Mountain Home News

Billy Carter remembers his daughter as a likable, caring person with a good sense of humor.

Investigators identified a woman whose body was found Monday morning along the Blue Ridge Parkway as Misty Lynn Carter, 21, of Mountain Home.

Published: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 4:15 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 4:15 p.m. A woman's body found along the Blue Ridge Parkway Monday morning has been identified as a Mountain Home resident, according to the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office.

Firefighters and law enforcement had a great showdown on Sept. 19 in the first Smoke vs.

Published: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 8:10 p.m. A woman charged with second-degree murder for allegedly killing a man staying at her home has been deemed competent to stand trial after a mental evaluation by the state.

What do you get when you combine bluegrass veterans with bluegrass prodigies? The answer is Generations Darin and Brooke Aldridge will perform Saturday at Mountain Home Music.

Published: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 4:42 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 4:42 p.m. DENTON Mules will be jumping and horses will be trotting in Denton during the 13th Annual Horse and Mule Days celebration.

A Brevard woman died in a two-vehicle crash early Sunday on Interstate 26. The crash happened about 2:11 a.m. near the Fletcher, Mountain Home exit on westbound I-26, said Bryan Stroup of the N.C. Highway Patrol.

There's something authentic in a banjo's ring, a fiddler's shuffle, a dancer's joy, and a singer's story and passion.

Mountain Home Care was awarded a $5,000 grant to provide respite services to caregivers who care for elderly family members.

Published: Monday, September 14, 2009 at 1:32 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, September 14, 2009 at 1:32 p.m. Gene and Cathy Wilkie of Mountain Home just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on August15,2009 in Cashiers, NC with their family.

Published: Saturday, August 8, 2009 at 10:37 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, August 8, 2009 at 10:37 p.m. Mountain Home Fire and Rescue was the seventh fire department created in Henderson County, according to Kevin Waldrup, assistant fire chief.

Published: Saturday, August 8, 2009 at 10:37 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, August 8, 2009 at 10:37 p.m. Mountain Home Fire and Rescue was the seventh fire department created in Henderson County, according to Kevin Waldrup, assistant fire chief.

Published: Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 10:41 a.m. The woman who allegedly stabbed a man to death in Mountain Home went to court this morning for a custody hearing of her 11-year-old daughter.

Puppets can be divas. Just ask local puppeteer Susan VandeWeghe. Like actors, her handmade marionettes require rehearsal after rehearsal, she said, and they can be as unpredictable as a fast-living Hollywood starlet.

A man is dead after being stabbed Wednesday night in Henderson County. 40 year old James Edward Sciaratta died shortly after the assault in Mountain Home.

Published: Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 9:35 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 9:35 p.m. The Henderson County Sheriffs Office is investigating an assault and stabbing that took place in the Mountain Home area of Henderson County this evening at 330 Cosmo Drive, according to Henderson County Sheriff's Office Spokesman Capt.

Published: Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. Ethan Irvin Beddingfield, 11, of Fletcher, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 7, 2009.

A World War II veteran who was in the last stages of Alzheimer's was taken by his family to a patriotic The Mountain Home Bluegrass Boys will perform at Mountain Home Music's Bluegrass & Brass July 4. Photo submitted concert on the Fourth of July in 1998.

Western North Carolina ensemble Balsam Range announced their debut with authority on 2007's acclaimed "Marching Home." That album originated as a solo effort for fiddler and versatile singer Buddy Melton.