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Despite pay raise, Asheville firefighter wages still lag behind other departments'
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — What started as a 4.11% pay increase for all city employees last night turned into an 8.8% increase for firefighters. This brings the starting salary for sworn in firefighters up from the current $46,256 to $50,309. Even with the increase, this still puts Asheville's department...
Asheville planning board OKs 349-unit development on Smokey Park Highway
ASHEVILLE - A sprawling development off of Smokey Park Highway has passed its penultimate hurdle, proposing 349 residential units, a grocery store, expected to be an Aldi, and large lots slated for further future commercial, mixed-use development. The conditional zoning request clinched unanimous approval from Planning and Zoning Commission June...
Asheville area youth gun violence up 255%: Community holds gun safety event downtown
ASHEVILLE - When DeAngelo Collins was in eighth grade, he was expelled from school. Then as a senior in high school, was shot twice in the same incident that killed a 12-year-old. “That was a life changing, altering event for me and kind of my ‘why’ for why I pour my energy into the youth because I never want to see anybody else go through that,” said Collins, who’s now the director of My Daddy Taught Me...
NC Lottery numbers for June 9: Did anyone win big?
Grab your your June 9 NC Education Lottery tickets to see if you took home one of the game's many prizes. The Lucky for Life winning numbers for June 9 were 2, 3, 33, 39 and 41, with a Lucky Ball number of 7. No one took home the highest...
Man caught driving vehicle of deceased person faces additional charges, authorities say
MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — A man who was discovered driving the vehicle of another man who had been found deceased in Old Fort is now facing additional charges. A release from the McDowell County Sheriff's Office Monday evening said 48-year-old Scotty Keith Styles was charged with felonious Breaking or Entering a Motor Vehicle, three counts of felonious Financial Card Theft, felonious Larceny of a Firearm, Possession of Firearm by Convicted Felon and felonious Concealment/Failure to Report a Death.
Black Mountain Blues fest will be a jam of ‘resilience’
BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Fans of the blues can take their pick of 46 different acts at the inaugural Black Mountain Blues festival July 12 to 14 at eight different venues in downtown Black Mountain. “It’s not just a music festival. It’s a culture keeping event,” marketing director...
SPOTTED: Black bear takes morning stroll in downtown Asheville
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - A black bear was spotted taking a morning stroll through downtown Asheville. The Asheville Fire Department caught the bear on camera roaming around before 10 a.m. on June 6. The bear made it’s way to the Biltmore Corporate Office, located at 1 North Pack Square....
HCA’s purchase of Mission presented as cautionary tale in draft report
Mission Health board members were blindsided by HCA Healthcare’s decision to aggressively cut patient care staff in order to save money following its purchase of the hospital system in 2019, according to a working draft of a study out of Wake Forest University from a leading scholar on health care law, public policy, and bioethics.
Learn how to save a forest tree staple with the Hemlock Restoration Initiative
A workshop on how to treat hemlocks and control hemlock woolly adelgid will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Thursday, June 20, at Montford Park in Asheville with the Hemlock Restoration Initiative. Hemlocks are an important and irreplaceable component of WNC forests, but have been suffering for over...
Mission Health avoids Medicare termination after meeting CMS compliance standards
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services confirms that Mission Health is no longer under a possible termination after "improvements and corrections" at the hospital. Last week, a spokesperson for Mission Health told News 13 that before the June 5 deadline, the facility received word...
Council OKs downtown district despite vocal opposition
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) – Critics turned out in force Tuesday night, but the Asheville City Council voted to approve creation of a controversial downtown Business Improvement District or “BID.”. A pair of 6-1 votes on the BID and a related resolution ended months of deliberations, which included a...
Mother of man who died in custody of Fletcher police files lawsuit, seeking trial by jury
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A federal lawsuit filed June 10, 2024, by the mother of the late Christopher Hensley claims Henderson County deputies and Fletcher Police officers weren’t properly trained in the use of restraint, and as a result, Hensley died due to excessive force at the time of his arrest on June 15, 2022.
Patrick Hussion joins News 13 evening anchor desk
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Patrick Hussion proudly joins the WLOS team as an evening anchor, bringing with him a wealth of experience that spans over 20 years of reporting at the news desk and out in the field. Prior to joining WLOS, Patrick served as the morning news anchor...
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