Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Man charged with murder in Long Shoals Road homicide

An 18-year-old man is charged with first degree murder, and a 33-year-old woman is charged with being an accessory after the fact, in connection with a homicide Sunday at a Long Shoals Road apartment complex, Asheville Police confirmed.

On The Town
1 year ago
Juneteenth event highlights cultural vibrancy on The Block

Juneteenth events Wednesday helped highlight efforts to revitalize ‘The Block,’ a historic neighborhood of Black-owned businesses in downtown Asheville.

Local
1 year ago
Ready for summer? Here’s where you can cool down

Some of the mountains’ greatest treasures are the swimming holes just mere steps off the beaten path.

Health & Wellness
1 year ago
Asheville’s food and beverage workers to get mental health help

A Linked4Life initiative will help Asheville’s food and beverage workers gain access to no-cost counseling and a network of peer advocates.

Local
1 year ago
Buncombe County trims size of tax increase in final budget

Commissioners reduced a property tax increase from 5.12 percent to 3.93 percent and gave final approval to a $440,635,235 general fund budget.

Local
1 year ago
County reallocates last Covid-19 relief funds

Three years since a nearly $50.7 million infusion of coronavirus recovery funds, county commissioners reallocated the last $1,935,286. Part of the funds, $514,085, is being shifted to help extend four positions in the Community Paramedic Collaborative by 18 months.

Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Woman accused of Tunnel Road break-ins

A woman was arrested early Tuesday while attempting to break into an east Asheville business, police say

Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Suspect accused of stabbing man in back with hypodermic needle

The victim said the man stabbed him in the back with a hypodermic needle after he refused to give him money.

Mercedes Margreit Morgan
Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Arrest made in stabbings of two women on Atkinson Street

A woman accused of stabbing two women during a fight on Atkinson Street was arrested earlier this month

Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Covid-19 funds could extend Community Paramedic program

Buncombe County commissioners could allocate $514,085 in COVID funds to the Community Paramedic Collaborative.