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Living wage rate rises to $22.10 per hour in Buncombe County, new report reveals
15/01/2024

Living wage rate rises to $22.10 per hour in Buncombe County, new report reveals

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Kicking off 2024, nonprofit Just Economics of WNC announced the new Living Wage Rate for Buncombe County has climbed $2 per...

Everyone can see the tools in the hardware store – you have a handyman’s eye if you can find the cat hiding among them
15/01/2024

Everyone can see the tools in the hardware store – you have a handyman’s eye if you can find the cat hiding among them

YOU could have the eyes of a handyman if you spot the sneaky cat hiding in this hardware store scene. How long will it take you to find the cute little critter relaxing on the shelves in this mind-bending optical illusion?. In April 2022, the East Bay Hardware store in...

Opinion: NC Republicans pretend to care but Parents' Bill of Rights will harm LGBTQ youth
14/01/2024

Opinion: NC Republicans pretend to care but Parents' Bill of Rights will harm LGBTQ youth

Monday, Jan. 1, was the deadline for North Carolina school districts to comply with N.C. Senate Bill 49, also known as the Parents’ Bill of Rights. While the law was enacted in August 2023, districts were given this adoption window to build out their rules for how parents could report violations u...

‘It was a spit in the face’: Texas congresswoman responds to GOP white privilege comment about Hunter Biden
14/01/2024

‘It was a spit in the face’: Texas congresswoman responds to GOP white privilege comment about Hunter Biden

Democrat U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, had choice words for U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-South Carolina, and her Republican peers during a Capitol Hill hearing on...

Upstate power bills may spike this summer
14/01/2024

Upstate power bills may spike this summer

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - If you’re a Duke Energy customer, your power bill may go up starting this August. The energy company asked state regulators...

Woman believed to be oldest living female war veteran in NC celebrates 105th birthday
14/01/2024

Woman believed to be oldest living female war veteran in NC celebrates 105th birthday

BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (WLOS) — A World War II veteran received a special honor Friday afternoon, Jan. 12, as she celebrated a big birthday!. Bernice Liverett...

Democracy dies in darkness - and it’s getting very dark in NC | Opinion
14/01/2024

Democracy dies in darkness - and it’s getting very dark in NC | Opinion

Democracy dies in darkness - and it’s getting very dark in NC | Letters to the editor

U-Haul report ranks North Carolina #3 moving destination
14/01/2024

U-Haul report ranks North Carolina #3 moving destination

With a high demand for housing, Marks says there is currently a low inventory of homes, and it’s been that way for years.

Polar Plunge heading for South Carolina: Expect mornings in the 20s
14/01/2024

Polar Plunge heading for South Carolina: Expect mornings in the 20s

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Get ready for Ol' Man Winter to drag very cold air from Canada down into the Southeast! Freeze warnings are in effect for...

North Carolina man arrested after sending money to Anderson teen for photos, deputies say
14/01/2024

North Carolina man arrested after sending money to Anderson teen for photos, deputies say

ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. — The Anderson County Sheriff's Office has arrested a man after sending money to a teen...

Crowd At Black Church ROARS When Biden Calls Trump ‘Loser’ In Fired-Up Speech
14/01/2024

Crowd At Black Church ROARS When Biden Calls Trump ‘Loser’ In Fired-Up Speech

The crowd at Mother Emanuel roared when President Joe Biden called Trump a "loser" during a fiery speech at the site of the racist Charleston massacre. The post Crowd At Black Church ROARS When Biden Calls Trump ‘Loser’ In Fired-Up Speech first appeared on Mediaite.

Judge quickly denies foreign-born candidate’s attempt to be on SC’s Democratic primary ballot
13/01/2024

Judge quickly denies foreign-born candidate’s attempt to be on SC’s Democratic primary ballot

COLUMBIA — A federal judge said “no” to the attempt of a presidential hopeful born in Turkey to get on the Democratic Party’s Feb. 3 primary ballot. Cenk Uygur, a naturalized citizen who moved to the United States at 8 years old, sued last month in South Carolina federal court challenging a ...

South Carolina father and stepmother arrested in death of 5-year-old son in 1989 cold case, authorities say
13/01/2024

South Carolina father and stepmother arrested in death of 5-year-old son in 1989 cold case, authorities say

Roughly 35 years after the body of a five-year-old boy was found near his family’s residence in South Carolina, the child’s father and stepmother have been...

2 arrested, 1 wanted for shooting at Upstate bar
13/01/2024

2 arrested, 1 wanted for shooting at Upstate bar

LAURENS, S.C. (WSPA) – Two individuals have been arrested and one is still wanted following a shooting last week at a Laurens bar. The Laurens Police Department said on December 29, before 11 p.m., officers responded to a shooting incident at Topic Lounge Restaurant Bar & Grill at 1605 W Main Stre...

Golden retriever ingesting diaper cream leads to another deadly discovery
13/01/2024

Golden retriever ingesting diaper cream leads to another deadly discovery

X-rays and ultrasounds later found hundreds of hair ties inside the dog’s stomach. Retrievers are known to put almost anything in their mouth, and unfortunately have...

