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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- For eight friends sending off the summer with a vacation on North Carolina's Outer Banks, Hurricane Earl was bittersweet -- both the storm and the drink concoction named after the squall that they sipped after evacuating to the Virginia Beach Oceanfront.
HAVELOCK -- Hundreds of people along the North Carolina coast are without power because of Hurricane Earl.
ASHEVILLE -- Buncombe County is more beautiful today than it was Thursday.
The early fall foliage forecast looks colorful for leaf lovers in Western North Carolina.
NEWTON -- A jury of seven women and seven men will hear the murder trial of Edwardo Wong starting today, and they could be asked to decide whether he lives or dies for the killing of a state trooper two years ago.
Tryon Heritage Parade, 11 a.m. Saturday, Tryon
MARS HILL -- A bomb threat telephoned to a rural Madison County home Wednesday afternoon appears to be a hoax, according to local law enforcement.
U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler's not shy about his leadership potential.
Hurricane Earl weakens to a Category Two storm as it lashes the Outer Banks. Wind gusts are expected to reach hurricane strength or higher overnight before the storm moves up the Atlantic coast. FEMA is setting up headquarters at Fort Bragg and the National Guard has deployed 80 troops. ...
An animal right's group wants Hendersonville City Council members to enact a stricter animal ordinance.
Off the Chain protesters lined up outside city hall Thursday. Advocates want city council to pass an ordinance that would keep dogs from being chained outside unsupervised. ...
Off the Chain protesters lined up outside city hall Thursday. Advocates want city council to pass an ordinance that would keep dogs from being chained outside unsupervised. ...
The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office wants your help finding a local woman who's been missing more than a week. Ashley Rose Hansen was last seen the night of August 20th shopping at Walmart in Murphy. Surveillance video shows her leaving the parking lot. The sheriff's office says that's the same time she sent a text message to someone and then drove out of the parking lot in the direction of her home in Andrews. ...
A labor day tradition draws thousands in Henderson County. The North Carolina Apple Festival kicks off tomorrow. The county gearing for a tradition that goes back six decades. It's important to the local economy, but part of Henderson County's heritage too There's shuttle service available from Jackson Park, and the big parade is Monday at 2:30. ...
NEW ORLEANS, La. -- The Coast Guard is saying there are no immediate signs of a spill from an oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast.
CANDLER -- James Rice of Candler matched five white balls but not the Mega Ball in the Aug. 17 Mega Millions drawing and won $250,000.
ASHEVILLE -- Buncombe County government phone lines are experiencing problems this afternoon, and there's no word when the problem might be fixed.
Evacuations and hurricane warnings have some beach vacationers looking for calmer weather for the Labor Day weekend.
AAA travel agents say they've been getting calls from people checking out the availablility of hotels in Asheville.
Some travelers plan to stop here and wait out the storm. ...
AAA travel agents say they've been getting calls from people checking out the availablility of hotels in Asheville.
Some travelers plan to stop here and wait out the storm. ...
"Humans thrive in beauty," believes E.V. vonSeldeneck, Montford resident and owner of Mantis Gardens Landscaping.
Local partners and federal officials joined USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station staff Tuesday, Aug. 31, for a tour of The Boggs Collective to see how the full-service, Asheville-based fine woodworking operation received a grant of nearly $100,000 from the Land-of-Sky Regional Council’s WNC Forest Products Cooperative Marketing Project. The latter is funded by federal dollars from the Recovery Act. The Southern Research Station and Land-of-Sky Regional Council sponsored the tour, which was conducted by The Boggs Collective co-owners Melanie Moeller and Brian Boggs.
photo courtesy of The Bogg Collective
The Boggs Collective, located on London Road near Biltmore Village, is using the grant to advance a networking enterprise for fine woodworkers and develop a cooperative workshop, woodshed, woodworking school and virtual gallery to …...
The Pack Memorial Library is putting books back on its shelves in downtown Asheville. But don’t check ‘em out just yet: Although the renovation project is ahead of schedule, the estimated reopen date is for sometime in late fall or early winter. Also check out an Xpress video tour through the renovated library.
A Madison County man is accused of molesting two young girls.
58 yr. old Jimmy Williams faces four counts of indecent liberties with a child. Authorities say Williams would watch the 13 yr. old sisters at his home, and when they started acting strangely, their mother told police they said Williams had been touching them inappropriately. ...
58 yr. old Jimmy Williams faces four counts of indecent liberties with a child. Authorities say Williams would watch the 13 yr. old sisters at his home, and when they started acting strangely, their mother told police they said Williams had been touching them inappropriately. ...
The Citizen-Times would like to speak with children and families who compete in the livestock competitions at the Mountain State Fair.
NEWTON -- The trial of Edwardo Wong will start tomorrow with opening statements from prosecutors and possibly from the defense.
North Carolinians will get their first taste of instant-runoff voting on Nov. 2, when a 13-candidate field for the N.C. Court of Appeals appears on the statewide ballot. And according to an N.C. Bar Association report, this marks the first time nationally that the new form of voting will be used by a state.
A one-week special filing period for the seat of N.C. Court of Appeals Judge Jim Wynn, who moved to the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, ended on Aug. 31 with 13 candidates signing up — five of them on the last day.
And for Buncombe County voters, a second instant-runoff contest will be on the ballot due to the three-candidate contest for Superior Court judge, the result of a special late-filing period necessitated by Judge Dennis Winner’s retirement (for additional information,
Opening statements in the trial of Edwardo Wong will begin Friday.
Attorneys questioned nine potential jurors this morning, but all were excused. Unable to seat a third alternate juror, prosecutors told the judge they would go with his plan to start the trial with just two alternates. ...
Attorneys questioned nine potential jurors this morning, but all were excused. Unable to seat a third alternate juror, prosecutors told the judge they would go with his plan to start the trial with just two alternates. ...
NEW ORLEANS, La. -- An offshore petroleum rig exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay.
ASHEVILLE -- The impending threat of Hurricane Earl to the eastern coast of North Carolina has caused Hearts With Hands to alert all volunteers to contact Hearts With Hands at 800-726-9185 in preparation for possible mobilization.
BETHEL, Ohio -- For a second time, an Ohio woman has given birth to a baby who couldn't wait and arrived on the drive to the hospital.
LAFAYETTE, Tenn. -- A Macon County family is mourning the loss of a 3-year-old girl who died less than a day after being bitten by a brown recluse spider.
ASHEVILLE -- A Candler man faces a host of charges after attempting to sell a firearm that police say was stolen at a pawn shop.