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NC Lottery numbers for April 26: Did anyone win big?
Grab your your April 26 NC Education Lottery tickets to see if you took home one of the game's many prizes. Lucky For Life April 26 numbers The Lucky for Life winning numbers for April 26 were 3, 9, 21, 31 and 41, with a Lucky ball number of 8. ...
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)...
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...
How many people in Asheville are homeless, unsheltered? 2024 numbers have been released
ASHEVILLE - The city’s latest homelessness count numbers are in. But this year, the point in time data was revealed in two sets: the first showed a modest increase in the total from the year before, with more people in shelter and transitional housing, and unsheltered numbers dropping. The second, on first glance, was staggering. ...
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.
Buncombe County to receive $29 million from drug settlements. Where does it go?
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Thirty-nine-year-old Justin Hall knows what it’s like to feel the grip of addiction. “I struggled for about 14 years with opiates and all the mental health struggles that go with addiction,” said Hall. It began when he was 16 years old and suffered...
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...
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.”
Asheville Fire Dept. struggle to retain crews due to pay is impacting emergency response
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The Asheville Firefighter Association has been dealing with the ongoing issue of high turnover, mainly stemming from pay and retention rates -- and that means a staffing shortage. The Asheville fire union is actively seeking solutions to address this pressing issue, but in the meantime,...
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...
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...
Honoring 'Phillip Twitter,' WNC's only therapy cat, on National Therapy Animal Day
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The city of Asheville is designating Tuesday, April 30, as National Therapy Animal Day -- and that includes a very special kitty that is one of only three therapy cats in the state of North Carolina. According to nonprofit Pet Partners, Phillip Twitter is the...
Manheimer, fellow mayors to lobby for help on homelessness
(828newsNOW) — As issues surrounding homelessness vex local government leaders all across the country, Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer will join 51 other mayors in Washington, D.C., starting Sunday for three days of lobbying for federal solutions. Manheimer is part of a 52-member Homelessness Task Force for the U.S. Conference...
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.
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