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ASHEVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - An Asheville man was sentenced to 21 months in prison after a firearm he illegally possessed was linked to four shootings in the city, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina said. Zyon Zashawn Jacobs, 21, was also sentenced to...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A new pizzeria named in honor of Highland Brewing founder Oscar Wong is set to open in November, fittingly called Oscar's Pizza. Highland Brewing said in an Oct. 7 news release that the restaurant will hold a soft opening with a special event menu during the brewery's 30th anniversary Cold Moun

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Buncombe County is changing the rules for its affordable housing programs, expanding assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure while adopting new requirements aimed at getting county housing loans repaid sooner. The Board of Commissioners approved 15 revisions to the county’s Affordable

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Newly completed lanes of the Interstate 26 widening project are set to open this week, but the N.C. Department of Transportation said several closures will be needed to finish work. Eastbound lanes between I-40 and Long Shoals Road (Exit 37) will close overnight from...

HENDERSONVILLE – As many as 30 sidewalk trees in the heart of downtown Hendersonville could be cut down, so badly infested with stubborn parasites that they’re practically incurable, experts say. There have only been a couple times in the last decade that the dozens of honey locust trees lining Main Street have still h

When Helene washed out Lake Craig Dam in Asheville two years ago, the damage opened the door for two species of native freshwater fish to repopulate part of the Swannanoa River. For the first time since the dam’s construction more than a century ago, smallmouth bass and russet darters were...

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Famed televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a national television following before his ministry collapsed in a sex and financial crimes scandal, has died. He was 86. Bakker and his first wife, Tammy Faye Bakker, became nationally known through their PTL Club television ministry and Heritage.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — An Asheville man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he sold drugs and firearms to an undercover agent while he was on probation. According to an Oct. 7 news release from Russ Ferguson, the United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, Nazae Dion Maewether, 24, of Ash

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — While Asheville police say violent crime has declined, U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson says the seriousness of some crimes and the age of people involved remain major concerns. Ferguson, the U.S. attorney for North Carolina’s Western District, spoke with News 13 Tuesday about crime in Asheville...

A Buncombe County prosecutor has cleared an Asheville police officer who fatally shot a man outside Shakey’s Bar in July, determining the officer’s use of deadly force was justified and no criminal charges should be filed. District Attorney Todd Williams made the determination after reviewing body-worn camera footage,.