Local
1 year ago
NAACP President considered for Hendersonville Council

Meanwhile, recently-resigned council member Debbie O’Neal Roundtree hints she is not done with politics.

Brandon Lee Kerley
Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Buncombe County man pleads guilty in motorcycle theft case

Brandon Lee Kerley will spend 22 to 36 months in prison after pleading guilty to numerous charges related to stolen motorcycles.

Housing
1 year ago
UPDATE: Panel enthusiastic about historic church as affordable housing

The Asheville Planning and Zoning Commission will consider a plan to convert Cappadocia Church into three residential units.

Charlotte firefighters from Engine 7 bring flowers to a flag-covered Charlotte-Mecklenburg police vehicle at the North Tryon Station in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, April 30, 2024, where Charlotte-Mecklenburg Officer Joshua Eyer was stationed. Police in North Carolina say a shootout that killed several law enforcement officers, including Eyer, and wounded others began as officers approached a home on Monday to serve a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Local
1 year ago
Charlotte shootings shed light on fugitive task forces

The task force involved Monday is one of dozens led by the US Marshals to find fugitives and serve warrants across the country.

A composite photo shows the four law officers killed on April 29, 2024, while a warrant was being served in the Charlotte area. From left are: Officer Joshua Eyer of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police; William Elliott and Samuel Poloche, both of the NC Department of Corrections and assigned to a U.S. Marshals Carolinas fugitive task force; and Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas M. Weeks.
Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Fallen officers were tough, kind and loved their jobs, friends say

Friends remember the four officers killed in Charlotte Monday in the deadliest attack on U.S. law enforcement since 2016.

Interstate 26 traffic around Hendersonville was clogged from the morning well into the afternoon Tuesday after a fiery non-injury accident in a construction zone near exit 49B.
Local
1 year ago
Driver cited in crash that closed part of I-26 near Hendersonville

A fiery, non-injury crash on Interstate 26 caused headaches for thousands of motorists on Tuesday morning in Hendersonville

Local
1 year ago
Spivey Mountain search finds ‘no evidence’ of missing man’s whereabouts

A search on Spivey Mountain turned up no evidence of a missing Cherokee man, Gabriel Thor Crow, who was last seen Jan. 25 on Smokey Park Highway.

Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Four officers shot and killed serving warrant in Charlotte area; 4 others wounded

Four police officers serving a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm were killed and four other officers were wounded in a shootout Monday in North Carolina, home, police said.

Education
1 year ago
As non-profit dissolves, Weaverville to manage center’s programs

The non-profit Weaverville Center for Creative and Healthy Living (WCCHL) has led programming at the community center since 2021, but will dissolve this summer. The town will assume management with the help of an ad hoc committee.

Local
1 year ago
Authorities search Spivey Mountain for missing man

Searchers are focused on the Spivey Mountain area in the search for missing Cherokee man Gabriel Thor Crow, who was last seen Jan. 25 on Smokey Park Highway.