1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (913+ words) ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — A proposed overhaul of Asheville’s bus system could mean shorter waits and more frequent service for many riders, but it also could leave some neighborhoods with fewer transit options. Members of Asheville City Council’s Planning, Economic Development and Environment…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (653+ words) Richard "Rome" Chambers became the first known Western North Carolina native to play Major League Baseball before returning home to Buncombe County, where he died just one day before his 27th birthday. WEAVERVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — For one afternoon in the spring of 1900, a…...

9+ hour, 54+ min ago   (292+ words) ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — The Asheville Police Department named Elijah William Poore, 18, as the primary suspect in a Friday night shooting that left an Asheville teenager with a gunshot wound. Around 9:12 p.m., Friday, July 24, APD officers responded to the 100 block of South French…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (629+ words) Proposed changes haven't been adopted, and election officials say current rules still apply ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Proposed changes to North Carolina’s absentee voting rules could affect how mail-in ballots are handled, but Buncombe County election officials stress the changes are not yet…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (622+ words) ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Asheville set a 118-year daily rainfall record Thursday as rounds of heavy rain flooded roads, stranded several vehicles and prompted warnings that more flooding is possible through Friday and into Saturday. The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg said 1.73 inches…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (252+ words) HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Timothy Hefner, 68, was charged with 26 counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty after 26 dogs were found in inhumane conditions in the Dana neighborhood in Hendersonville. According to the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office, animal enforcement officers discovered the dogs after a welfare…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (226+ words) ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — The Asheville Police Department responded to a non-lethal stabbing in West Asheville last night. The victim said the attack was related to a loaned bicycle. Around 10:46 p.m., Thursday, July 23, APD responded to a Deaverview Road residence to investigate the…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (934+ words) APD says two groups known to each other are behind ongoing cycle of violence ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Asheville police say last weekend’s deadly shooting on Biltmore Avenue was a retaliatory attack tied to a July 5 shooting, marking what investigators describe as the…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (201+ words) ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — The Asheville Police Department has provided an update on the July 19 shooting on Biltmore Avenue. In the early hours of Sunday, July 19, two were left dead and seven others were injured by a gunman outside Dalton’s Distillery on Biltmore…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (477+ words) ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Progress on Asheville’s I-26 Connector project continues, but NCDOT officials say there are no major construction milestones to report this week as crews prepare for the next phase of work. North Carolina Department of Transportation’s David Uchiyama said the…...