Asheville NC

Friday, August 8th, state and local officials and family members gathered to honor the memory of North Carolina State Trooper Brandon C. Peterson with the dedication of a bridge on U.S. 19E at the Yancey/Mitchell County line. Trooper Peterson who passed away unexpectedly at age 31, on April 7, 2017 was commemorated...

Buncombe County -- August 8, 2025: A man previously considered "armed and dangerous" and wanted on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges has been located and taken into custody, with new details emerging about the circumstances of his apprehension. Nicholas D.J. Ivers, who was the subject of a search by the...

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Today, a local nonprofit, Mountain Hope, gave back to one of the areas hit hardest by Helene using shoes. Mountain Hope collected shoes at Tanger Outlets with the hope of handing them to kids at Owen Middle School in Swannanoa. The last push to...

Mission Hospital is proud to announce its leading role in a groundbreaking national clinical trial aimed at reducing the risk of stroke during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Mission Hospital, through the HCA Healthcare Research Institute, recently completed the first-in-human phase of the clinical...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — From sunburn to tick bites - summer ailments have sent many people to the emergency room. But across the western North Carolina mountains, there's a more appropriate option for assistance. Doctor Jonathan Schwartzman, who is the medical director at Pardee Urgent Care, said many people...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A heroic act by Officer Robert Crume with the Asheville Police Department as he helped save a dog that was nearly drowning in an abandoned swimming pool behind a vacant home in East Asheville. According to Crume, it was a pool contaminated with bacteria. “I’m...

HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — All lanes of Interstate 40 westbound near Newfound Road are open as of Friday, Aug. 8, after a fiery crash involving a dump truck the day before had left the road in need of repair. According to an alert from the North Carolina Department...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A historic cemetery in Asheville is getting a helping hand this week from a veteran-led nonprofit. Team Rubicon is in town for a service project at the South Asheville Cemetery. The group's volunteers, known as “Greyshirts,” are cutting and clearing fallen trees. That...

Buncombe County -- August 7, 2025: District Attorney Todd Williams declared that 43-year-old Erron Thomas Wolicki was found guilty on two counts of trafficking heroin and opium. Judge Stetzer sentenced Wolicki to a minimum of 70 months and a maximum of 93 months in jail, as well as a $500,000...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Asheville Police Department is asking for the community’s help in finding two suspects wanted for open warrants for shoplifting and other charges. The department said both Brannan Stephen Nitchman and Jesse Nathaniel Herila are suspects in open cases currently being investigated,...