“Miss Darcel Grimes will always be at the temple of Western North Carolina news excellence, and she is surely missed off the air.”

“Miss Darcel Grimes will always be at the temple of Western North Carolina news excellence, and she is surely missed off the air.”
Former Xpress managing editor Jon Elliston shares his recap of key developments in 2020’s local media landscape.
News 13 anchor Darcel Grimes recently announced her retirement. We asked the host to reflect on the changes she’s seen throughout her career. One of the big changes was the move from manual typewriters to computers. It changed our world. No longer did we have to bang out a script and use Wite-Out to make corrections or […]
In a live broadcast expected to reach nearly 100,000 voters tonight, Oct. 14, in the 11th District, incumbent Congressman Heath Shuler and his Republican challenger Jeff Miller will appear together on WLOS in an informal “sit down” with news anchor Russ Bowen. Xpress reporters Michael Muller and Jake Frankel visited the WLOS studios last night for a behind-the-scenes video tour of the studio and to get a preview of the big event.