be filed against two Asheville police officers who shot a man armed with a knife at a Westmont Commons apartment complex in June, Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams said. The June 7 shooting involved 27-year-old Curtis Kavanaugh Zane, whom officers encountered after responding to a

A total of 772 Asheville businesses have applied for grants to help recover from Hurricane Helene, collectively requesting more than $42.4 million in assistance. The Asheville Recovers Together Small Business Grants Program will provide grants ranging from $5,000 to $75,000 to help small businesses recover from the sto

Downtown After 5 will bring New Orleans music and culture to Pack Square Park on Friday, August 21. The free downtown Asheville event is now scheduled from 5 to 10 p.m. at 80 Court Plaza. J & The Causeways will headline New Orleans Night, with Bayou Diesel opening and Asheville...

When Hurricane Helene tore through Western North Carolina, federal weather photographers couldn’t reach the region because of destroyed roads, damaged infrastructure and widespread communications outages. Asheville photographer Michael Freas was already there. Freas’s images show the devastation from several perspectiv