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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — A law enforcement incident brought North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers, Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office deputies and emergency responders to New Leicester Highway near Gilbert Road Tuesday morning. A State Highway Patrol vehicle and another vehicle were in a ditch at the scene.

LEICESTER, N.C. (WLOS) — A speeding stop in Buncombe County turned into a chase and crash Tuesday, ending with the driver being taken to the hospital and charges still pending. Around 8:50 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, troopers tried to pull over a vehicle for speeding on NC-63 in...

ASHEVILLE - A wrongful death lawsuit against Mission Hospital alleges that the negligence of a nurse anesthetist resulted in the death of a patient after a surgery. The lawsuit, filed Aug. 21 in Buncombe County Superior Court by the estate of Noe Serrano Hernandez, targets HCA Healthcare, the for-profit corporation tha

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Dolly Parton, the widely-admired multi-hyphenate musician, has died at 80 years old. Asheville residents and visitors gathered at a West Asheville mural of the singer to commemorate her legacy. The Dolly Parton mural, depicting the artist with drag queen and media personality RuPaul, was

Historic Johnson Farm will host its final guided forest bathing session of the summer on Saturday, August 29, at 3346 Haywood Road in Hendersonville. The program runs from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and is open to participants ages 16 and older. The 2.5-hour experience uses a series of guided sensory...

The hearing August 19 at Asheville-Buncombe Technical College was a routine part of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) certificate of need process. It was an opportunity for state regulators to hear public comments and presentations on the competing proposals before them. But today, even

The City of Asheville plans to invest more than $2 million in community facilities. The investment is part of an effort to strengthen neighborhood resilience and disaster-response capacity. The planned investment will use federal Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery funds. City officials said the spendin

Buncombe County has published 10 draft priority projects for public review as it develops a pedestrian plan for unincorporated areas. The county is asking residents to weigh in before feedback is used to shape a final plan by the end of 2026. The plan is intended to guide decisions about...

SWANNANOA, N.C. (828newsNOW) — The new Swannanoa post office has a signed 10-year lease, and the U.S. Postal Service has confirmed the project is fully funded and approved, according to Buncombe County Commissioner Jennifer Horton. Horton provided the update Monday after communicating with Postal Service officials abou

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A Hendersonville company that supplies emergency lighting for fire trucks and other first responder vehicles across the country says its future is uncertain as a long-running supply agreement is set to end Monday at midnight. HiViz Lighting CEO Sam Massa said the company provides products.