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HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Following an extensive investigation by multiple agencies, a Hendersonville woman has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder. Gudrun Casper-Leinenkugel has also been charged with three counts of distribution of certain food or...

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (WSPA) – UNC Health Pardee is temporarily requiring masks for all who enter in its Emergency Department and all Pardee Urgent Care locations, effective Friday, Jan. 16. The masking requirement is intended to protect patients, staff and the broader community comes as measles and other respiratory...

ASHEVILLE – In what police are calling an “expansion” of services, officers have a new resource center at the Tanger Outlets, a shopping mall on Brevard Road. Asheville City Council adopted a resolution to formally approve execution of the lease Jan. 13 after repeated delays. At $6,000 a month, the 10-year initial...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — With $44 million coming to western North Carolina to start the Hazard Mitigation home buyout program, homeowners who applied in multiple counties are learning their counties are included in the first round of federal funds. “It feels like once again, we’ve been forgotten,” said...

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office is asking other North Carolina counties for help housing inmates as overcrowding worsens at the Buncombe County Detention Center. In a letter obtained by News 13, Sheriff Quentin E. Miller said the county may need temporary space for about...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A Walgreens store in Asheville that was forced to close for over a year due to Hurricane Helene damage will officially reopen its doors next week. When Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina in September 2024, it devastated a number of areas close to the Swannanoa River in Asheville,...

The idea of Polk County winning a conference championship might have seemed a bit foreign to Wolverine wrestlers competing Tuesday at Hendersonville. After all, none were alive the last time […]

HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — A Henderson County YouTube creator with nearly three million subscribers is warning others about scams after helping bust a thief who tried to use his identity to steal roughly $50,000 worth of e-bikes. Seth Alvo says that if he had not caught on, the...

This story has been updated with the latest school closures and delays. Wintry weather, high winds and freezing temperatures have struck Western North Carolina in the first few weeks of 2026, triggering delays, closures and remote learning days for schools and agencies in the mountains. Areas in the North Carolina...

Ellis Miller is remembered by those close to her as a devoted animal lover, a young entrepreneur, an athlete and a kind and loving friend and daughter. “Ellis never knew a stranger, she included everyone. And that’s everyone, no matter what,” Monica Barber, Miller’s former elementary school counselor, said at a Jan....