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HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — As drought conditions intensify across the mountains, some western North Carolina counties say their water systems are better prepared than in years past. Hendersonville leaders point to a new water source they say could help protect the supply, even as dry conditions worsen across...

FLETCHER, N.C. (WLOS) — Jobseekers had the opportunity to connect with over 100 potential employers today at the Western North Carolina Agriculture Center. As of January, around 200,000 people across the state are unemployed, NC Commerce reports. Brett Bloomberg, an engineer who says his company recently laid him off,...

WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — This weekend, Sarge's Animal Rescue Foundation will host its fourth annual Shelter Slumber Pawty. On Saturday, April 18, and Sunday, April 19, for 24 hours, staff, volunteers and News 13's meteorologist Meghan Danahey will eat, sleep and "pawty" at the shelter all in the name of raising funds for animals in their care.

HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - A North Carolina woman is charged in connection to two separate murders, including the poisoning death of her own daughter. Gudrun Casper-Leinenkugel is accused of poisoning three people at a Thanksgiving dinner she hosted at her Henderson County home in 2025. The most recent...

TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA — A weakening line of showers and thunderstorms moved into portions of the Tennessee and North Carolina mountains late Thursday evening, bringing a brief but welcome burst of rainfall to drought-stressed mountain communities across the region. The activity was reported at 9:39 PM, with scattered showers and a possible rumble of thunder expected to work through mountain areas over...

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — News 13 received word of a brush fire in South Asheville around 10 p.m. on Thursday, April 16. News 13 's Marc Liverman went to the scene of the fire just off of Hendersonville Road near Ingles. The Asheville Fire Department was seen at the...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Asheville leaders have narrowed a more than $30 million budget gap for the upcoming fiscal year to about $10.5 million following months of budget work sessions, a city official said Wednesday. Budget and Performance Manager Lindsay Spangler said the reduction reflects updated revenue projections, department...

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A familiar sight and sound will return to the Swannanoa Valley, beginning around 8:30 a.m., Saturday, April 18, when service resumes along the Norfolk Southern Asheville-Salisbury Line from Asheville to Newton. The first train to run on the section of tracks between Grove Stone and Old Fort since severe and...