The holiday originated in Galveston, Texas, in 1865, marking the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth was designated a federal holiday by President Biden in 2021. Federal offices, ...

Mark Agnesi, director of brand experience at Gibson Guitars, said that while an official search launched in 2025, he's personally been looking for it since 2009.. The guitar (which Michael J. Fox did ...

A Florida buyer has expressed interest in purchasing the abandoned Ghost Town in the Sky amusement park in Maggie Valley. The potential buyer envisions a family-friendly venue with country music, ...

President Donald Trump’s $1.7 trillion “skinny budget” proposal for fiscal year 2026 reduces non-defense spending by 23% compared with 2025. The budget seeks $94 billion for the Department of Health ...

Where will flags be flown at half-staff? Stein ordered flags all state facilities in N.C. to fly at half-staff. While only state facilities are ordered to lower flags, businesses, schools, ...

Van Frederick Meadows, Jr, known more affectionately as Fred or Freddy, died unexpectedly the morning of April 5, 2025 at his home in Burlington, NC. He was 67 years old. Fred was born in Orlando, ...

Anna Grampes Fowler of Savannah, Ga., and formerly of Asheville, N.C., passed away peacefully at home Saturday, April 5, 2025. She was 84. A service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 3, at St.

Margaret Carolin Wheeler Carter, 92, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 6, 2025, at Pisgah Manor Health Care. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a homemaker and was ...

Barry Schochet, son of Sidney and Mary Schochet, both of blessed memory, of Asheville, NC, passed away April 6, 2025, in Washington, D.C.. He was a 1965 graduate of Lee H. Edwards High School, 1969 ...

83, passed away April 4, 2025. Arrangements provided by Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian.

George J. Lamprinakos, 99, fell asleep unto the lord on April 4th, 2025. A native of Asheville, he was the son of the late James G. and Virginia K. Lamprinakos. He was preceded in death by his beloved ...

Mary Alice Shuford, of Melbourne, Fl., aged 90, passed away at William Childs Hospice House on March 31, 2025. Mary Alice was born on January 29, 1935, the same day as her father, Walter Gambill. She ...