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Rural Americans often face healthcare access challenges that are less common in major metropolitan areas, with hospital closures, limited access to specialists, and long travel times for emergency or advanced care. Yet some smaller cities and towns serve as regional healthcare hubs, offering major hospitals, specialty

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The Asheville Symphony is now offering financial aid to Asheville Middle School following cuts to its orchestra program. Students affected by the cuts are being offered a new private lesson assistance program and expanded financial assistance to participate in the Asheville Symphony Youth Orche

HENDERSONVILLE – There are 828 new affordable housing units coming to the 828 area code, 132 of them in Hendersonville, Gov. Josh Stein announced Aug. 25 at a press conference at the Oklawaha Village apartment complex. Hendersonville’s nonprofit Housing Assistance Corporation, which develops affordable housing , is set

FLETCHER, N.C. (828newsNOW) — The NC Mountain State Fair, the annual Asheville area fair, will bring carnival rides, agriculture competitions and vendors to the WNC Agricultural Center from Sept. 11-20, 2026. The fair gates will be open at 9 a.m., Friday to Sunday, and 3 p.m., Monday to Thursday,...

Nearly two years after floodwaters from Tropical Storm Helene pulled thousands of PVC pipes into the French Broad River, creating an ongoing environmental crisis and safety hazard, the corporate owner of a riverside plastics manufacturer has emerged from a period of silence with promises to improve how it stores its go

Thirty locally produced music videos will hit the big screen when the Music Video Asheville Awards Ceremony returns at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at The Orange Peel in downtown Asheville. Now in its 18th year, the event celebrates the creativity behind WNC’s music video scene, with the finalists selected...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Asheville City Council voted 5–2 Tuesday to authorize the city manager to end the city's contract with Flock Safety, which provides AI-powered license plate reader cameras. Residents spoke during the council meeting Tuesday evening, with some citing their concerns with privacy and surveillance.

A Hendersonville man and his girlfriend involved in a series of fentanyl and methamphetamine sales in Henderson and Buncombe counties were sentenced to federal prison this month. Jason Mills, 47, of Hendersonville, and his girlfriend, Stephanie Hope Lindsey, 40, were both involved in supplying fentanyl and methamphetam

ASHEVILLE - Ever since her fiancé Leonard "Lennie" Antonelli was killed in a collision with a dump truck in Marshall in July 2025, Maddie Barondeau has been doing her best to make sure wrecks like these don't happen again. Antonelli's fiancé, Maddie Barondeau, 26, of Asheville, and Woodfin resident Adam Smith, 40, have

HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C (WLOS) — A stray goat that spent the month running around Henderson County now has a new home and a record price tag. The goat was auctioned Tuesday morning at the Henderson County Animal Services Center, where bidding started at just $1. It quickly climbed. The bids eventually reached $200 before