Local News

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.

Rutherford County -- July 25, 2023: The Forest City Police Department is currently investigating, in cooperation with the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office, a homicide that occurred on Thursday, July 13, 2023.