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Tickets on sale now for The Denim Ball on Sept. 5 to raise funds for Moses H. Cone Memorial Park
Proceeds from annual event to support repairs at Flat Top Manor, accessibility ramp at Bass Lake. (Linville, N.C., Aug. 16, 2024) - The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation will host The Denim Ball at 5 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 5, at Camp Yonahnoka at Linville Golf Club in Linville. The annual fundraiser supports enhancements and repairs at Moses H. Cone Memorial Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
2 arrested after allegedly locking autistic child in storage trunk with urine-soaked blankets
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (TCN) -- During a separate adult abuse investigation, authorities learned a 39-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman allegedly locked a nonverbal child in a storage trunk in an unsanitary home. The investigation first began on Aug. 7, after the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) discovered Sean Moody allegedly...
Marion man charged with methamphetamine possession
MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — The McDowell County Sheriff's Office charged a local man with possession of methamphetamine on Aug. 3. Wesley Buchanan, 32, of Marion, N.C., was found at a residence on Christopher Road after deputies responded to a trespassing call. Buchanan was then searched by responding officers where methamphetamine was found on his person.
Democrats, others seek to toss Kennedy off November ballot in Georgia and New York
ATLANTA (AP) — Challengers seeking to throw Robert F. Kennedy Jr. off Georgia’s November ballot told a judge on Monday that the independent presidential candidate must be disqualified because the New York address he used on Georgia ballot access petitions is a “sham.” It shows how a decision by a New York court last week finding Kennedy doesn’t live at the address in the New York City suburbs is being used to attack Kennedy’s ballot access in other states. The judge ruled Kennedy shouldn’t appear on New York ballots, but Kennedy is appealing. In New York on Monday, a trial opened in suburban Long Island in another lawsuit challenging Kennedy’s place on the state’s presidential ballot in November. In Georgia, challengers argue that because Kennedy used the New York address, his petitions should be voided.
App State Home Games vs. ETSU, Georgia State SOLD OUT
BOONE, N.C. — Two more App State home games have sold out, with the Aug. 31 opener against East Tennessee State and Oct. 26 homecoming game against Georgia State selling out of tickets. App State announced May 21 that football season tickets sold out for the third straight year....
Two dead after major crash on US-19; investigation underway
HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — A fatal crash closed US-19 in both directions near the Buncombe-Haywood county line in the afternoon of Monday, Aug. 19. The crash occurred around 1:08 p.m. near Groundhog Road. A Ford F-150 truck traveling west at a high rate of speed crossed the center...
Hospital strike vote imminent after majority of Mission nurses pledge support
Nursing leaders at Asheville’s Mission Hospital said they have all the pledges needed to call for a strike vote next week, increasing the likelihood of a significant labor action at the HCA Healthcare-owned facility. Local nursing representatives said Friday that more than 800 of the approximately 1,600 registered nurses,...
An update on the Amish family injured in wreck
A GoFundMe was started recently for an Amish family from Lattimore that is recovering from injuries after their horses were spooked by a tractor trailer. On Wednesday, Aug. 7, the Yoder family was driving their horses and buggy on Washburn Switch Road to Polkville when a large truck went by, startling the animals...
I turned my backyard into a side hustle that brings in $8,400 a month – I only have to work six hours a week
ONE woman revealed that her six-hour-a-week side hustle brings in nearly $8,000 monthly. The woman revealed that she has converted the 11 acres of land across three properties to help with the business. North Carolina resident Elizabeth Morosani said she rents her properties to local pet owners on an Airbnb-style platform called Sniffspot. While many […]
Shuttered Western North Carolina furniture factory reopens under new management
A Western North Carolina furniture factory that closed last year is reopening under new ownership, almost a year after the original owner filed for bankruptcy. Georgia-based Surya has resumed production of Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams furniture pieces in the town of Taylorsville in Alexander County, according to The Charlotte Observer.
Trees for Johnson City’s Candy Land Christmas sell out in five minutes, organizers say
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The organization Downtown Johnson City said trees for this year’s Candy Land Christmas seasonal event sold out less than five minutes after going on sale. A post by the non-profit organization said there were more than 200 “unique users” queued up on the organization’s website waiting to purchase a Christmas […]
Back to School: More WNC schools, colleges head back to class today
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A week after four Western North Carolina counties held their first day of school, seven more counties start back this week. The first day of school for Madison, Haywood, Graham, Mitchell, Swain, Yancey and Watauga counties is today, Monday, Aug. 19. News 13 will be providing team coverage of the students' and teachers' first day of the 2024-25 school year in Madison and Haywood counties.
Touring homes now requires contract with buyer’s agent
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Potential home buyers now have to go through an extra step before touring homes with an agent—sitting down to work out a representation agreement. The change is amid a series of new practices required by a settlement that ended a lawsuit against the National Association of Realtors. Local real estate […]
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