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HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - Around 2,000 customers are reported to be without power in Henderson County on Sunday. According to the Duke Energy outage map, 39 outages have left 2,011 customers without power. As of 8 a.m. on Sunday, the outage map shows some of the following areas...

While the precipitation is expected to stop Saturday night, western North Carolina is not out of the woods yet. Treacherous road conditions are expected to continue. With the freezing temperatures, meteorologists are expecting it to stay icy outside. David Uchiyama with the North Carolina Department of Transportation...

Lori Dawson made 53 cents in sales when she opened Mine & Yours Asheville Resale in 2001. Things eventually picked up. And now, a quarter-century later, the shop owner remains in business. “I’ve watched people come in with kids, and now those kids have kids,” she says.

(WSPA) – Duke Energy is asking customers in North and South Carolina to limit how much energy they use on Monday morning. The company said cold temperatures are driving high energy demand across the east coast. In order to lessen the demand on power grids and reduce the risk of power outages, Duke Energy is […]

[Regarding “Transportation Staff Update CIBO on Future Road Improvements,” Jan. 9, Xpress:]. If anyone, including the N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT), can show us any road-widening project that actually reduced traffic anywhere in the USA, we’re all ears. Because they and we won’t find one. The...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Longtime News 13 assistant news director Kevin Beattie is officially retiring on Friday, Jan. 30. Kevin started at the station in 1990, when the station was still located on Macon Avenue, next to the Grove Park Inn. There was no internet, no social media, no smartphones. Over the years, as...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Asheville Mardi Gras is prepared to party as the schedule is set for the 2026 Mardi Gras parade. This year, the celebration will kick off on Sunday, Feb. 15 in the South Slope district of downtown Asheville. The Asheville Mardi Gras parade will begin at...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — News 13 has confirmed Mission Hospital in Asheville has been placed in immediate jeopardy again. This is the third immediate jeopardy designation from The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in two years, which identifies issues that endanger patient safety. In a memo to employees,...

Snow continues to blanket much of western North Carolina, with several mountain communities reporting seven to nine inches by early afternoon. Areas like Maggie Valley, Balsam, Sylva, and Clyde have seen some of the highest totals so far, according to reports from the National Weather Service. As the snow tapers...

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