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.
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.
A woman was arrested early Tuesday while attempting to break into an east Asheville business, police say
The victim said the man stabbed him in the back with a hypodermic needle after he refused to give him money.
A woman accused of stabbing two women during a fight on Atkinson Street was arrested earlier this month
Buncombe County commissioners could allocate $514,085 in COVID funds to the Community Paramedic Collaborative.
The Pollinator Day Celebration is set for noon-6 p.m. Saturday on the campus of Warren Wilson College
The YWCA plans to close its pool for critical repairs on June 28
Two people were treated for non-life-threatening injuries late Saturday night following a shooting in South Asheville, police said.
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