Madison County News

Under a proposed statewide transportation funding formula floated by Gov. Pat McCrory, the I-26 connector, which would improve the section of interstate highway that skirts the edge of downtown Asheville and links I-240 and I-26, could get a higher priority from the N.C. Department of Transportation.

But, despite claims from NC Rep. Presnell, the agency also said no bamboo was used as flooring for this project.

An undercover drug investigation in Madison County netted 26 offenders, including five students at Madison High School.

This guide to Asheville-area tailgate markets is supplied by Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project.

Building the long-debated Interstate 26 Connector through Asheville would not only save lives on the crash-prone Bowen Bridge, but boost the economic health of the region, local leaders argued Thursday.

The Haywood County bluegrass band Balsam Range is hitting the big screen. "Bluegrass Today" reports that the boys of Balsam - Buddy Melton, Tim Surrett, Marc Pruett, Caleb Smith and Darren Nicholson - have performed three original songs for the film, a crime thriller titled "Careful What You Wish For" and starring Dermot Mulroney.

Extensive rains across the region over the weekend caused numerous problems with flooded rivers, creeks, roads, downed trees and landslides.

Wiley Cash, whose debut novel, "A Land More Kind than Home," has garnered multiple honors, speaks at the Blue Ridge Bookfest, Blue Ridge Community College, Flat Rock, at 6:30 p.m. May 17.

The Trailhead bar and restaurant in Black Mountain was started a year ago by owner and chef Michael Flanigan.

Thanks to unusually high water flow in the French Broad River, the effects from a massive sewage spill this week were minimal in Buncombe and Madison counties in western North Carolina.

The Metropolitan Sewerage District could face a civil fine for a spill that spewed millions of gallons of raw sewage into the French Broad River on Tuesday.

Weekend rain led to landslides that closed a portion of a road in Haywood County and shut down another road in Madison County.

The group will climb the slopes of the Haddock Family Foundation property in search of trillium, bloodroot, larkspur and more.

Just days after news spread of John Ledford's dismissal from the Alcohol Law Enforcement Agency, the former Madison County Sheriff made another announcement -- he will run for his old office in 2014.

Mars Hill College Awards I. Ruth Martin Award for Christian Service to Bob Cole Bob Cole, a resident of Mars Hill, has received the I. Ruth Martin Award for Christian Service.

A blistering state memo states former Alcohol Law Enforcement Director John Ledford violated state law and inappropriately made himself the highest paid ALE agent in the state late last year when he requested and then pushed through his own reassignment.