Asheville NC

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between BPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Lauren Bacchus is one of many Ashevillians who have found themselves strangely enamored with the city’s sinkholes. She’s a member of the Asheville Sinkhole Group — an online watering hole of more...

Asheville, N.C. – Large hail and powerful wind gusts could slam parts of western North Carolina and the South Carolina Upstate this afternoon as severe thunderstorms move through the region. According to the National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg, storms will intensify after 3 p.m. Thursday and continue...

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA) – Participating Chick-fil-A restaurants in the Upstate and Asheville areas are offering a free 5-count nugget starting Monday, May 12, through Saturday, May 17. The restaurant said the promotion is valid through the Chick-fil-A app. Guests will be able to use the app to redeem the reward at...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A Weaverville woman is facing felony charges after turning herself in following a reported fatal hit-and-run that happened on April 8 in Asheville. The Asheville Police Department said in a news release that Kerrigan Abrielle Hensley, 21, turned herself in on May 8. According to police...

WEAVERVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — An investigation is underway following the reported suicide of a 14-year-old at a therapeutic school in Weaverville. That school has ties to a former Transylvania County outdoor wilderness program Trails Carolina, which was shut down by North Carolina's Department of Health and Human...

ASHEVILLE – Described as a “break-even budget” focused on essential government services and recovery in the wake of Tropical Storm Helene, Buncombe County’s proposed spending plan will require a property tax hike to meet those priorities. During the May 6 regular meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners,...

Dogwood Health Trust and Affiliated Monitors Inc. will host Independent Monitor (IM) community meetings on May 12 in Marion and May 13 in Asheville. At each meeting, the IM will review findings from the 2023 reporting year, share details about the current process for the 2024 year, answer commonly asked questions,...

MARSHALL, N.C. (WLOS) — North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein will be in Western North Carolina on May 8 after he makes a stop in Charlotte. According to a news release, Stein will tour downtown Marshall and will be joined by North Carolina Department of Commerce Secretary Lee Lilley. They will be highlighting the...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The Storm Prediction Center issued a rare outlook including a hatched area for hail for much of western North Carolina on Thursday. The hatched area is depicted by the black lines and identifies the area that could receive hail up to 2 inches in diameter or larger.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office raided a house in West Asheville on Thursday morning, taking two people into custody and detaining another. About 9:30 a.m., the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office and several other agencies executed a search warrant at 43 Candler Knob Road. The...