Wake Up, Asheville!

Today's Asheville newscast includes these stories:

• Asheville man pleads guilty, gets probation in fatal 2024 crosswalk shove
• ArtsAVL releases draft arts recovery framework for public review and feedback
• Use millions in disaster recovery grant money to build hundreds affordable rental units or to repair existing homes?
• New program offers Asheville students pathways to high-paying careers
• Asheville mayor debate features transparency and surveillance clash between candidates

Today's Asheville newscast includes these stories:

• Flash flooding triggers road washouts, closures across Asheville area
• Asheville trail attack suspect makes first court appearance
• Asheville debates fund allocation for home repairs versus affordable housing projects
• Madison County planning board sends building issue to commissioners for review
• What’s new in food: Report offers insights into post-Helene farming

Today's Asheville newscast includes these stories:

• Felony charge added in Bent Creek assault case against Dillon Curtis
• Buncombe County jail officer fired for assisting inmates with drug concealment
• Asheville transit plan pits faster buses against neighborhood coverage
• Rivercane's resurgence in WNC as climate solution and cultural resource
• Opinion: North Asheville resident rightfully responsible for $40,000 to fix a sinkhole caused by street runoff

Today's Asheville newscast includes these stories:

• Family defends mother accused of poisoning daughter at Thanksgiving dinner
• Buncombe proposes $70 million bonds for affordable housing and land conservation
• Proposed tax bill raises concerns for Buncombe homeowners facing property value hikes
• Swannanoa riverfront restoration, Rosman floodplain projects get state funding
• Six bears, including two cubs, euthanized after home break-ins in Haw Creek, Black Mountain

Today's Asheville newscast includes these stories:

• Asheville housing market stabilizes amid uncertainty from Iran conflict
• Judge denies bond for woman charged with Thanksgiving poisoning death
• Mountain Xpress to be sold to local nonprofit to ensure local ownership
• Hendersonville housing summit to discuss 2,200 affordable units plan
• Eliada opens counseling center to expand youth mental health care

Today's Asheville newscast includes these stories:

• School boards propose budget increases amid North Carolina funding uncertainties
• FEMA approved a $25 million water upgrade. Asheville needs about $260 million more to prep for the next disaster.
• More residents join Asheville's community emergency response team program
• Asheville City Council rejects affordable housing project over gentrification concerns
• Florida entrepreneur's job promises for Yancey County looking like a mirage

Today's Asheville newscast includes these stories:

• HCA CEO said he regularly visits with Asheville leaders. Elected officials say they haven’t met him
• Jamie Ager's grassroots campaign aims to bridge rural-urban divide in politics*
• High Five Coffee arson suspect dated an employee, community raises funds*
• Biltmore Forest ticks show high Lyme disease prevalence
• Community remembers Rorey Hipps, beloved local skateboarder and bartender*

Today's Asheville newscast includes these stories:

• Lake Lure reopens as Gov. Stein praises WNC recovery efforts
• Craggy Correctional Center to shut down, citing Asheville's cost of living
• Housing authority leaders are praised, and slammed, for efforts to halt ‘financial free fall’
• Marshall dump truck driver avoids jail time for collision that killed two*
• House Ethics Committee confirms investigation of Rep. Chuck Edwards

Today's Asheville newscast includes these stories:

• Family mourns as Star Grant appears in Buncombe courtroom
• Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who opened Asheville kava bar faces backlash*
• Council rejects Caribou Road rezoning for 100-unit Shiloh housing project
• Community input sought to convert Marshall High gym into recreation center*
• Advocates push for more election funding as WNC prepares for high-stakes midterms

Today's Asheville newscast includes these stories:

• City Council accepts police tech funding
• Asheville considers $19.2 million for single-family home repairs
• Asheville proposes budget with tax increase, service cuts
• Asheville City Schools among districts affected in Canvas data breach
• Water conservation urged as Asheville faces severe rainfall deficit