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By Katie Myers for Grist . Broadcast version by Zamone Perez for North Carolina News Service reporting for the Grist-Public News Service Collaboration Nearly two years ago, Hurricane Helene knocked out power in Burnsville, North Carolina. Fire Chief Niles Howell had to use the station’s generator to keep everything run

NEW YORK, N.Y. (WLOS) — On Saturday, Sept. 12, a Fletcher resident’s photo was shown in Times Square during the National Down Syndrome Society’s (NDSS) annual video presentation that kicked off the New York City Buddy Walk. Vivienne Sprute’s photo was one of the 500-plus photos showing...

Homegrown products and small farms are getting more appreciation these days. We simply forgot what that used to feel like, and the first time we taste something like it again, we’re genuinely amazed. This North Carolina orchard never put emphasis on mass production, and it shows in every apple...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — John Carrico still remembers his first flight with Mountain Area Medical Airlift. It was a car wreck in Transylvania County, where Carrico lives. Twelve years later, he has flown on roughly 1,100 patient flights and has seen just about every kind of emergency Western North...

Southern Highland Craft Guild, The Folk Art Center. 79th Fall Edition Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands. Where: Harrah’s Cherokee Center-Asheville, 87 Haywood St., Downtown Asheville, NC. When: Fall: October 15-18, 2026. Hours: 10 a.m. –5 p.m., Thursday through Sunday. Admission: $12 Adults | Free for Children under

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Lots of excitement in the golf community here in Asheville. It’s not just the PGA tournament this week that’s shaking things up for golfers and fans. "Golf has been a lifelong sport for me, and I just look forward to anything that grows...

North Carolina takes its biscuits seriously, and once you taste one made fresh that morning, you understand why. Across the state, from mountain towns to beach boardwalks, there are kitchens turning out layered, buttery biscuits that never come from a can. Some pile them high with fried chicken or gravy,...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Asheville's Goombay Festival is back again to celebrate African and Caribbean heritage through Sept. 13. The YMI Cultural Center is presenting the event featuring DJs, live performances, artists and local vendors. Goombay invites the community to eat, dance, shop and learn. "It includes a skati

Somewhere in Asheville, North Carolina, there’s a thrift store that threw out the rulebook, stomped on it, donated it to itself, and then sold it back to you for approximately twelve cents a pound. That place is the Goodwill Outlet Store at 1616 Patton Ave, and it is absolutely...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — HCA Healthcare CEO Sam Hazen said he knows people have been asking him to come to Asheville for months. Hazen joined Mission Health CEO Greg Lowe and health care and community leaders for a Western North Carolina Health Policy Initiative discussion at MAHEC, where he addressed Mission Hos