The July 15 letter from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to Buncombe County Manager Avril Pinder ...

On Tuesday morning, members of the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office, Skyland Fire Department, Buncombe County Emergency Services, and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation resumed the ...

King and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which spotlights Jo Ann Robinson, Claudette Colvin and other lesser-known pioneers who came before Rosa Parks and laid the groundwork for the Civil Rights Movement ...

Buncombe County, NC (August 18, 2025) Detectives with the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office are attempting to locate Sundari Anders-Hoepgen.  She is 14 years old, approximately five feet, five inches ...

Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it was ending a big funding source for state-level solar ...

A special ribbon cutting ceremony is scheduled to start the fun at noon and officially dedicate the new playground and basketball court at Burton Street Park and Community Center. The fair takes place ...

Asheville Police arrested a man for stabbing another man following a disagreement early this morning.

Still ongoing are the attorney general’s 2023 suit accusing HCA of degrading emergency and cancer care, and Buncombe County’s ...

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The University of North Carolina Asheville today announced it will pause its current negotiations for the recently announced ...

Small businesses in Western North Carolina are still feeling the impact of the tourism downturn caused by Hurricane Helene, ...

Monday, August 18, 2025, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys and ridge tops of Asheville and Buncombe County. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged ...