17+ hour, 22+ min ago   (153+ words) ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Asheville's Goombay Festival is back again to celebrate African and Caribbean heritage through Sept. 13. The YMI Cultural Center is presenting the event featuring DJs, live performances, artists and local vendors. Goombay invites the community to eat, dance, shop…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (316+ words) BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (WLOS) — New life for a long-standing arts festival that has struggled financially for the past several years. "I've been a part of a lot of magic on this land right here over the years," said Musician David LaMotte,…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (923+ words) WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The Town of Waynesville is developing its 10-year comprehensive parks and recreation plan following community open houses in February and an online survey. Following the community open houses and online survey, the Parks and Recreation Department identified two…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (133+ words) WLOS News 13 provides local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Asheville, NC and nearby towns and communities in Western North Carolina and the Upstate of South…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (161+ words) FLETCHER, N.C. (WLOS) — State and local officials will discuss safety and other operations as the N.C. Mountain State Fair gets underway. News conference scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. On Thursday, Sept. 10, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler and N.C. Labor Commissioner Luke Farley…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (398+ words) ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Hundreds of new affordable homes could be coming to west Asheville as part of the redevelopment of a public housing complex. "When you get a place, even if it's just something like this, it feels so amazing because....

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (371+ words) HENDERSONVILLE, NC (WLOS) — Nearly two years after Helene wiped out dozens of affordable homes in Hendersonville, $16.8 million in federal funding is expected to help rebuild them as the city faces an ongoing shortage of housing residents can afford. 'Thank goodness…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (133+ words) Impractical Instruments, founded by artists and inventors Charlie Huguenard and Jessica Tomasin, opened the exhibit at Lamplight AVL, 2 Westwood Place. "It was almost a year in the making and you know, many of the things that we had to do…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (186+ words) Until 9:00 p.m. for Polk, Rutherford Counties in WNC, all of Upstate, SC and NE GA. Until 6:00 for Elbert County, GA Damaging wind, hail possible. Until 5:15 for Laurens County. Damaging wind, hail possible. ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The Making & Thinking Conference was the perfect…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (63+ words) WLOS (WLOS) — Meet Olive! She is about three years old and is a very sweet girl. Olive is looking for a calm home. She loves the patio, birds, fresh air and sunshine. She would do well as the only cat…...