Mercy Chefs has opened a Beacon of Hope kitchen in Black Mountain that will operate at least through the summer.

There’s been a warm welcome for all those who have been affected by Storm Éowyn from owner Patrick Ward and his staff in the ...

“It’s so cool that it’s become this, like, beacon of hope,” Martin said. “Everything around it was toasted, just destroyed. And then here’s this bright blue shiny van, sitting right there.