“It is not OK to silence people through intimidation in this way,” Mayor Esther Manheimer said.
Police have identified the motorcyclist killed in an east Asheville crash Wednesday night.
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.
Juneteenth events Wednesday helped highlight efforts to revitalize ‘The Block,’ a historic neighborhood of Black-owned businesses in downtown Asheville.
Some of the mountains’ greatest treasures are the swimming holes just mere steps off the beaten path.
A Linked4Life initiative will help Asheville’s food and beverage workers gain access to no-cost counseling and a network of peer advocates.
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.