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Asheville -- City of Asheville May 11, 2020 by Polly McDaniel Be BearWise, Especially in Spring, when bears are looking for food.

This year’s Asheville-Buncombe Memorial Day Ceremony will be held as a virtual ceremony, because of the need for physical distance with the State of Emergency posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Raleigh, N.C. -- Press Release: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services May 7, 2020

Asheville -- The Asheville Police Department Facebook Post Monday May 11, 2020 a.m.  (APD) is requesting assistance to locate Sarawila Villatoro Weir.

UPDATE: Sarawila Villatoro-Weir has turned herself in to authorities. She is currently being held at the Buncombe County Detention Center on a $200,000 bond.

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy in North Carolina is facing criminal charges after authorities said he led a group of armed people to the wrong home in a search for a missing girl.

Raleigh -- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services May 10, 2020 

Raleigh -- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services May 9, 2020 

Arboretum to Reopen Trails Saturday, May 9
In accordance to North Carolina’s trail reopening plans and the modification of its Stay at Home orders, 

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Police say two people have died after being shot inside a car at the parking lot of a Wendy’s fast-food restaurant in western North Carolina.