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The Asheville Fire Department is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) — the official sponsor of Fire Prevention Week for more than 90 years — to promote this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, “Not Every Hero Wears a Cape. Plan and Practice Your Escape!™” The campaign, which runs Oct. 6-12, works to educate everyone about the small but important actions they can take to keep themselves and those around them safe.

Asheville -- Oct 3, 2019 The Asheville Police Department is investigating the possible connection between three shootings that occurred yesterday in the area of Fayetteville Street in West Asheville.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina fair is banning the use of hand-held mist fans to guard against an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease like the one that happened at another fair last month.

The Census is hiring for a variety of temporary jobs for the 2020 US Census. Below is a list of dates, times, and library locations when Census representatives will be able to assist you with applicaitons and answer questions. No appointment is necessary. You can also apply for Census jobs here. For assistance with applying you can also call 1-855-JOB-2020. 

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina health officials say hot tub displays inside a building at a fair are likely to blame for an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease last month.

HICKORY, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a fire that destroyed a North Carolina campground dating back to 1853 is suspicious.

Asheville Police Department -- On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. In one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men. On a typical day, there are more than 20,000 phone calls placed to domestic violence hotlines nationwide.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge says it’s time for a former county manager in North Carolina to start her seven-year prison sentence on fraud, bribery and other corruption charges.

Multiple media organizations report that U.S. District Judge Robert Conrad on Friday denied a request by both prosecutors and lawyers to delay the sentence for former Buncombe County manager Wanda Greene.

Conrad says the 68-year-old Greene was at the heart of a corruption scheme by local officials dating back to 2007, and it’s time for her to go to prison.

Prosecutors said they wanted Greene nearby as she helps with the investigation and prosecution of other county officials and contractors. Three other county officials are charged with accepting gifts in exchange for awarding government contracts to a Georgia engineering contractor.

Asheville -- Asheville Gov News Sept 26, 2019 Funding now in place for Asheville greenway projects will pave the way for spring 2020 construction.