Asheville Christian Academy in North Carolina has been slapped with a civil lawsuit alleging negligence regarding the former dean of spiritual formation allegedly engaging in sexual misconduct with a student.

Twenty-eight percent of the state’s homeowners and renters continue to be cost-burdened by their rents and mortgage payments, according to the North Carolina Housing Coalition’s 2025 County Profile that was released Thursday.

Noticing fewer visits from local bears, a reader asks how Western North Carolina's bears were impacted by Tropical Storm Helene.

In 2025, visitors are invited to celebrate the Blue Ridge Mountain area’s “new openings and reopenings” wrote the Times’ Shayla Martin.

Following a challenging financial year, Kohl's has announced the closure of dozens of stores. Here's what to know about N.C., Southern closures.

After taking on 5 feet of water in the late September storm, Extreme Collision Center was able to return to form.

Here is a list of school systems that are closed or operating on delays Friday, Jan. 17, because of winter weather impacts.

Visitors and residents of Western North Carolina are embracing the region's winter weather, while others are doing their best to stay warm.

Luis Martinez talks about his nostalgia for one of Oaxaca's biggest comfort foods: tlayudas. Find them inside Asheville, North Carolina's quirkiest bar.

Ski resorts reported minimal damages from Tropical Storm Helene and one freshly revamped resort has reopened after being closed since 2023. Here's where you can ski in WNC as the storm eases up: Where: 940 Ski Mountain Road, Blowing Rock in Watauga County. About a two-hour drive northeast from Asheville.

As the chill and snow of a winter storm blanketed western North Carolina, blowtorch heat is white-hot on FEMA and Administrator Deanne Criswell.

Western North Carolina received good news Tuesday in its struggle to recover from the impacts of Hurricane Helene. Gov. Josh Stein and HUD Secretary Adrianne Todman announced the region will receive two Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) awards totaling $1.