Asheville NC

Asheville City Hall offices will be closed Wednesday, December 24, through Friday, December 26, as well as January 1, 2026. The following city services will be affected by the holiday closures. ART Bus Service. Asheville Rides Transit (ART) holiday schedule will be as follows:. Service will be closed after 6:30...

SWANNANOA N.C. (WLOS) — A new grocery store opened in Swannanoa over the weekend. The Rite Buy Grocery in Beacon Village officially opened its doors on Saturday, Dec. 20. Owner Diana Rhodes told News 13 that she has spent the past seven months preparing for the opening. This comes...

Production begins in January and the movie will be released ahead of Christmas in 2026.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WSPA) – A North Carolina man was sentenced to serve over 20 years in prison Saturday after pleading guilty to the statutory rape of a family member. The Transylvania County District Attorney’s Office said Eric Randall Mahaffrey, 42, was convicted of five counts of statutory rape and two counts of...

John Hooper had been sitting quietly on a pew in Lake Junaluska’s Memorial Chapel for a few minutes when something curious caught his eye. Each of the tall, narrow stained glass windows that illuminated the chapel had strange symbols painted across the panels. The more he looked, the more...

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — A Hendersonville woman has died after being struck by a vehicle earlier this month on Spartanburg Highway, police said. The Hendersonville Police Department responded to a reported collision involving a pedestrian at about 7:30 p.m. Dec. 17 near Nelson Street. Police said Jennifer...

HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — The Haywood County Sheriff's Office had an early Christmas present, thanks to a one of Waynesville's newest chain restaurants. The sheriff's office was recently given two utility terrain vehicles (UTVs), thakns to a grant from the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation. The sheriff's...

HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — A crash in Haywood County resulted in one death on Tuesday, Dec. 23, according to North Carolina State Highway Patrol Lieutenant Joshua E. Dowdle. Around 1:41 p.m., troopers in Haywood County responded to a collision on US 19 near mile marker 105, Dowdle said....

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The McDowell County Sheriff’s Office said that a Spruce Pine man has been charged in the theft of a truck. Deputies charged 27-year-old Nicholas Gregory Pendley with felony larceny of a motor vehicle. He was denied bond due to already being out on pretrial release.

ASHEVILLE - The North Carolina Department of Transportation has started right of way acquisition for the "North Section" of the Interstate 26 Connector project, the most expensive section of the most expensive project for which the department has ever awarded a contract. Construction is expected to begin in 2026,...