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MADISON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Much of western North Carolina saw lingering impacts of the weekend winter storm on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. County Manager Rod Honeycutt said that during the first 24 hours of the winter storm, they experienced a significant increase in call volume due to road accidents.

CANDLER, N.C. (WLOS) — Video captured a trio of pickup trucks pulling a tractor-trailer that got stuck on the side of the road amid this weekend’s winter storm. John Caldwell, who works at Music Academy Asheville, shared a video of a Dodge, a Chevy, and a Ford truck linked together with chains pulling a...

Sign up for free email updates from The Watchdog. You’ll be notified whenever we publish our latest award-winning investigative reporting, John Boyle’s Answer Man and Opinion columns, Tom Fiedler’s Democracy Watch, and more!. Citing “systemic and recurring patterns of noncompliance found during previous surveys,” the...

Written by Sally Kestin, Asheville Watchdog. Soaring food prices since the COVID-19 pandemic have fueled the affordability debate, but they’ve also led to a surge in sales and profits for grocery stores, including Black Mountain-based Ingles Markets. Nationwide, grocery prices increased 29 percent from 2020 through...

From George Masa’s 1915 arrival in Asheville until his death in 1933, the trailblazing Japanese photographer explored the Smoky Mountains, mapping trails and capturing the region’s grandeur and beauty in photographs that helped make the case for the creation of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. But Masa’s friends...

TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — The United States Geological Survey reported an earthquake in North Carolina on Tuesday. The 1.7 magnitude earthquake was reported at 6:50 a.m. 3.7 miles west of Rosman in Transylvania County. A 1.9 magnitude earthquake was reported west of Rosman on Jan. 20, and a 1.7 magnitude...

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) — A man was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to shooting into a Western North Carolina home numerous times. James Robert Wyerman received a sentence of 1 to 3 years in the custody of the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections for an incident at Poverty Branch Road....

ASHEVILLE – The Asheville Police Department reported there was a significant drop in citywide violent crime in 2025, with the lowest homicide count since 2017. Interim Police Chief Jackie Stepp called the 24% decrease in citywide violent crime compared to 2024 “no small feat.” In the city’s Jan. 29 Public Safety...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Bitterly cold temperatures across Western North Carolina, with lows dipping into the teens and single digits, are disrupting school schedules and prompting additional closures and delays Tuesday. Impacted districts include:. Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College: Closed....

Sign up for free email updates from The Watchdog. You’ll be notified whenever we publish our latest award-winning investigative reporting, John Boyle’s Answer Man and Opinion columns, Tom Fiedler’s Democracy Watch, and more!. HCA Healthcare took control of Asheville’s nonprofit Mission Hospital seven years ago, on...