Hot Springs News

Madison County roads are slippery after a dry snow began falling overnight. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for the county until midnight Tuesday night for accumulating snow showers.

Western North Carolina woke up to light snow showers this morning, and the National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for the mountains.

HOT SPRINGS, N.C. - Business is booming at the Smoky Mountain Diner since an Oct.

Progress Energy crews had restored power to all but about 818 customers across Western North Carolina by early today, days after the area's largest snowstorm in more than a decade.

Crew had restored power to all but 7,600 customers across Western North Carolina, five days now after Western North Carolina's largest snowstorm in more than a decade.

What : Hike on the Pump Gap Trail. When : Anytime; guided hike with the Carolina Mountain Club meets at 12:30 p.m. Sunday.

The 1980s police drama 'Hill Street Blues'' has faded from many memories, but it carried with it a trademark line that is a good rule to follow when we're out on the highways this holiday weekend.

The town's gas station went dry and traffic backed up for a mile at times in the days after Hot Springs became a pit stop for motorists avoiding the official Interstate 40 rock slide detour.

A Madison County road was blocked by a rockslide late Wednesday morning as heavy rain from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida saturated the area.

A federal prisoner being booked into the Madison County Jail fled the booking room and escaped running down the railroad tracks in downtown Marshall.

Some Madison County businesses are reaping benefits from the massive rock slide blocking Interstate 40 Haywood County.

Marshall voters reelected their mayor Tuesday but put out two incumbent aldermen.

Crews this week hope to begin drilling rocks at the top of a massive rockslide on Interstate 40 near the Tennessee state line after rain delayed their progress over the weekend.

An engineer involved in building Interstate 40 through a portion of western North Carolina said more than 40 years ago that workers had problems finishing the project because of rock slides.

Editor's note: This story appeared following the July 1, 1997 rock slide that shut down Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge for several months.

Editor's note: This story appeared following the July 1, 1997 rock slide that shut down Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge for several months.

Keith Anderson has been traveling to Tennessee and back for 25 years. After Sunday's rock slide, though, the Candler resident will be a little leery of winding through the curves of Interstate 40 as it snakes through the Pigeon River Gorge.

Editor's note : This is the fourth in a weekly series on hikes to enjoy fall colors in Western North Carolina.

Dozens of volunteers and organizers gathered recently to celebrate the Summer Food Service Program that fed many Madison County children during the past summer break.

Asheville's Sanctum Sully played in Hot Springs on Oct. 10. Wxman1952 got this video: Website: http://www.sanctumsully.com Current Location: Asheville, NC Influences: Old & In The Way, The Seldom Scene, John Hartford, Bonfires & Basements Band Interests: General mischief.