Health & Wellness
2 years ago
On the clock: Veterans Healing Farm needs help for a new home

Veterans Healing Farm is racing to raise funds and find a suitable site before it must leave its longtime home this summer.

By mid-2025, butterflies will descend on the Western North Carolina Nature Center, where construction soon will begin on a new "Gateway to the Southern Appalachians" including butterfly exhibits.
Local
2 years ago
Contract clears way for metamorphosis at WNC Nature Center

A $1.1 million contract award Tuesday means work on a gateway and butterfly exhibits soon will start at WNC Nature Center.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Man arrested in weekend shooting on Atkinson Street

Local law enforcement agencies teamed up to arrest and charge a 23-year-old man in connection with a shooting Saturday, April 20, at an apartment complex on Atkinson Street in Asheville.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Sheriff identifies deputies involved in fatal shooting near Mills River

 The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of the deputies involved in a fatal shooting earlier this month on North Mills River Road.

Obituaries
2 years ago
Peter Kok, 1960-2024

Peter Kok, age 63, of Asheville, N.C., passed away on April 23, 2024, at […]

Obituaries
2 years ago
Virginia Curtis Ingle, 1923-2024

Asheville – Virginia Curtis Ingle, age 100, sadly passed away on Monday, April 22, […]

Carroll Tracy Horton
Obituaries
2 years ago
Tracy Horton, 1938-2024

Candler – Carroll Tracy Horton 85, passed away on Saturday, April 20, 2024. Born […]

Black Bear cub, captive, at Triple D Game Farm in Kalispell, Montana on May 15, 2005. (AP Photo/Heather Forcier)
Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Petitions unlikely to lead to charges in bear cub case, agency says

Online petition drives are unlikely to lead to charges against people who snatched bear cubs from a tree, a wildlife official says.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Dykes out as Woodfin police chief

Michael Dykes is no longer chief of the Woodfin Police Department.

The Asheville City Council has agreed to spend $28,000 to demolish a notorious abandoned home at 158 South French Broad Ave.
Crime & Safety
2 years ago
City to raze house that is a nightmare for neighbors

The Asheville City Council voted Tuesday to demolish a house on South French Broad Avenue that has been linked to violent crime.