Nearly two years after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, crews have restored access and continue rebuilding one of the state's most complex highway ... Read More

The family of a 21-year-old killed in a 2024 crash is suing an Asheville sports pub, alleging the business served the driver while she was visibly impaired. Read More

A driver is in critical condition after a single-vehicle crash overnight that closed Interstate 40 West for more than three hours in McDowell County. Read More

The damage was especially severe in Henderson County. Read More

His contributions earned him the moniker, '?Mr. Asheville.'? With a resolution from the City of Asheville, letters of recommendation from multiple sources, and additional documentation, the N.C. Board ... Read More

The North Carolina Department of Transportation issued an uncharacteristically vehement statement Thursday defending itself after retail giant Costco withdrew its application for a new store in Enka, ... Read More

A traffic stop on I-40 near the Haywood / Buncombe County line led to a high-speed chase and a crash into a residence on Wednesday, law enforcement confirmed. Read More

The French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization may recommend express lanes along a portion of Interstate 40 to fund a road improvement project. Read More

On the evening of Friday, Oct. 3, Interstate 40 was closed in both directions in Haywood County near the Tennessee state line. Read More

HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) - Eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 are closed near the Tennessee state line due to a crash Friday evening. A traffic alert from the North Carolina Department of ... Read More

Hurricane Helene caused significant devastation in Western North Carolina, which had a unique effect on ... Great Smoky Mountains and just over 100 miles of Interstate 40 between them, Asheville and ... Read More

The driver of the pickup truck, identified as 35-year-old Adam Christopher Kane, sustained minor injuries from the crash and was treated by EMS at the scene. Kane was charged with misdemeanor death by ... Read More

An injured student and the family of a teen killed in an I-40 car crash after Christ School's prom filed two lawsuits against the school and driver. Read More

According to NC troopers, a dump truck driving on I-40 west of Asheville lost control after one of its tires blew out, causing it to slam into the concrete median. Read More

The left lane on I-40 West is closed before Buncombe County's Exit 33, Newfound Road, for emergency road repairs until 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 8. Read More

A man has been convicted of drug trafficking and the possession of a weapon of mass destruction in North Carolina. Read More

The nearly 13-mile stretch won't see any more barrels, machines or workers by Friday morning. NCDOT opened all four lanes months ago, but the nighttime closures continued, which diverted traffic to ... Read More

A Charlotte teenager has filed a lawsuit against Christ School and a former student of the private all-boys boarding school after a fatal prom night crash. Read More

The roadwork, stretching 16.9 miles along I-26 from U.S. 64 in Hendersonville to the I-40 / I-240 interchange in Asheville, has been underway since October 2019, according to the North Carolina ... Read More

Video shows the breadth of work the North Carolina Department of Transportation has undergone to repair Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge. Read More

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - A man has turned himself in days after a fatal collision on the shoulder of Interstate 40 in Asheville, North Carolina. (Video above: Previous Coverage) ... Read More

Today's round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: (This is a two-parter) 1. What's with all the construction on I-40 east right before the 26 split? I see they have ... Read More

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - A man is dead after he was struck by a vehicle on the shoulder of Interstate 40 in Asheville, North Carolina, over the holiday weekend. Read More

Interstate 40 through the Pigeon River Gorge from Haywood County in North Carolina and Cocke County in Tennessee reopened Jun 27. After yet another weather-related closure, Interstate 40 at the ... Read More

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) - Eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 are closed near Asheville after a vehicle fire Thursday, June 26. An alert from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) said ... Read More

The official detour takes drivers heading east on I-40 up Interstate 26 at Asheville, North Carolina, to Johnson City, Tennessee, and then south down Interstate 81 back to I-40. Read More

A landslide and flash flooding forced the closure of Interstate 40 near the Tennessee-North Carolina state line, halting traffic between Cosby, TN, and Clyde, NC. The I-40 closure, near Mile Marker ... Read More

A man was fatally ejected from a Jeep during a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 240 in Asheville, North Carolina, over the weekend.Officers with the Asheville Police Department responded to a ... Read More

The NCDOT said in a May 8 news release that it will be conducting what it calls the final closure of a section of Interstate 40 West. Read More

The contractor, Archer-Wright Joint Venture, will adjust the striping on I-40 East between mile markers 44 (Patton Avenue / Smokey Park Highway) and 46A (I-26 East). Crews also will install concrete ... Read More

An interstate project ... operations on and Interstate 40 West bridge between Hendersonville Road and I-26. Crews from DBA Harrison Construction Company of Asheville will close I-40 West from ... Read More

But recently one could be forgiven wondering if Mother Nature has confused the two Tar Heel State cities linked by Interstate 40. According ... reaching western North Carolina during these years," he ... Read More

Matthew Clayton Monday, 50, of Asheville, was charged with driving while impaired on Feb. 27, after someone reported a reckless driver near Enola Road and Interstate 40, according to information from ... Read More

(The Center Square) - More than 2,000 households remain in FEMA transitional housing as western North Carolina this weekend ... on legislation to appropriate more. Interstate 40, a key commerce route ... Read More

There's a new push to raise the maximum speed limit on North Carolina highways. A bipartisan bill filed this week would increase it from 70 to 75 miles per hour, likely only on highways where the ... Read More

A section of Interstate 40 in western North Carolina that collapsed during Hurricane Helene's historic flooding will reopen to traffic on March 1, Gov. Josh Stein announced ... Read More

