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MILLS RIVER, N.C. (WLOS) — The Town of Mills River has announced the launch of a Land Preservation Program, according to a news release. According to the release, the Land Preservation Program encourages and financially supports the voluntary conservation of agricultural lands, environmentally sensitive areas, and...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Farmers market pop-up Finest has built a strong local following around the deli’s farm-fresh, Italian-American grub. Next week, the pop-up will transform into a place to pop in, officially opening a brick-and-mortar location in West Asheville. Finding Finest. Open to the public on...

TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported an earthquake in Transylvania County early Saturday. Officials said the 1.7-magnitude quake struck at a depth of zero kilometers 7.9 miles west of Rosman, NC and 29.9 miles northwest of Easley, SC at 12:46 a.m. Feel more...

The National Park Service has announced completion of two landslide repair projects located at milepost 375 and 380 and reopened a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway from milepost 382, in Asheville to milepost 355.3 at the Ridge Junction Overlook, near NC 80 and the entrance to Mount Mitchell State Park.

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BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office says it has notified the State Bureau of Investigation after a jail inmate died hours after he was taken into custody. Christopher Morrow was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility on Sept. 16 just after 10 p.m. on...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — North Carolina Governor Josh Stein announced five counties are getting more than $86 million for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure with FEMA grants and reimbursements. Cities getting funds include Waynesville, Woodfin, and Hot Springs. The news comes after Stein and Asheville Mayor...

The tiny North Carolina mountain town of Rosman experienced its 11th small earthquake of the year on Saturday, federal seismologists said. A 1.7 magnitude earthquake registered at 12:46 a.m. about 7 1/2 miles west of the Transylvania County town of about 730 people, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Rosman...

North Carolina State Parks, part of the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, announced that Mount Mitchell State Park has reopened as of Sept. 15 for the first time since Hurricane Helene. The park reopening is in conjunction with the Blue Ridge Parkway’s announcement that it is reopening from milepost...

Nearly one year to the day before dozens of volunteers gathered, Sept. 18, around a lawn in the lower section of Beacon Village, the very notion that anyone would be returning to Edwards Avenue could not be expressed with any amount of certainty. In fact, it would require a team of caring and hard-working volunteers...