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Appalachia Meets Italy at Asheville Newcomer Luminosa
Located in the highly anticipated Flat Iron Hotel (20 Battery Park Ave, Asheville), Luminosa opened on Wednesday, May 15. The newcomer is the work of Charleston-based Indigo Road Hospitality Group, which has multiple restaurants all along the East Coast. Still, Luminosa is very unique to its Blue Ridge environment. Indigo...
Why Asheville High's girls soccer team is so confident advancing in NCHSAA playoffs
Even when Reagan was pressing, search for the tying goal during the second half of the NCHSAA 4A girls soccer playoffs, Asheville High coach Mike Flowe was confident. Or at least as confident as a coach can be in a 1-0 playoff victory Thursday, thanks to an experienced backline that produced the No. 5-seeded Cougars’ 13th clean sheet in 22 games to advance to the third round.
Idled Canton paper mill has a prospective buyer
CANTON, N.C. (828newsNOW) — There’s new hope of a future for the abandoned paper mill site in Canton. For decades, smokestacks dominated the skyline in the town of about 4,400 residents. But that changed when Pactiv Evergreen closed its paper mill in June 2023, eliminating about 1,000 jobs.
Rainbow paint vandalism on Beaucatcher Mountain rock face under investigation
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) -- An investigation is underway after vandals poured a rainbow of paint on the rock face of Beaucatcher Mountain along Interstate 240. Asheville police say officers responded to a call on Tuesday at around 4:26 p.m. of people pouring paint from the top of the rocks, often called "the cut." The property belongs to the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
Waynesville sees second murder this year with 21-year-old suspect charged
WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A 21-year-old man faces murder charges after a shooting in Waynesville Monday night. The Waynesville Police Department has been busy with serious crime this year, with a homicide on Allens Creek Road now the second murder since January. Around 8:30 Monday night, Waynesville officers responded...
Marshall bluegrass jam continues decades-old traditions
Every Monday evening, The Depot on Main Street in Marshall comes to life with the sound of string instruments marking the start of the weekly Strictly Bluegrass jam session hosted by celebrated Asheville fiddler Branson Raines. Musicians walk up, grab a chair, and find themselves a spot in the circle...
Madison County approves crypto mining facilities regulation as moratorium set to expire
MARSHALL - One week after the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners extended by a year its moratorium on cryptocurrency/data processing operations on May 7, the Madison County commissioners chose a different option, electing instead to approve Land Use Ordinance changes to include language regulating such facilities. Madison County instated a...
News 13 celebrates 70 years with a summer of memories and nostalgia
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — News 13 is kicking off a celebration for the station's 70th anniversary. All summer long, News 13 will look back at some of Western North Carolina's most memorable moments. That includes interviews with former anchors, big events over the decades, and plenty of vintage pictures,...
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