5 charged after AT&T wire thefts caused widespread outages in Buncombe County
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Five suspects face charges in what the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office called an AT&T wire theft ring that caused widespread outages across the county. The sheriff’s office said the investigation began in December 2025. Working in partnership with AT&T personnel, the sheriff’s...
North Carolina man completes cross-country paramotor trip
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A Hendersonville man has crossed the country without a car, without a plane, and without walls or windows — soaring instead through open sky in what looks more like a lawn chair with a fan. Mark Huneycutt, a former military airman turned paramotorist, recently completed a cross‑country journey using […]
Man charged in McDonald’s parking lot shooting sentenced
A man accused of shooting at someone in the parking lot of a McDonald's in Hendersonville will spend at least four years in state prison.
Small earthquake recorded near Canton
CANTON, N.C. (828newsNOW) — A small earthquake was recorded Sunday near Canton, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The magnitude 1.9 quake occurred at 12:51 p.m. about 2 miles north of West Canton. It was measured at a depth of about 0.1 miles, the agency reported. No damage or...
Helene frayed the safety net for people who use drugs. This community wove it...
This story was published in partnership with The Assembly. It was produced as a project for USC Annenberg’s Center for Health Journalism and Center for Climate Journalism and Communication 2025 Health and Climate Change Reporting Fellowship. Kimberly Treadaway hoped she was prepared for the storm. Hurricane Helene was heading...
Flying free: NC man’s epic cross-country paramotor journey concludes in the Outer Banks
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A Hendersonville man has crossed the country without a car, without a plane, and without walls or windows — soaring instead through open sky in what looks more like a lawn chair with a fan. Mark Huneycutt, a former military airman turned paramotorist, recently completed a cross‑country journey using […]
Updates: Casper-Leinenkugel case to proceed with another hearing May 11
HENDERSONVILLE – Media filled the second-floor lobby of the Henderson County Courthouse April 30 to attend a hearing for Gudrun Casper-Leinenkugel, 53, a Henderson County woman charged in the deaths of two people and the poisonings of two others in November. Reporters had come from as far away as New York City. But the hearing was postponed, Paul Bidwell, an attorney for Casper...
Hurricane Helene shattered lives — and the systems that keep people sober
This story was published in partnership with The Assembly. It was produced as a project for USC Annenberg’s Center for Health Journalism and Center for Climate Journalism and Communication 2025 Health and Climate Change Reporting Fellowship. As Hurricane Helene roared through the mountains of western North Carolina in September...
Opinion: I spent an afternoon in downtown Asheville — and lived to tell about...
Sign up for free email updates from The Watchdog. You’ll be notified whenever we publish our latest award-winning investigative reporting, John Boyle’s Answer Man and Opinion columns, Tom Fiedler’s Democracy Watch, and more!. I’ve got to admit it: I felt vulnerable. After all, I was driving...
Officials: Earthquake reported in western North Carolina
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The United States Geological Survey reported an earthquake in western North Carolina. Officials say the 1.9 magnitude quake reached a depth of 0 kilometers. It was reported near the epicenter around 12:51 p.m. on Sunday. The quake hit about 17.4 miles west of Asheville...
