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1 hour ago in Crime & Safety, Local, Native Advertising

Empty shoes to honor lives lost on Asheville-area roads

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Children's shoes and other footwear are displayed beside a North Carolina State Highway Patrol vehicle during a previous World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims event. The empty shoes honor people killed in traffic crashes.

Sunday's Asheville remembrance comes as Buncombe County traffic deaths fall more than 23%

2 hours ago in Community, Local

Veterans Day ceremonies, closures planned for Western North Carolina

Here is a list of the schedule of events for Asheville and the surrounding area

3 hours ago in Local, Outdoors

Mountain snow possible as cold blast heads toward WNC

Asheville could hit 70 before temperatures plunge into the 20s this weekend

20 hours ago in Local, Politics

Debate grows over who will fill Kim Roney’s Asheville council seat

Council members disagree over whether to appoint fourth-place finisher Jeffrey Burroughs or open applications

22 hours ago in Business, Housing, Local

Asheville floodplain maps could be updated in 2027

Preliminary maps could arrive next spring, potentially changing which Asheville properties fall within regulated floodplains

Entertainment

1 hour ago in Entertainment, Trending

Russell Brand is sentenced to 10 1/2 years in a British prison for rape and sexual assault

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Russell Brand was sentenced Monday to 10 1/2 years in prison for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others during a period when his comedy career built around boasts of erotic exploits was taking off.

1 hour ago in Entertainment

‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ stomps to a record-setting $31.6 debut, clobbering ‘The Cat in the Hat’

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"Godzilla Minus Zero" stomped into movie theaters with a chart-topping $31.6 million over the weekend, scoring a record debut for a foreign-language film at the North American box office.

3 days ago in Entertainment

Awkwafina digs into her culinary roots to try something a little crazy: Open a restaurant

Awkwafina was feeling under the weather recently and decided she was going to make soup. And that startled her because she hasn't always been the kind of person who made soup.

3 days ago in Entertainment, Music, Trending

25 years after ‘Britney,’ 5 new Britney Spears songs showcase a pop icon at a transformative moment

Legacy Recordings on Friday is releasing "Britney (25th Anniversary Edition)," an expanded reissue of her pivotal record, which went quadruple platinum in less than two months. The collection features two remixes and five previously unreleased songs from that era, her first new (or is it old?) music since she announced she would "never return to the music industry" in a 2024 Instagram post.

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Classic Christmas, presented by Big Air Asheville

From classic artists like Brenda Lee and Ray Conniff, to modern day favorites from Michael Bublé and the Queen of Christmas herself, Mariah Carey.

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Features

2 weeks ago in Features, Trending

‘Picasso of Pumpkin Carvers’ brings artistry to a Halloween tradition

When fall arrives and leaves start changing color, Mike Valladao, a systems engineer at a cybersecurity company, slips into his alter ego, "Farmer Mike," also known as the "Picasso of Pumpkin Carvers."