Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Report cites missed warnings on fatal domestic violence cases

A review of fatal domestic violence cases in Buncombe County is prompting calls for laws limiting violent offenders’ access to guns and other reforms.

Health & Wellness
1 year ago
Monitors pressured to hold Mission accountable

The community wants answers about HCA Healthcare’s running of Mission Health

Local
1 year ago
County’s new General Services Complex built with an eye to future

The new Buncombe County General Services Complex is expected to be operating by January.

Local
1 year ago
Chess in the park: Asheville police throw down the gauntlet

People of all skill levels are welcome to play Asheville police in chess at Pritchard Park

Madison County Arts Council executive director Brandon Johnson plays a version of "Nancy Rowland" by the late Madison County fiddler Tommy Hunter. Johnson builds and repairs violins in his spare time.
Local
1 year ago
VIDEO: Saving forests and old time music on Bluff Mountain

Bluff Mountain Music Festival started as a protest against deforestation and still is going strong 27 years later.

Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Candler man pleads guilty to robbery ‘because of drugs’

A Candler man has pleaded guilty to charges related to a January 2024 robbery that he reportedly told police was “because of drugs.”

Politics
1 year ago
More Republicans needed for nonpartisan poll worker teams

Buncombe County needs 550 poll workers for election day, and 200 for early voting, with an information session noon on Thursday.

Local
1 year ago
Asheville council approves smaller tax hike for staff raises

The City Council split 4-3 and approved a budget that includes a property tax hike to give higher raises for firefighters, police and lower-paid city workers.

Protester Madison Jane, an opponent of a downtown Business Improvement District, makes a point before the Asheville City Council vote on June 11, 2024.
Local
1 year ago
Council OKs downtown district despite vocal opposition

Critics turned out in force, but the Asheville City Council voted in favor of a proposed downtown Business Improvement District or “BID.”

Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Teen pleads guilty to Juneteenth Festival shootings

Jawoun Deshun Hackett, 17, pleaded guilty to several felony charges related to a shooting in downtown Asheville.