Buncombe County and the Land of Sky Regional Council are teaming up to seek funding for affordable housing.
	
	The days are numbered for the long-vacant Haynes Tower building at A-B Tech’s Enka campus now that the Buncombe County Commission has approved a $648,990 contract for demolition.
	
	A 55-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with Asheville’s first confirmed homicide of 2024, a beating death discovered early Friday morning (March 8) in the Compass Point Village area.
	
	Asheville-area non-profits are highlighted at Goodwill’s Business Advisory Council (BAC) session.
Investigators determined that “smoking while using medical oxygen” was the likely cause of a mobile home fire on Wednesday, March 6, that resulted in the death of a 74-year-old Candler resident, the Buncombe County Fire Marshal’s Office reported.
	
	Two years since a devastating fire, the Sly Grog Lounge is about to complete its comeback, like a quirky Phoenix rising from the ashes on the fringes of downtown Asheville.