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North Carolina Forecast: Strong Storms and Flood Risk This Week
Newport, NC – North Carolina residents should prepare for a week of severe weather, starting with periods of showers and thunderstorms today. According to the US National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City, today’s forecast predicts temperatures ranging between 82 and 87 degrees with heavy rain and potential flash flooding, as well as strong wind gusts.
Storm Alert Day with the risk of severe storms and flash flooding
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — It is a CBS 17 Storm Team Alert Day as there’s an elevated risk of flash flooding and the risk of isolated strong storms on Thursday. Rain will come in waves throughout the day and will be heavy at times. Isolated flash flooding will be possible with heavy downpours.
Iconic North Carolina Based Department Store Is Restructuring and Saving Jobs
When I saw the headline about Belk, my stomach dropped. We cannot lose this local institution. But this iconic North Carolina based department store is actually restructuring. The goal is better financial health and saving jobs. Iconic North Carolina Based Department Store Is Restructuring. According to the Charlotte Observer, Belk...
Asheville culinary students win gold medal in national cooking competition, see the menu
ASHEVILLE - A fired-up team of culinary students persevered through a grueling series of live cooking competitions to return home as victors. In April, the team from Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College’s Culinary Arts and Hospitality program won the American Culinary Federation Southeast Regional competition. The contending regional teams moved forward to compete in...
Popular rock band announces guitarist’s cancer diagnosis
Popular rock band Widespread Panic announced this week that lead guitarist Jimmy Herring has been diagnosed with cancer. The band also announced that it has cancelled shows in a post on its site. “The Widespread Panic family is sad to report that our Brother, Jimmy Herring, has been diagnosed with...
Educator, attorney to lead NC Mock Trial Program
The North Carolina Mock Trial Program has named named a veteran educator and licensed attorney from western North Carolina as its executive director. Smith, a resident of Arden, is a licensed attorney in North Carolina and practiced as a civil litigator in Charleston, S.C., in the 1990s. He earned an undergraduate from UNC Chapel Hill, a law degree from N.C. Central University and an masters in education from George Mason University. He served 14 years on the Hendersonville City Council. ...
Take a walk, learn a little more about Hendersonville
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — A city with a small-town feel, Hendersonville has a rich history that many Western North Carolina residents might not know about. That’s something Mary Jo Padgett is trying to change. Journalist, public relations consultant, former associate editor at Mother Earth News magazine, former Hendersonville...
VIDEO: Adorable bear cub takes a dip in the pool at $7 million Asheville mansion
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WBTV) - Adorable video captured a bear cub taking a dip in the pool at a multimillion-dollar house in the North Carolina mountains. The video was filmed at a home on Stuyvesant Road, only about five minutes from the Biltmore Estate. In the 20-second clip, the small bear...
AdventHealth, Novant Health, Mission again vie for hospital bed expansion
Mission Health is competing again with two other major hospital systems for territory in Buncombe County, vying for 26 acute care hospital beds in a region it currently dominates. Mission Health, Novant Health, and AdventHealth applied June 17 to bring the acute care beds to Buncombe. Each application has a...
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