Keep the fire burning. Don’t quit stirring the flame. Keep piling the wood on. Keep the fire hot. Too often we let the fire ...

LOCAL NEWS HEADLINES 12-29-25. LOCAL WEATHER 12-29-25.

Collection for Thursday customers will be delayed by one week with collection resuming on Thursday, January 8, 2025. Holiday ...

Mitchell and Yancey Counties, along with the mountains of McDowell and Burke Counties, could see wind gusts as high as 50 mph ...

According to the release, on Saturday, Dec. 27, at 3:29 p.m., a tan 2014 Harley Davidson Tri-Glide, operated by Stephen ...

Hendersonville is getting 132 additional apartments in a project which has just begun next to the WHKP Radio tower on Signal ...

The Hendersonville Planning Board rejected a controversial development on Haywood Road for a second time in a public hearing on Dec. 11. Scott Weathers, from the real estate company Advenir, is the ...

The Biltmore Estate is gearing up for another round of Hallmark holiday magic. Production for the second Hallmark Christmas movie filmed on the Biltmore Estate starts in January 2026. Chase Pickering, ...

Hendersonville Police Officer Matt Capps has been promoted to Detective in the Criminal Investigation Division of the Hendersonville Police Department. Matt started with HPD as a dispatcher 2010. Matt ...

This past week, WHKP announced their 73rd consecutive year of broadcasting local high school football games. Returning this year for these broadcasts is Beau Lovelace who will again this year call the ...

Taz Painter, former broadcaster here at WHKP (and currently at WBIR-TV in Knoxville) reported this past Sunday evening about the passing of Alex Houston. He was an extremely talented ventriloquist who ...

Jeff Wells, Mills River town manager for the past four years, announced his resignation at the Town Council meeting Thursday with an emotional resignation letter that highlighted his staff and the ...