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Asheville has joined Durham and a handful of other municipalities across North Carolina in making it illegal for landlords to collect rent on a property the city has deemed unsafe. The Asheville City County unanimously approved an amendment to the city’s housing code on Tuesday to give tenants more protection against l

After five years of litigation, the City of Asheville and its insurers have agreed to pay $11 million to the wife of a crash victim who was killed on Riverside Drive in a collision blamed on poor drainage that caused an ice slick to form. Two construction companies involved in the case will pay another $1 million, brin

WLOS — Meet Slope. Slope is a three-month-old male kitten available for adoption at the Asheville Humane Society. He's a little adventurous and playful, but mostly very sweet. To look into adopting Slope or other animals at the Asheville Humane Society, go to ashevillehumane.org.

HENDERSONVILLE – A former district attorney, removed from office in 2021, is now staff attorney at the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office. Greg Newman, previously top prosecutor for Henderson, Polk and Transylvania counties, was disciplined by the state bar and ultimately removed for “ chronic and unrepentant misconduct

HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — There's another update on the construction of the Ecusta Trail in Henderson County. The Facebook page of the trail said they heard from the North Carolina Department of Transportation that construction along the White Pine section of the trail is almost complete. A subcontractor...

There is no such thing in Western North Carolina as a “good walk spoiled.” This infamous description of golf, often attributed to Mark Twain, doesn’t come into play amid the abundance of nature trails, the amenities of Asheville, and the quality of PGA Tour pros getting ready to tee off at this month’s Biltmore Champio

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Oil prices are climbing again, and drivers across western North Carolina say they're already feeling the impact at the pump. For the first time since July, international Brent crude is trading above the $100-a-barrel threshold, with oil prices jumping more than 3% on Wednesday. The...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Asheville City Council members want to take another look at how the city handles conflicts between residents and black bears, including whether more people should have access to bear-resistant trash carts and whether there should be more accountability when people leave food or garbage ac

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Buncombe County District Attorney’s Office said a man has been sentenced after a police pursuit ended in drug charges. The district attorney said 49-year-old Anastacio Robert Molina, of Woodfin, was sentenced to serve up to eight years in a North Carolina correctional institut

New rules are in place restricting the new generation of cellular towers within the City of Hendersonville. Small 5G cell towers, which are often about the size of a phone pole and are meant to transmit high-speed internet signals at short range, have been popping up in Hendersonville and other towns and cities across