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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Asheville police are searching for a convicted felon accused of shooting a man in downtown Asheville early Saturday morning. Detectives charged 36-year-old Juan Francisco Martinez Jr. after investigators said he shot another man in the leg following a verbal altercation that escalated...

ASHEVILLE, NC. (WLOS) — A western North Carolina hospital is at the heart of a clinical trial aimed at reducing the risk of a stroke during heart valve replacement surgery. HCA Healthcare's Mission Hospital recently successfully completed its first in-human phase of the clinical trial. The device, known as EmStop, is...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Hundreds gathered in Pack Square on Monday for a Labor Day rally and march, joining a nationwide movement calling for stronger protections for workers and limits on corporate influence in government. The event, organized by Indivisible Asheville WNC, was part of the “Workers Over...

There are special areas on the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests, returned to wildness and providing solitude from the crowds of more popular tourist areas. These are some of the jewels I have loved and visited during my 41 years as a resident of Swannanoa and Western North Carolina. Two examples are Mackey...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — The 2nd annual Boomtown Arts & Heritage FestAVL is going on all weekend long in downtown Asheville. Read more about Boomtown FestAVL in our story here. For the second day of Boomtown FestAVL, Saturday, Aug. 30, we captured small moments from the festivities in a...

Who are we humans? What are we? Who am I? What am I?. Today, these questions appear once again. Always pregnant. Always empty. What is life about? What is my life about? The questions never stop and are answered only by living. My answer. Your answer. Our answer.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The Grove Park Inn and Spa is welcoming back a fan-favorite holidy tradition after it was canceled last year due to Hurricane Helene: The National Gingerbread Competition. According to Grove Park Inn and Spa's website, this year's event's required entry form is due on Nov....

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CHEROKEE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — A federal judge in Asheville sentenced a Cherokee County man to serve 24 years for drug trafficking and firearms offenses, according to an Aug. 29 news release. Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, announced in the release that Keith...

With the windows wide open, we wake to birdsong from just outside our tiny A-frame cabin overlooking the French Broad River in Asheville. I slip on sandals and follow a gravel path edged with blooming lavender that winds past several other cabins to the Wrong Way River Lodge, where a barista is making morning coffees...