Asheville NC

Out in Spring Creek, in North Carolina’s Madison County, Ali Tisdall spends her days caring for all kinds of animals from morning until night. She adores every one of them, but dogs have always meant something extra to her. That love led her to start helping local dogs who needed someone in their corner and a safe place to land.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Strangeville explores the curious and unexplained stories that have long defined Asheville and Western North Carolina. The region is full of unanswered questions, from old folklore and local legends to eerie encounters, unsolved moments in history, and the true-crime mysteries that still leave people wondering. Each week, we look back with an open mind and a sense of curiosity, trying to...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — It's a night to protect the tender plants. Most of Western North Carolina is under a frost advisory from midnight Saturday, May 2, until 9 a.m. Sunday, May 3. Avery County is under a freeze warning from midnight until 9 a.m. Sunday. The McDowell County...

You have probably seen fireflies before. Little green blinks in the summer dusk. But the blue ghost fireflies in North Carolina are something else entirely. Their glow is a cold, ethereal blue that lasts for several seconds instead of the quick flash you are used to. And they hover low...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Demonstrators gathered Friday in Pack Square Park as part of nationwide May Day protests, calling for higher taxes on the wealthy, an end to immigration enforcement actions and wars, and expanded democratic participation. The event, billed as a “Workers Over Billionaires” rally, included a march...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Rain chances are expected to increase across Western North Carolina beginning Friday night and continuing through Saturday, with cooler-than-normal temperatures settling in for the weekend, according to the National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg. Forecasters say conditions should remain mostly dry through Friday, though clouds will...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Drivers in Asheville are paying significantly more at the pump this weekend after gas prices spiked again due to supply concerns and rapid cost fluctuations linked to the war in Iran. Gasoline in the Asheville metro area — which includes Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson and Madison...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — French Broad Flooring offers a wide range of flooring solutions for both residential and commercial projects, including solid and engineered hardwood, luxury vinyl plank (LVP), carpet and tile. The veteran- and family-owned business at 885 Tunnel Road in Asheville and provides installation services along with...

The colorful triangular banners snap in the breeze as the cheerful organ music of a vintage carousel drifts through the air. This is not a county fair you are walking into, but a massive North Carolina flea market that has drawn thousands of eager bargain hunters every single weekend for four decades.

Just after 11 a.m. on April 18, a Norfolk Southern train rounded the curves through Old Fort for the first time since Hurricane Helene. By that afternoon, it arrived in Asheville, marking the return of rail service along the Old Fort Loops. That historic 16-mile stretch had been torn apart by the storm. It took 18 months of relentless work to restore the...