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The Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair (SAFF) comes to Fletcher Friday, October 23, through Sunday, October 25, for its 32nd year welcoming fiber enthusiasts, artists, farmers, families and visitors of all ages. The show features vendors, competitions, demonstrations, workshops and exhibitions, and will be held at the WNC

The 79th Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands returns to downtown Asheville from Thursday, October 15, through Sunday, October 18, bringing more than 100 juried makers together at Harrah’s Cherokee Center-Asheville from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The fall edition of the fair will feature pottery, sculpture, furniture,

For the last two weekends of the month, October 17–18 and 24-25, some of the area’s most innovative builds, remodels and renovations will be on display at the 2026 WNC Parade of Homes, now in its 45th year. The home tour is presented by the Builders Association of the Blue Ridge Mountains (BABRM), which is celebrating

Thank God for this recent cooldown. It’s the only thing that stopped the sweating after my excursion to the Biltmore Championship Asheville golf tournament a week ago Thursday. Seriously, that 90-degree humidity-fest in late September had me sweating in places I didn’t know had glands. I sense that...

North Carolina has plenty of Mexican restaurants, but a true taqueria is a different kind of stop. These are the counter-service spots where tortillas get pressed in-house, al pastor comes off a spinning trompo, and the salsa bar can take up half the room. The eight places on this list...

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The Hendersonville Police Department is asking for the public's help in finding a 13-year-old boy who is missing. Logan Seay, whom the police department referred to as a runaway juvenile, was last seen in the Haywood Road/Dawnview Drive area riding a gray BMX bike. Where he's going is unkn

Dennis Fultz spent ten years in his Leicester home before Hurricane Helene tore it apart in September 2024. On Thursday, two years almost to the moment, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein drove out to Leicester and personally handed Fultz the keys to a brand-new house built through the state's Renew NC Single-Family Ho

LEICESTER, N.C. (WLOS) — On Friday, Sept. 25, a Leicester man is spending his first night in a brand-new home after Helene destroyed his previous house, leaving him unsure where to turn. Denny Fultz’s home was severely damaged when floodwater and debris came rushing down his driveway during the...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — UNC Asheville researchers are using rainfall data from Helene to measure how western North Carolina's mountains affect weather radar estimates. The work is led by Christopher Godfrey, professor and chair of atmospheric sciences. He says Helene gave researchers a chance to quantify low-level rad