{"id":6,"date":"2021-01-08T18:14:49","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T18:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/townasheville.com\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2022-09-06T15:06:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T19:06:48","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/townasheville.com\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p><\/p><em><strong>Town Asheville\u2122\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>The newest and most complete news portal for Asheville, North Carolina, and the surrounding communities. We are a traditional newspaper with the exception of not being printed on newsprint. We are completely digital and available worldwide on all of your media devices. We provide local news as well as national and international news. Your one stop newspaper for all the latest and breaking news.\n<div class=\"feedzy-3234730d27dd01367d5a92b2b9257962 feedzy-rss\"><ul><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/tanker-slams-docked-new-orleans-river-cruiser-carrying-129-passengers-sparking-rescue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Tanker slams into docked New Orleans river cruiser carrying 129 passengers, sparking rescue\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/cruiseship.gif\" title=\"Tanker slams into docked New Orleans river cruiser carrying 129 passengers, sparking rescue\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/tanker-slams-docked-new-orleans-river-cruiser-carrying-129-passengers-sparking-rescue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Tanker slams into docked New Orleans river cruiser carrying 129 passengers, sparking rescue<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on November 13, 2026 at 8:42 pm <\/small><p>The Atlantic Asphalt tanker slammed into the docked American Heritage cruise ship on the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Friday afternoon.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/animal-rights-activist-attacks-nyc-horse-carriage-driver-skateboard-tirade-union-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Animal rights activist attacks NYC horse carriage driver with skateboard during tirade, union says\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/central-park-fight.gif\" title=\"Animal rights activist attacks NYC horse carriage driver with skateboard during tirade, union says\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/animal-rights-activist-attacks-nyc-horse-carriage-driver-skateboard-tirade-union-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Animal rights activist attacks NYC horse carriage driver with skateboard during tirade, union says<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on November 13, 2026 at 7:43 pm <\/small><p>Abigail Holbrook allegedly punched two Central Park horse carriage drivers and struck one with a skateboard after screaming about animal abuse.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/school-investigating-viral-video-10th-grade-girl-punched-chokehold-ohio-school-bus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"School investigating after viral video shows 10th-grade girl punched, put in chokehold on Ohio school bus\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/931\/523\/ohio-bus-attack.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" title=\"School investigating after viral video shows 10th-grade girl punched, put in chokehold on Ohio school bus\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/school-investigating-viral-video-10th-grade-girl-punched-chokehold-ohio-school-bus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">School investigating after viral video shows 10th-grade girl punched, put in chokehold on Ohio school bus<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on November 13, 2026 at 6:35 pm <\/small><p>Viral video shows a male student repeatedly punching, kicking and choking a 10th-grade girl on an Ohio school bus as other students laughed.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/video-inside-brooklyn-apartment-captures-moment-new-york-city-building-collapsed-killing-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Video from inside Brooklyn apartment captures moment New York City building collapsed, killing 8\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/931\/523\/new-york-city-building-collapse-brooklyn2-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" title=\"Video from inside Brooklyn apartment captures moment New York City building collapsed, killing 8\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/video-inside-brooklyn-apartment-captures-moment-new-york-city-building-collapsed-killing-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Video from inside Brooklyn apartment captures moment New York City building collapsed, killing 8<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on November 13, 2026 at 6:12 pm <\/small><p>Video from inside a third-floor Brooklyn apartment captures the walls crumbling as a family scrambles to escape the deadly Flatbush collapse.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/mom-plowed-soccer-field-killed-2-will-not-face-charges-da-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Mom who plowed into soccer field and killed 2 will not face charges, DA says\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/931\/523\/no-charges-for-driver-who-plowed-into-kansas-soccer-field.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" title=\"Mom who plowed into soccer field and killed 2 will not face charges, DA says\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/mom-plowed-soccer-field-killed-2-will-not-face-charges-da-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Mom who plowed into soccer field and killed 2 will not face charges, DA says<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on November 13, 2026 at 5:46 pm <\/small><p>Sedgwick County DA Marc Bennett says negligence alone cannot support vehicular manslaughter charges under Kansas law after the Stryker Complex crash.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/michael-ruiz-cold-case-dna-unmasks-montauk-mary-cops-probe-link-jersey-shore-thrill-killer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"MICHAEL RUIZ: Cold case DNA unmasks &#039;Montauk Mary&#039; as cops probe link to Jersey Shore &#039;Thrill Killer&#039;\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/931\/523\/richard-biegenwald-sofia-marrone-montauk-mary-split.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" title=\"MICHAEL RUIZ: Cold case DNA unmasks &apos;Montauk Mary&apos; as cops probe link to Jersey Shore &apos;Thrill Killer&apos;\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/michael-ruiz-cold-case-dna-unmasks-montauk-mary-cops-probe-link-jersey-shore-thrill-killer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">MICHAEL RUIZ: Cold case DNA unmasks 'Montauk Mary' as cops probe link to Jersey Shore 'Thrill Killer'<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on November 13, 2026 at 4:56 pm <\/small><p>Sofia Margherita Marrone, known as \"Montauk Mary\" for decades, was identified via DNA and linked to Jersey Shore \"Thrill Killer\" Richard Biegenwald.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/illegal-immigrant-trucker-charged-crash-killed-mom-2-young-sons-heading-airport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Illegal immigrant trucker charged in crash that killed mom, 2 young sons heading to airport\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/931\/523\/Olga-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" title=\"Illegal immigrant trucker charged in crash that killed mom, 2 young sons heading to airport\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/illegal-immigrant-trucker-charged-crash-killed-mom-2-young-sons-heading-airport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Illegal immigrant trucker charged in crash that killed mom, 2 young sons heading to airport<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on November 13, 2026 at 4:26 pm 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