Asheville NC

When you claim New York-style pizza as your brand, you’d best be prepared for some skepticism, particularly from New Yorkers. And when you take over a beloved, locally owned business, you’d best be prepared for some hurt feelings, particularly from customers who have been devoted to that business for nearly a decade.

Sometimes you find yourself driving three hours for a plate of food that haunts your dreams, and when those dreams involve chili cheese fries from a small-town diner in the mountains of North Carolina, the journey becomes a pilgrimage worth every mile. Ward’s Grill in Saluda, North Carolina serves up...

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Two people were injured in a vehicle crash that shut down two lanes on Smokey Park Highway near the I-40 East ramp in Asheville, officials confirmed. The Asheville Police Department (APD) responded to reports of a crash with injuries at 360 Smokey Park Highway...

TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Authorities are searching for a missing teen who was last seen leaving his home in the Pisgah Forest community. The Transylvania County Sheriff's Office says Mason Randall Near, 14, was seen leaving his home on Pisgah Forest Drive at around 3:45 p.m. on Monday, July 21.

Sugar Hollow Solar has spent over a decade building a strong residential solar business in western North Carolina, based out of the eclectic, buzzing town of Asheville. With a warehouse at Biltmore Village — a town created to house employees of George Vanderbilt’s enormous Biltmore Estate — the business is Asheville...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Mountain Area Healthcare Education Center (MAHEC) was awarded a $1 million emergency grant to offer a variety of health care services following Helene. The money will be used to provide better access to care like services for mothers and children and mental health care. The...

HENDERSONVILLE – In recent weeks, Sam Runion has seen a lot of new faces in Packa's Place, the business he and his wife Steelie own and operate in Horse Shoe. The couple grows pumpkins and gourds in the fall but in the summer, their beer garden, featuring live music, is the biggest draw. “We’re butted right up...

LAKE LURE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Storm recovery efforts in Lake Lure reached a major milestone this week with the completion of silt and debris removal at Rumbling Bald, officials announced Monday. The town of Lake Lure reported that more than 705,000 tons of silt and sediment and 95,000 cubic...

A child was rescued from the base of Looking Glass Falls in the Pisgah National Forest after being stranded due to rising water from flash flooding, ABC affiliate WLOS reported.

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers:. Question: When will the Haywood Road resurfacing project begin in West Asheville? Will we actually get bike lanes and crosswalk flashing lights? I actually made it to the public input session in December 2022, and they said the work was...