Hendersonville sues developer over unfinished infrastructure
Hendersonville is taking developer Eagle View LLC to court after the city says a developer walked away from promised road and drainage improvements, leaving residents with dangerous conditions and taxpayers facing a $550,000 bill. Here's what neighbors and the mayor are saying.
Asheville-Buncombe Homelessness Funding Process Nears Federal Deadline
Asheville and Buncombe County’s 2026 homelessness funding process has moved from local project submissions toward federal filing, with the Asheville-Buncombe Continuum of Care working through recommendations before an August 26 HUD deadline. The sequence determines which locally reviewed applications advance as part of
Swannanoa residents push for Owen Park repairs
Bring back Charles D. Owen Park, several Swannanoa residents asked the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners Tuesday. Before Tropical Storm Helene struck in 2024, “Owen Park was a meeting place,” resident Jerald Pope said. “We walked there ‘most every day, met hundreds of people.”. The nearly...
Man accused of hit & run after Asheville Water Department employee struck
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - A man was arrested after a City of Asheville Water Department employee was hit by a vehicle while working on Monday, according to the Asheville Police Department. Jeffrey Flynn Allen, 39 is facing the following charges:. Aggravated Felony serious injury by vehicle. Felony hit and...
Rural leaders push for hospital competition in WNC
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — The message from rural Western North Carolina was blunt Wednesday: Getting to a hospital can take too long, ambulances can be tied up for hours and patients need more choices. As state health officials listened to competing proposals for 92 additional hospital beds, speakers from...
Flock cameras help identify suspects in Asheville paintball attacks
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WSPA)—Multiple juvenile suspects have been identified through Flock technology in a series of paintball assaults targeting pedestrians over the weekend in Asheville. On Saturday, August 15, officers responded to the 660 block of Haywood Road around 10 p.m. for a report of an assault involving paintball
Tour offers look at shuttered Canton Mill
Members of the public had the chance to tour the ruins of Canton’s out-of-commission paper mill last week for the first time since it shut down in 2023. The tour was organized by Haywood County Commission candidate Vicki Hyatt as part of a series of community events highlighting local points of interest. She advertised
Asheville mayor to call for city to end Flock contract
Asheville mayor to call for city to end Flock contract
Cascades Mountain Resort could be demolished for new development
HENDERSONVILLE – The Cascades Mountain Resort , at I-26 and U.S. 64 in Hendersonville, could soon be demolished to make way for new construction. Developers propose replacing the hotel, which has a history of building and fire code violations, with two five-story buildings, one a new hotel, the other apartments. That’s
I-26 Connector construction wades into French Broad River
Construction crews will soon enter the French Broad River as part of the Interstate 26 Connector project, marking a major step toward building four new bridges that will carry I-26/240 traffic across the river. The project contractor, Archer-Wright Joint Venture, will begin building a temporary rock causeway in the riv
