Black Mountain Police Chief Steve Parker says his headquarters is cramped and obsolete, but Mayor C. Michael Sobol isn't convinced it needs to be replaced.
Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Cramped, often flooded, is town’s police HQ due to be replaced?

Black Mountain’s police chief says his headquarters is cramped and obsolete, but the mayor isn’t convinced it needs to be replaced.

Black Mountain and Weaverville soon will decide whether to create so-called "social districts" to allow regulated "to-go" alcohol sales within specific boundaries.
Local
2 years ago
Black Mountain, Weaverville soon to decide on ‘social districts’

The communities are considering ‘social districts’ to allow regulated “to-go” alcohol sales within specific boundaries.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Authorities add 2nd Degree Murder charge in death of pedestrian

Police have added a Second Degree Murder charge against a man accused of assaulting a pedestrian Feb. 29 on Haywood Road near Craven Street in Asheville.

Local
2 years ago
The Eclipse over Asheville: the clouds thinned just in time

Clouds thinned just in time. Asheville saw the partial eclipse. The region avoided the path of total disappointment.

ambulance
Local
2 years ago
Two teens killed in weekend crash at Interstate 40 off-ramp

In a separate incident early Sunday, a Fletcher man died in a wrong-way crash on the interstate.

Local
2 years ago
Sun and moon will dance, but some clouds might cut in

In Asheville and elsewhere, partly cloudy forecasts are tempering expectations for Monday’s eclipse of the sun.

Improvements on New Leicester Highway (pictured from March 2024) are among dozens of proposed projects residents can rank in the North Carolina Department of Transportation's Project Prioritization Process.
Local
2 years ago
What road desperately needs fixing? Help set our local spending priorities

Residents can help shape the priorities for highway, road and transit projects in an online Project Prioritization Survey for the State Transportation Improvement Program.

MAHEC
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
MAHEC marks its half century in health care for WNC

The Mountain Area Health Education Center is commemorating its 50-year evolution into a critical player in community health for the region.

Hendersonville City Hall
Housing
2 years ago
Affordable housing for seniors approved in Hendersonville

The Hendersonville City Council on Thursday approved a 60-unit apartment building for low-income seniors at Greenville Highway at Chadwick Avenue.

Buncombe County Judicial Complex
Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Sex offender faces jail time over unreported Snapchat account

A Buncombe County jury has convicted a registered sex offender of using an unreported Snapchat account to send illicit photographs, and he now faces a sentence of at least seven years in prison.