Local News

Asheville -- August 4, 2023: City of Asheville Government Community News:

Asheville -- August 3, 3023: Asheville Police announced following an investigation by Detectives, arrest warrants for sexual activity with a  child were served on a man.

Asheville -- August 3, 2023: Due to community complaints and recent aggravated assaults, Asheville Police Department officers and detectives were conducting crime prevention in the neighborhood of Lee Garden Lane yesterday.

Henderson County -- According to a report from the Henderson County Sheriff's Office last week, on May 30, 2023, the  Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a residential breaking and entering in Henderson County's Hutch Mountain Road area.

North Carolina -- Through August 18, the Governor's School Supply Drive is open.

North Carolina --  August 1, 2023: As the next school year approaches, kids, teachers, and parents are paying more attention than ever before to safety issues. North Carolina has passed a new law that goes into effect this school year. 

Asheville -- July 28, 2023: West Asheville motor vehicle and residential break-ins have increased in recent weeks.

Asheville -- July 28, 2023: In a news release Thursday, Asheville Police announced they need the public's help identifying two suspects who robbed a store early Wednesday morning.

Asheville -- July 26, 2023: Asheville Police announced in a news release announced an investigation into  a shooting at a home in west Asheville on Tuesday night.

Waynesville -- July 26, 2023: The Waynesville Police Department believe the people in these photos stole a woman's bag from Main Street.

Buncombe County -- Buncombe County Government: Wednesday, July 26, is a code ORANGE air quality action day for the ridge tops of Asheville and Buncombe County.

North Carolina -- July 25, 2023: Tuesday, military and local officials said that three Marines from Camp Lejeune were found dead in a car stopped near the North Carolina base on Sunday.

Canton -- The Town of Canton has applied for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance (PA) Program funding through the North Carolina Emergency Management (NCEM) as a sub-recipient.

WNC -- July 25, 2023: Andrea Brawley, 45, of Conover, N.C., is facing federal charges for stealing more than $300,000 from two elderly cousins, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. 

WNC -- Allen Shunte Plowden, 38, of Charlotte, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. to 151 months in prison and six years of supervised release for selling cocaine and having a gun without a license.