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The inaugural Railway Races will bring runners and walkers to Hendersonville’s Ecusta Trail on Saturday, September 12. The event offers a timed 5K and an untimed one-mile fun run, with both distances beginning and ending near the Hendersonville Welcome Center. The 5K is scheduled to start at 7:30 a.m.,...

If you retired to Charlotte or Raleigh, North Carolina’s Medicare Advantage market probably looks like what you expected. Multiple carriers competing for your enrollment. Plan options with $0 premiums. Dental, vision, and hearing benefits bundled in. A selection that mirrors what the national headlines describe when th

A million times a year, a U.S. surgeon slices open a knee, strips out worn cartilage, caps the leg bones with metal, and drops in a plastic spacer to allow the new joint to glide. While knee replacement procedures have become standard, however, the prices charged have not. At Catawba...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Hot and humid weather is sticking around Western North Carolina, with a heat-health alert issued for several counties as temperatures climb into the 90s this week. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued heat-health alerts for parts of the region Tuesday through.

The Hazy Hideaway Music + Arts Festival brings Phantogram, Toro y Moi and more to Sierra Nevada’s North Carolina Brewery. Sierra Nevada Brewing Company is expanding its connection to the music world with The Hazy Hideaway, a new two-day festival coming to its Mills River, North Carolina brewery on August 21 and 22. The

Henderson County is preparing residents for its 2027 property reappraisal with a public-education period scheduled to begin September 1, 2026. The county’s current timeline continues those educational sessions through January 31, 2027. The outreach period gives property owners several months to follow the process befor

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Asheville City Schools students, parents and members of the community packed into the ACS Board Room this evening to protest the dissolution of orchestra programs at Asheville Middle School and Asheville High School. Every chair in the audience was filled during the ACS Board of...

HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — A petition calling for the removal of Flock Safety cameras in Henderson County has gained hundreds of signatures as some residents raise concerns about privacy, data collection and the growing use of the technology. Henderson County resident Austin Rhodes started the online petition, whi

Hush Sinn of Holler Harm Reduction in North Carolina delivers medical supplies to rural mountain communities to minimize overdose and infection risks, noticing spikes in substance use related to the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and BPR, a public radio

BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Thousands of people gathered in downtown Black Mountain last weekend, Aug. 8-9, for the annual Sourwood Festival, celebrating the town’s arts, food and Appalachian traditions. The festival, held the second weekend of August each year, featured local artisans, crafters and vendors, al