Asheville NC

Hendersonville utility customers face a 20-day payment deadline and a service fee on credit and debit card payments under the city’s updated Customer Account and Billing Policy. The policy took effect October 1st, 2026, and also sets requirements for leak adjustments and corrections to billing errors. Bills are due...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — North Carolina has recorded its first flu-related death of the season, prompting Buncombe County health officials to remind residents that now is the time to get vaccinated. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced Oct. 8 that an adult in central North...

Eleven recent Henderson County Public Schools graduates are entering the second class of Healthcare Fellows, a program that pays for college training and connects participants with local healthcare jobs. The Class of 2026 grows from nine fellows in the inaugural group. AdventHealth Hendersonville or UNC Health Pardee sponsors each fellow’s...

Charlotte, Raleigh and Asheville face different winter risks as El Niño influences storm tracks.

Asheville shoppers can reserve locally raised Thanksgiving turkeys for pickup at farms and city farmers markets this November. Good Wheel and Mother Holler farms in Leicester and Wild East Farm in Marion are taking deposits, with Asheville pickup windows available alongside farm collections. Good Wheel and Mother Holler charge $11...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a major milestone in the cleanup at the CTS of Asheville Superfund Site. In a press release on Monday, Oct. 19, the agency said cleanup efforts at the Asheville site have successfully reduced toxic chemical vapors by 98%. According to the EPA, concentrations of the toxic gas Trichloroethylene at the CTS of Asheville Superfund Site are now also "well below" the protective level.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - North Carolina Wildlife Law Enforcement reports over 71 people are facing charges for the illegal harvest of ginseng roots in western NC. Ginseng is a slow-growing plant that can take seven to 10 years to mature and make seeds. Some live more than 75...

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Vice President JD Vance and two Republican candidates running for U.S. Congress in North Carolina spoke at a rally in Hendersonville on Monday, Oct. 19. Vance spoke at the event to campaign for Jennifer Balkcom, who is running to represent North Carolina's 11th Congressional District...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Biltmore Village is preparing for another major construction project, this one aimed at restoring its historic streets and sidewalks while making the neighborhood safer and easier to navigate. The Asheville Historic Resources Commission has approved plans to rebuild brick sidewalks, replace deteriorating street trees, improve...

A local veteran killed fighting in World War II will return home this week, more than 80 years after he went missing while fighting on the western front