News Staff Waynesville — Reports from the highway patrol say that speed was likely a factor in a one car rollover crash at Lake Junaluska that claimed the life of a Tuscola teen. Police say, Alexis Sherill, 17, from Waynesville, apparently lost control of her vehicle on South Lakeshore Drive in the Sunday afternoon wreck [February 12], … Read more
Asheville was one of three NC towns that made the list of the best places to retire in the United States. The website ranked the small mountain city, which some have nicknamed “Paris of the South” number 24, citing the excellent farm to table food scene, fed by local farmers and producers, the Blue Ridge … Read more
In an update, the EBCI Office of Ethics cited ‘probable cause’ regarding a member of the Tribal Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission (TABCC), accused of violating four pieces of the Cherokee Code. The report stems from a complaint filed in 2022 that alleged Shannon Ross ‘failed to act in a professional manner and attempted to use … Read more
Good news for local Veterans Affairs Medical Centers! Charles George VA Medical Center has earned the bronze standard – Level 3 Geriatric Emergency Department accreditation for meeting more than two dozen geriatric best practices, and focusing on the highest standards of care for our communities’ older adults. A Level 3 emergency department must incorporate many … Read more
HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) – A fast-track training program in the mountains aims to get more officers out on patrol. The program comes amid a growing trooper shortage in North Carolina, with 230 trooper vacancies across the state right now, including two in Haywood County and one in Jackson County. The Fast Track Basic School … Read more
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) – Asheville City Schools has narrowly averted a bus crisis by increasing the stipend for drivers. The school board voted to increase the drivers’ stipends from $200 to $700, after the “dual-employee” bus drivers, who used to be paid by Buncombe County and Asheville City schools, but is now only paid by … Read more
HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) – Some Haywood County residents are hoping improvements planned for a truck stop, many call dangerous, will be approved sooner than later. Several Haywood County residents have complained the layout of a Pilot Travel Center off Interstate 40 is causing traffic jams and wrecks, and an NCDOT spokesman said they are … Read more
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) – Speeding has been cited in a car crash in Transylvania County last week in which a Hendersonville High School student was found dead. According to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, Elyja Kieshaun Gibbs lost control of his vehicle on U.S. 64 near Crab Creek Road, skidded off the road … Read more
The Sylva Police Department is investigating a hit-and-run chase from last Tuesday afternoon (Jan. 31). The incident began when an SPD Officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop near Dollar Tree on N.C. 107, and the driver proceeded towards Sylva, then accelerated quickly and crossed into the wrong side of the road where it collided … Read more
WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) – Haywood Co. leaders are closer to figuring out financing for a multi-million-dollar jail expansion, years in the making. Residents will likely see work beginning this spring to expand the Haywood County jail in Waynesville, as county leaders continue to look for ways to finance the project that comes with a more … Read more