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Sometimes the most extraordinary culinary experiences come wrapped in the most ordinary packages – like finding a diamond ring in a box of Cracker Jacks, except the box is a humble restaurant in Fairview and the prize is a plate of shrimp and grits that might just change your life.

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — The city of Hendersonville is calling on volunteers to help clean up local waterways later this month in the wake of Tropical Storm Helene. The city’s Stormwater Division, in partnership with Asheville GreenWorks, will host a stream cleanup along Mud Creek from 10 a.m. to...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Community members gathered early Friday, Sept. 5, for a unique event focusing on the Save the Woods campaign. Volunteers, community members, and activists participated in 'Wrap the Woods', calling for people to bring a sheet to form a human chain around the urban forest on the UNCA campus.

FLAT ROCK, N.C. (WLOS) — The St. John Wilderness Church held a ribbon-cutting for a recently discovered trail. St. John's Wilderness Church also highlighted a recent discovery of a servant's house on church property. As part of a history project on the church, researchers used light detection and ranging...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Here’s a look at recent law enforcement updates from Western North Carolina:. Asheville: A man wanted in a recent shooting turned himself in to police, authorities said Thursday. Juan Francisco Martinez Jr., 36, surrendered on charges including assault with a deadly weapon inflicting...

FLETCHER, N.C. — Long before television brought America “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” another Bill Nye had already made the name famous. Edgar Wilson Nye, one of the nation’s most beloved humorists of the late 19th century, rests in the quiet churchyard of Calvary Episcopal in Fletcher.

A Western North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to 2nd degree murder after a deadly shooting, just over two years ago.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — United Way of North Carolina has awarded $4 million in grants to organizations working to help families in Western North Carolina recover from Tropical Storm Helene. The funding, distributed through the UW Helps NC Fund, will support housing stabilization for individuals and families,...

Teresa Beck was working at an antique shop in the Hazelwood district of Waynesville when something outside caught her eye. “I saw some carpenters working in an empty building across the street,” she says. “After investigating, I did something impulsive and rented the building. It was one of those ‘just-got-to-do-it’...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Aug. 11 that $409.4 million was allocated to North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) for public water systems.