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) - On Monday, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein announced that Interstate 40 in the western part of the state will reopen two lanes by March 1. This announcement comes after a ... Read More

Traffic cameras and information from the N.C. Department of Transportation shows how much snow and ice remain on major roadways as of Jan. 11. Read More

Western North Carolina is not quite finished yet. The National Weather Service extended its winter storm warning to noon Saturday, Jan. 11. The North Carolina Department of Transportation ... Read More

Ryan Nicholas Grimes, 34, died from his injuries on Dec. 21 at Mission Hospital, according to Rick Rice with the Asheville Police Department. Rice said the crash happened on Monday, Dec. 9, just ... Read More

As western North Carolina recovers from the devastation of Hurricane Helene, Asheville's small businesses ... and off a hurricane-damaged stretch of Interstate 40 that had been severely eroded ... Read More

The North Carolina Department of Transportation and its flood warning system potentially saved lives by closing Interstate 40 during Hurricane Helene. Read More

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) - With Interstate 40 still closed in the North Carolina mountains from Hurricane Helene flooding, officials are warning truckers not to use narrow, winding roads instead ... Read More

WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A driver has died after going around a barricade on a hurricane-damaged North Carolina highway that became a symbol of Helene's destruction, then driving off the roadway, ... Read More

HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. - Helene demolished the main thoroughfare linking North Carolina to Tennessee. On Monday, NCDOT shared a date for when it hopes major work will be completed to get traffic moving ... Read More

RALEIGH, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) - North Carolina Department of Transportation leaders ... The roads that have been reopened include: Interstate 40 near Old Fort and in downtown Asheville, I-26 in ... Read More

Interstate 40 and Interstate 26 at North Carolina and Tennessee border are closed ... Why was flooding so bad in Western NC?:Why was Asheville, North Carolina flooding so bad? Rare weather events and ... Read More

Many major roadways, especially between North Carolina and Tennessee, are damaged and impassable. Here's which roads to take while I-40 remains closed. Read More

Interstate 26 south of Asheville was opened but remains the only major thoroughfare into the region due to damage to Interstate 40 and other routes. State transportation officials continue to urge ... Read More

Floodwaters pushed by the remnants of Hurricane Helene left North Carolina's largest mountain city largely cut off Saturday by damaged roads and a lack of power and cellphone service, part of a swath ... Read More

Interstate 40 is impassable between Tennessee and Asheville, North Carolina, and beyond, because of catastrophic floods from the remnants of Hurricane Helene. Read More

Interstates 26 and 40 were closed in both directions near Asheville, because of flooding and mudslides. I-40 also was closed near the Tennessee state line, NCDOT officials said. Crews anticipated ... Read More

If you're thinking of traveling to or through Western North Carolina in the coming days ... roads or city streets that are overwhelmed. Interstates 40 and 26 were closed in several places near ... Read More

this is one of the worst storms in modern history for parts of western North Carolina,'? Cooper said. Portions of Interstates 40 and 26 were closed due to flooding, officials said. U.S. 74 in the ... Read More

A contractor faces possible fines after a weekend closure of Interstate 40 east spilled into the Monday morning commute and caused traffic delays around Asheville.I-40 east was scheduled to close ... Read More

showed first responders on the scene at I-40 and Wiggins Road. According to North Carolina Highway State Patrol, Eden Russo of Asheville was driving west in the eastbound lanes. His Jeep hit four ... Read More

Two are dead and another is seriously injured following a major accident on Asheville Highway on Monday afternoon. The accident occurred just after 1 p.m. near Groundhog Road east of Canton, about a ... Read More

Two are dead and another is seriously injured following a major accident on Asheville Highway on Monday afternoon. Read More

ASHEVILLE - The North Carolina State Highway Patrol recently ... night traveling the wrong way in the westbound lanes of Interstate 26 near mile markers 11 and 12, the recently released report ... Read More

A stretch of major highway in Asheville, North Carolina, is shut down this weekend to demolish old concrete and replace with modified concrete to provide an improved riding surface. Read More

Press release from N.C. Department of Transportation: After rain postponed the operation last weekend, contract crews will close a stretch of Interstate ... to close I-40 East from the I-240 ... Read More

An Asheville section of I-40 will be shut down from Friday night to Monday morning to allow for highway construction. Read More

Three people were injured, including two who were ejected from a vehicle, in a single-vehicle crash Friday afternoon, May 3, on I-40 West near Swannanoa. Read More

By Kari Barrows & Taylor Thompson Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) - An 18-year-old driver has been charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle and reckless driving ... Read More

A tragic car accident in Asheville resulted in the death of a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) student and left two local students hospitalized. Charlotte Catholic High School confirmed via social ... Read More

Two students -- Robert "RJ" Fox, 19, of Wilmette, Illinois, who records show was a Christ School student, and Sophia Gordan, 16, of Charlotte -- were killed in the crash. Both were rear passengers, ... Read More

ASHEVILLE, N.C. ( QUEEN CITY NEWS) - Two Charlotte Catholic girls have been taken to a hospital in Asheville after a serious car accident, the school said on Sunday. Queen City News is working to ... Read More

Asheville police confirm that Mary Clarissa Hyatt-Zack was arrested on Nov. 2 and charged with DWI. Along with Hyatt-Zack's mug shot, Asheville police shared an incident report of a side swipe crash ... Read More

Valdese is about an hour from Charlotte and an hour from Asheville, just off I-40, the east-west interstate in North Carolina. The town is just 7.6 square miles and had a population of 4,490 ... Read More