“What Are We Losing Now?”: The Fading Legacy of Wilma Dykeman
Prominently placed on the UNC Asheville campus and located just off University Heights, there is a building named Dykeman Hall. The building itself often goes overlooked, but more astonishing and saddening is the fact of how few students know the woman for whom this building is named. Wilma Dykeman herself...
Two people arrested after child tests positive for drugs in North Carolina
NORTH CAROLINA — A Marion couple has been charged after a child in their care tested positive for drugs, according to the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities said Bethany Taylor Hensley, 39, and Preston Ballew Hensley, 39, were each charged with felony exposing a child to a controlled substance. According...
Restoring western N.C. train service could bring jobs and business, study finds
SALISBURY, N.C. — The North Carolina Department of Transportation is exploring restoring passenger train service from Salisbury to Asheville. According to an NCDOT study released in January, restoring rail service to western North Carolina could create 5,280 construction jobs and support more than 300 additional jobs...
Marshals: Regional ‘major drug supplier’ arrested in Blountville
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — A man wanted out of Buncombe County, North Carolina, with a history of drug and weapons charges, was arrested in Blountville, according to the United States Marshals Service (USMS). The USMS announced in a news release on Friday that Reco Lamar Mosley was arrested by the USMS Smoky...
Deputy hurt in crash while responding to call in Barnardsville
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — A Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office deputy was injured early Thursday in a single-vehicle crash while responding to an emergency call near Barnardsville, authorities said. Deputy Anthony Packett was responding with lights and sirens activated to a reported assault involving a woman...
NC mountains could see half-foot of snow, Charlotte sets record high, NWS says
To say North Carolina is a state of weather extremes is to put it mildly. The mountains could see up to a half-foot of snow and wind chills in the single digits this weekend, while Charlotte set a record Friday for its highest temperature ever in February, according to the National Weather Service. Friday’s 83-degree...
Costco Withdraws Application for Highly Anticipated Asheville Location
Written by John Boyle, Asheville Watchdog. Costco, the wholesale retail giant that planned to bring a store to Asheville after decades of searching for a site, has withdrawn its application for the new location. In a Thursday email to City Council members obtained by Asheville Watchdog, City Manager DK Wesley...
Heavy snow, slick roads and gusty winds to hit high-elevations in WNC
The region's next winter storm could bring heavy snow to the higher elevations of western North Carolina. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning beginning at midnight until 12:00 a.m. Tuesday for all of Avery County and locations above 3500 feet in Mitchell County. Parts of the...
LIST: Code Purple shelters operating in Asheville on Feb. 22
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — In anticipation of cold temperatures, Code Purple shelters will operate on Sunday, Feb. 22, according to an Asheville-Buncombe Continuum of Care press release. Women's shelters:. Safe Shelter - located at 27 Balm Grove. Transit route: W2, W1, W6. ABCCM Transformation Village (for women and...
Asheville mayor, city council candidates to participate in forum at UNCA
ASHEVILLE, NC. (WLOS) — Candidates vying for one of the three open seats on Asheville’s City Council, as well as those running for mayor, will participate in a forum at UNC Asheville on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. According to organizers, the event intends...
