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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Asheville police are investigating a shooting incident in which multiple rounds were fired into an occupied east Asheville apartment late Tuesday night. Officers responded to reports of gunfire around 11:53 p.m. on June 24 at an apartment complex on Future Drive. When they arrived, the...

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — State and county health agencies are on high alert after North Carolina’s first measles case of 2025 was confirmed by the NC Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday, June 24. The state said the case involved an infected child who visited...

FAIRVIEW, N.C. (WLOS) — Today the Elderflower Care Community celebrates its grand reopening after Hurricane Helene. The reopening will take place from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. The event will have music, food, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The Elderflower Care Community is a local nonprofit organization dedicated to...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Officials and residents across the southeastern United States reported sightings of a bright fireball streaking through the sky late Thursday morning. “Did anyone just see something fall out of the sky?” one person on the West Asheville Exchange Facebook page asked. That person wasn’t...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Biltmore Village has another exciting opening on the way: The popular CitiStop Shell gas station is nearing completion after being closed since Hurricane Helene. The gas station, located on Meadow Road, sustained over $400,000 in damage but has since undergone significant renovations,...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — As Asheville sizzles under summer sun, word dropped Thursday that a dozen trolls are packing their bags for a winter visit to the North Carolina Arboretum. The arboretum and Explore Asheville said the garden space within Bent Creek Experimental Forest will host the U.S. premiere...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Nearly a dozen homes were damaged, several vehicles destroyed, and one person was hurt after a round of severe thunderstorms on Wednesday afternoon, McDowell County Emergency Management said. After a preliminary damage assessment of the June 25 storms, emergency officials found that...

Mission Hospital has once again achieved Magnet® recognition, a prestigious designation that reflects nursing professionalism, teamwork, and the highest standards in patient care. Awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®, this honor distinguishes organizations that meet...

The McDowell County Sheriff's Office is asking help in locating a disabled missing man.

OLD FORT, N.C. (WLOS) — North Carolina's death toll from Hurricane Helene is now officially 108, following a fatal dump-truck accident that happened on June 17 in Old Fort. The 65-year-old dump truck driver from Georgia died after losing control of his truck down a steep, six-mile I-40 descent into Old Fort. The...