$40K grant will fund multiple Safelight staff’s pay at new expansion
HENDERSONVILLE – The Hendersonville nonprofit Safelight got a substantial grant Feb. 27 to staff a nearly completed expansion to its domestic violence shelter, Safelight CEO Lauren Wilkie told the Times-News March 5. $40,000 from the organization Sisters of Mercy will cover the wages for a new part-time employee and...
Forget NYC and LA—here are 6 underrated small American cities
Forget NYC and LA. Here are 6 underrated small cities. Thinking of trading skyscrapers for a liveable downtown, shorter commutes, and a richer local scene? You don't have to move to a big metro center to get galleries, festivals, good restaurants, and reliable services. Plenty of smaller U.S. cities combine...
Family size cereal: Meet the mother-son duo behind Chill Cereal Bar
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Over the last seven years, one Asheville business has been snap, crackle, popping: Chill Cereal Bar, a cereal catering service founded by mother-and-son duo Patricia Waters and Elijah Cox. Chill Cereal Bar launched on March 7, seven years ago tomorrow, for National Cereal Day and...
United Way awards $800K to support Helene recovery in Buncombe County
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — The United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County has awarded $800,000 to nine organizations supporting recovery efforts following Tropical Storm Helene in Buncombe County. The funding, disbursed March 1, brings the nonprofit’s total Helene-related investment to $5,332,547. “Recovery from...
After 37 years of effort — and about $100 million spent so far —...
Sign up for free email updates from The Watchdog. You’ll be notified whenever we publish our latest award-winning investigative reporting, John Boyle’s Answer Man and Opinion columns, Tom Fiedler’s Democracy Watch, and more!. Lou Bissette was the hard-charging, 45-year-old mayor of Asheville in 1989, when he heard...
Preventing measles is an achievable goal
When browsing through headlines about what’s happening recently, the word “measles” starts to pop up more frequently than I’d like to see. Back in December, there was a big outbreak in South Carolina, with over 800 cases confirmed. Thankfully, it’s dwindling now, but not before it spread other places, including into...
This Offbeat North Carolina Town Is Unlike Anywhere Else In The State
If you’re tired of towns that all look the same, have I got news for you. Brevard, North Carolina exists in its own category, a mountain community that decided conventional was boring and went all-in on being magnificently strange. The first clue that you’re somewhere different comes when you...
Multiple people wounded in early morning shooting in Downtown Asheville
ASHEVILLE, NC. (WLOS) — Asheville police responded to an early Sunday morning shooting in Downtown Asheville. Police said that officers responded to a report of gunshot wound victims in the 100 block of North Lexington Avenue around 3:15am. When they arrived, officers found multiple gunshot wound victims outside and...
Forest Service remains at scene of wildfire in Buncombe County
CANDLER, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - Officials with the North Carolina Forest Service are at the scene of a fire in Candler that started Saturday night. According to a post by Buncombe County, the fire is on Georges Branch Road, which is near I-40. Enka-Candler Fire Department said the fire is...
Multiple people injured following shooting incident in North Carolina
NORTH CAROLINA — Multiple people were injured in a shooting early Sunday morning in Asheville, North Carolina. According to the Asheville Police Department, officers responded around 3:15 a.m. to North Lexington Avenue after receiving reports of a shooting. When officers arrived, they found multiple people suffering...
