Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Man pleads guilty in 2021 Asheville break-in, stabbing case

A 26-year-old man has pleaded guilty to multiple charges including felony assault with a deadly weapon related to a 2021 incident when he was accused of kicking through the door of his former partner’s apartment and stabbing a man who was inside.

Hoax alert: it's not true what the window lettering says. There is not an actual roller rink planned for a vacant dollar store building on Haywood Road, real estate broker A. Ryan Israel says.
Business
2 years ago
Wishful thinking or a hoax, no roller rink is planned at vacant dollar store in West Asheville

Sorry, West Asheville. There’s no roller rink heading to that vacant dollar store building on Haywood Road.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Brevard College employee charged after lost Whitman book hit eBay

Police recovered a $100,000 1st edition of Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” and arrested a man who said he had it “stored” at home.

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Local
2 years ago
Dogs, cats, hedgehogs… Warren Wilson dorms to welcome pets

Small dogs? Sure. Cats? Of course. Hedgehogs? Iguanas? Snakes? Chinchillas? Yes. Those and other […]

Health & Wellness
2 years ago
Avian flu now in North Carolina dairy herd: agencies try to ease fears

(828newsNOW) — Agriculture and public health officials were moving to alert and reassure the […]

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Local
2 years ago
Law officers team up to help a young cancer patient get a playground

Two law enforcement agencies are teaming up to help buy playground equipment for a 2-year-old child battling cancer.

A sign along Tunnel Road in April 2024 alluded to concerns over a proposed 95-unit subdivision in the New Haw Creek area.
Housing
2 years ago
Sides getting ready for a showdown over Asheville growth

Contentious development issues will take center stage April 23, when the Asheville City Council considers a 95-unit housing project and other zoning issues.

North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services is giving $1.4 million to expand the hours of an RHA behavioral health urgent care center in Buncombe County, the department announced Tuesday.
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
Behavioral health urgent care gets $1.4 million boost in Buncombe County

It’s in reaction to data showing a disproportionate number of people in mental health crisis being treated in hospital emergency departments.

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Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Student charged in fatal weekend crash at I-40 off-ramp

An 18-year-old driver is facing a charge of reckless driving and two counts of misdemeanor death by motor vehicle in connection with a crash Saturday night at an off-ramp to Interstate 40 in Asheville.

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Crime & Safety
2 years ago
UPDATE: Asheville police investigate a spate of drive-by shootings

Police are asking for the public’s help to investigate a spate of drive-by shootings that have damaged property.