North Carolina Guv Frontrunner Had Secret Meeting With Ginni Thomas After Jan. 6
13/01/2024

North Carolina Guv Frontrunner Had Secret Meeting With Ginni Thomas After Jan. 6

Publicly, the Trump-loving lieutenant governor of North Carolina, Mark Robinson, has embraced the role of a zealous 2020 election denier.In April 2021, for instance, Robinson told a crowd that President Joe Biden “stole the election.”“Yeah, I said that,” Robinson added for effect.Days before...

Scammer tries to take advantage of Lucas Watts’ situation
13/01/2024

Scammer tries to take advantage of Lucas Watts’ situation

Oconee Sheriff’s Office has learned that someone is attempting a fundraising scam by posing as a fund raiser for the hospitalized deputy Lucas Watts. The caller...

South Carolina Home Where Couple Was Found Dead Was So Hot, Candles Were Found Melted, Official Says
13/01/2024

South Carolina Home Where Couple Was Found Dead Was So Hot, Candles Were Found Melted, Official Says

Spartanburg Fire Assistant Chief of Operations tells Inside Edition Digital it was “hot as hell.”

Police looking for 12-year-old boy in Forest City, NC
13/01/2024

Police looking for 12-year-old boy in Forest City, NC

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Forest City Police Department needs your help finding a missing 12-year-old boy. Daniel Jacob...

‘Something wrong’: Mother buys candy for 6-year-old son, realizes later it was Delta-9
13/01/2024

‘Something wrong’: Mother buys candy for 6-year-old son, realizes later it was Delta-9

A Fort Mill mom said she bought a bag of what she thought was candy for her son.

Pisgah National Forest entrance in Brevard to get major update with traffic circle
12/01/2024

Pisgah National Forest entrance in Brevard to get major update with traffic circle

PISGAH FOREST – A major intersection leading to the entrance of Pisgah National Forest with popular destinations like Sliding Rock, Looking Glass Falls and the Cradle of Forestry, will soon look a whole lot different, thanks to a recent contract awarded to a contractor by the North Carolina Depart...

Conditions at Asheville’s Mission Hospital pose ‘immediate jeopardy to patients’ health and safety,’ state investigators...
12/01/2024

Conditions at Asheville’s Mission Hospital pose ‘immediate jeopardy to patients’ health and safety,’ state investigators report

Mission Hospital risks losing Medicare and Medicaid funding because of deficiencies in care that were so severe, state inspectors concluded last month, that they “posed immediate...

Men’s Basketball Holds Off Late Presbyterian Surge; Earns 84-80 Road Win
12/01/2024

Men’s Basketball Holds Off Late Presbyterian Surge; Earns 84-80 Road Win

CLINTON, S.C. – Drew Pember connected for seven free throws in the final 2:21 of action to help preserve the UNC Asheville men's basketball team's lead...

What Prompted Gerry Turner’s Change Of Heart On Moving?
12/01/2024

What Prompted Gerry Turner’s Change Of Heart On Moving?

Gerry Turner lives in lives in Hudson, Indiana, overlooking a lovely lake but he considered moving after he and Theresa Nist tied the knot. Initially, word...

Elderly couple found dead after heater reached 1,000 degrees
12/01/2024

Elderly couple found dead after heater reached 1,000 degrees

Two elderly people in South Carolina were found dead in a bedroom during a wellness check last week, with police saying that the home's heater had reached 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit – so hot the victims' bodies had exceeded 106 degrees.In a police report obtained by CBS News, an officer said that he...

Trump- and Meadows-backed House candidate agrees to plead guilty to accepting illegal campaign contribution
02/02/2023

Trump- and Meadows-backed House candidate agrees to plead guilty to accepting illegal campaign contribution

Lynda Bennett, who was backed by then-President Donald Trump and Mark Meadows in her run for the latter's former House seat in North Carolina, has agreed...

Video of Trump Being Prayed for at South Carolina Eatery Viewed 1.9M Times
31/01/2023

Video of Trump Being Prayed for at South Carolina Eatery Viewed 1.9M Times

The former president made an unannounced stop at a burger shop following an event launching his 2024 campaign in the...

A puppy called “too big” finally finds his home—after 14 failed adoptions
31/01/2023

A puppy called “too big” finally finds his home—after 14 failed adoptions

You’ve heard of “too big to fail,” but is there such a thing as “too big to love?” It certainly seemed to be the case for a puppy named Ronald in Raleigh, North Carolina. Ronald already weighs 63 pounds at just 1 year of age....

R'Bonney Gabriel, who faced rigging allegations, crowns a new Miss USA to replace her after winning Miss Universe
30/01/2023

R'Bonney Gabriel, who faced rigging allegations, crowns a new Miss USA to replace her after winning Miss Universe

Miss USA first runner-up Morgan Romano, 25, who represented North Carolina, was crowned the new winner this weekend.

Trump Already Struggling in South Carolina and New Hampshire, Polls Show
30/01/2023

Trump Already Struggling in South Carolina and New Hampshire, Polls Show

Former national security adviser John Bolton recently said that Trump's 2024 campaign was "going downhill and I think it'll continue to go...

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