Asheville NC

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Leaders from Western North Carolina took their hard-earned flood recovery experience to Texas last week, meeting with local officials to help the Hill Country bounce back after July’s devastating storms. The delegation included Asheville City Council member Maggie Ullman, Lake Lure...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - A clever black bear was caught on camera pulling open a car door in Asheville. The car owner said she was at the window getting ready to unlock the car when she saw a door already opened. Luckily, there wasn’t any food inside for the...

ASHEVILLE - Workers have reported fewer jobs being available . Unemployment has remained above 2024 levels . And despite most reopening, small businesses are still struggling nearly a year after Tropical Storm Helene hit Western North Carolina, a recently published small business report indicates. While some remain...

More than 100 people from western North Carolina traveled to the Charlotte Museum of History over the weekend to discuss an exhibit on Black philanthropy. The John R. Hayes High Steppin’ Majorette and Drum Corps from Asheville played before the three panelists spoke. Tracey Greene-Washington, founder of CoThinkk, was...

In my career, I’ve often considered myself a professional pesterer. As journalists, we have a license — and a responsibility — to pursue information vigorously, to the point of being obnoxious at times. Often, it takes a while to get said information, but that’s part of the job.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Community members gathered at a workshop at the University of North Carolina Asheville (UNCA) campus to discuss solutions for the UNCA Millennial Campus sites. The workshop follows the university's decision to pause development plans that would bring market-rate housing, a childcare center,...

There’s been a lot of buzz about the UNC Asheville development plan. I’ve joined the conversation — not because I oppose housing or retail or soccer fields or concert venues. I support all of those. What I oppose is bad design and our community’s growing habit of accepting it without a fight.

In a small cove of Madison County, a modest wood-frame building served as a cornerstone of education for generations of Black students. Sarah Roland Weston Hart was one of them. “Our day began with prayer,” she recalls of her time at the Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School (MHARS) in the...

This new benefit is a direct response to what so many in our community already know: childcare is too often out of reach, even for the people providing it. Early childhood educators and caregivers are the backbone of our families, our economy, and our future. And yet, many still struggle to access consistent,...

The destruction of Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina prompted filmmaker Keresey Pearl and her partner Briana Pond to take action. “We knew we wanted to put good media out about what was happening in the community because we saw a lot of media coming out of this region that wasn’t accurate or authentic,”...