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Cicada mania: What to know about the 13-year emergence of Brood XIX (19)
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — While cicadas are causing a noisy ruckus in at least one South Carolina county, many are not yet awake in Western North Carolina. Why? It has to do with soil temperature. Once the temperature of the soil where the cicadas live at about 8" deep warms to a steady 64 degrees Fahrenheit, they'll start sounding off. Soil temperatures are already consistently warmer in South Carolina right now.
Answer Man: What’s taking so long with the Enka Heritage Trail? There’s a “baby post office” in Naples?
Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies, and the real answers:. Question: Why hasn’t the Enka Heritage Trail been built? It got combined state, federal and county dollars in 2018 — over $12 million. Not a stitch of dirt has been moved. What level of incompetence is going on in Parks and Rec? COVID can’t be the excuse. They got dollars 16 months before the pandemic shut us down.
Suspect in Asheville weekend shooting arrested in Henderson County
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The lead suspect in a shooting over the weekend in the Hillcrest community of Asheville was arrested Wednesday, April 24, in Henderson County, thanks to multiple agencies working to apprehend the 23-year-old man who, it turns out, was wanted for federal probation violation. Juve Markie...
Cause of death revealed in Mills River officer-involved shooting; dog found wounded
HENDERSONVILLE - A man who died after an officer involved shooting near the Mills River Campground apparently died by suicide, according to his death certificate obtained April 26 by the Times-News. Hayden Elias Brook, 29, died from a gunshot wound to the head in the roadway at 3908 North Mills...
Hendersonville considers giving new life to historic Osceola Inn
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) – There soon could be new life for the historic Osceola Inn, a once-bustling resort at Hendersonville’s Osceola Lake. Construction of the stately, four-story inn began in 1909 – President William Howard Taft’s first year in office – at the princely sum of $25,000. Soon it would serve boaters flocking to the newly-developed lake.
Family mourns death of 63-year-old Lake Toxaway truck driver, following fatal crash
Lake Toxaway's Carolyn Lynn McCall Lund who, according to her son, John Lund, was the first female to be hired as a truck driver at B&A Hyder Trucking Company in Hendersonville, died April 22 in a single-vehicle accident on U.S. 64 West near Rosman. According to North Carolina State Highway...
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WNC History: Steamboat Mountain Lily cruised the French Broad River 1881-85
Six weeks after the USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, a writer for The Asheville Daily Citizen’s evening edition reported on Asheville’s plan to protect the city from Spanish troops as the United States prepared to enter what would become the 1898 Spanish-American War. The unnamed journalist wrote that well-known local banker “Captain” James P. Sawyer was getting ready “to take command of the armored cruiser Mountain Lily to guard the city from invasion by water.”
Buncombe, Asheville property transfers for April 10-17
29 Forestdale Drive, $425,000, William David Smith and James Carlton Smith to Randal L Warren. 0.16 acres on Tahkieostie Drive, $45,000, Sevysco, LLC to Elizabeth Freeman. 46 Orchard St., $824,500, Southern Alliance For Clean Energy to Orchard Blossom LLC. 253 Country Club Road, $460,000, Peter H Lewis and Kathryn A...
Music on Main Hendersonville Summer 2024
Welcome Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville, NC. These free outdoor concerts offer a diverse line-up of music from pop, oldies, rock, to contemporary music – there’s something for every musical taste! Concert organized by the Arts Council of Henderson County. The 2024 Music On Main Concert Series...
Auction House Food and Drink Hall opens: What to know
ASHEVILLE - Fletcher's highly anticipated food oasis and watering hole is now open. On April 25, Auction House Food & Drink Hall, by KO Restaurant Group, opened at 29 Fanning Bridge Road in Fletcher. KO Restaurant Group’s Sarah and Paul Klaassen and Michael Olbrantz designed Auction House as a two-story...
Annual count confirms rise in homelessness in Asheville
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — New statistics confirm what some Asheville residents have seen with their own eyes: rising numbers of people experiencing homelessness in the city. Results of the 2024 Point-in-Time Count are in, and volunteers found 739 people living in the city without permanent homes — either in...
Opinion: NC Wildlife Commission has failed to protect black bear cubs, other wildlife
This is the second high-profile bear cub abuse case I am aware of in North Carolina that the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission failed to prosecute. In the first case, Richard Godley posted videos of himself and his dogs tormenting two, approximately 2-month-old cubs in Beaufort County. Two-month-old cubs weigh a mere 4-6 pounds and cannot survive without their mother. The Wildlife Commission searched for those cubs for an hour and then gave up, ensuring their deaths. Even...
Parts of I-40 closed over weekend for construction
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Parts of Interstate 40 between Hendersonville Road and Interstate 26 will close this weekend, weather permitting, so contractors can start rehabilitating bridges and doing resurfacing work, the North Carolina Department of Transportation reported. The plan is to close I-40 West from Hendersonville Road (exit 50)...
23 People Arrested in Joint APD and BCSO Special Operation
Asheville -- Asheville Police Department News Release April 24, 2024:. The Asheville Police Department and the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office conducted a joint special operation targeting larceny and quality of life issues in various Asheville locations. A targeted operation was in response to a significant volume of complaints and concerns...
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