Asheville NC

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The McDowell County Sheriff’s Office arrested the three people from Marion following multiple break-ins at a local rental home. Deputies charged Samantha Lee Brasecker, Michael Dolphus Tate and Christopher Jerome Conley with felony second-degree burglary. Brasecker and Tate were...

NORTH CAROLINA — Several school districts in western North Carolina have announced delays for Wednesday as officials monitor icy road conditions across the region. Avery County Schools will operate on a two-hour delay. The adjusted schedule will allow additional time for road crews and bus drivers to assess...

Frederick Law Olmsted designed the Approach Road in the 1890s to control how visitors arrive. He wanted the drive to last long enough that you would forget you were headed to a destination. The road runs about three miles on winding pavement through forest, with trees close on both sides....

On a quiet stretch of county-owned land once defined by grass and gravel and garbage, a ribbon of asphalt now loops, banks and swells in tight rhythmic curves — engineered not for pedaling, but for flow. Riders generate speed by pumping their bodies through rollers and berms, transforming momentum into motion without...

WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The First United Methodist Church of Waynesville is celebrating over seven decades of its annual Pancake Day. The first pancakes were made back in 1956 on wood stoves. Now, the church has 10 grills and served more than 6,000 people last year. Traditional pancakes, sausage,...

With recent data revealing a vast 53% increase in homelessness from 2020 to 2025 in Asheville, poverty educator and community advocate Kelly Redfern said that she’s seen the rise. “Most importantly, I’m just eyes watching. I have been a quiet observer for eight and a half years, until I...

Warrants allege the suspect installed cameras in a minor's bedroom and bathroom, as well as shared child sexual abuse materials.

BREVARD, NC — Tipsy Taco officially opened on February 23rd at 29 W French Broad St Unit 101, Brevard, NC 28712, marking the brand’s eighth location overall and its second in Western North Carolina. Brand representative Frank Roman told Business Debut the Brevard restaurant follows the company’s Hendersonville...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Efforts are continuing to revive a proposed Costco development in the Enka-Candler area after the project was withdrawn from the city’s review process earlier this month. Asheville City Council member Bo Hess said in a Facebook post Tuesday night that he recently spoke with...

Juan Ramon Juarez-Talamantes has been charged with a third count of statutory rape of a child at least 13 years old. Juarez-Talamantes, 29, had been charged with two prior counts on Nov. 19, 2025. The investigation began in July of 2024, when Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office detectives received a report...