1+ day, 58+ min ago   (388+ words) ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Lots of excitement in the golf community here in Asheville. It’s not just the PGA tournament this week that’s shaking things up for golfers and fans. "Golf has been a lifelong sport for me, and I just look…...

1+ day, 3+ hour 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…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (212+ words) MACON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — A fraud investigation in Macon County has led to the arrest of a person from Taiwan after authorities said a victim was scammed out of more than $200,000. The Macon County Sheriff's Office received a report of fraud…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (171+ words) ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Automated license plate readers, often referred to as Flock cameras, are making news across the country, including here in western North Carolina. This week, a caller reached out to the newsroom and said she spotted three new cameras…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (258+ words) ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — More than 50 days have passed since the downtown Asheville shooting that left two people dead and seven others injured, yet no arrests have been made. The deadly shooting occurred outside Dalton's Distillery on Biltmore Avenue in the early…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (135+ 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…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (357+ words) BREVARD, N.C. (WLOS) — Brevard’s police department has voluntarily withdrawn its proposal to install three Automatic License Plate Reader, or ALPR, cameras within city limits after hearing community feedback on the issue. The city of Brevard said Police Chief Christy Wentzell withdrew…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (312+ words) WILSON, N.C. (WLOS) — Human remains discovered in 1977 have been positively identified nearly 50 years later with the help of advanced DNA testing, according to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation. Cindy Marcell Blizzard has been identified as the person whose skeletal…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (335+ words) ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Four health care systems are competing for approval to add 92 hospital beds in western North Carolina. But why does the state have to choose just one? That's the question from a viewer named David, who wrote to Ask…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (560+ words) BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Buncombe County Schools says it may need to eliminate about 118 positions for the 2027-2028 school year to balance its budget. Interim Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Reed discussed the potential staffing reductions during the Sept. 3 Board of Education meeting. The…...