Buncombe County News

Police late Friday arrested two men charged with felony marijuana possession. Marcus Allen Walker, 21, of Dogwood Court, Asheville, was charged with maintaining a dwelling/vehicle for drugs, fail to heed police lights and siren, possession with intent to sell or deliver 257 grams of marijuana, resisting public officers and possession of drug ...

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Buncombe County Health Center has received additional H1N1 flu vaccine and will hold a vaccine clinic 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturday at the health center.

People are already lining up to replace Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand one day after he announced he was leaving the Legislature for North Carolina's parole commission.

Depending on weather and unforeseen circumstances, construction sites where delays may occur this week include: Buncombe County Both directions of I-40 are closed between Exit 20, West of Asheville, and Exit 421 east of Knoxville, Tenn.

Asheville Citizen-Times reports: Buncombe County commissioners decided Tuesday not to appeal a court ruling requiring the county to allow construction of a concrete plant in the Flat Creek community that has been the subject of neighborhood protests.

I was walking around downtown the other day and popped into the library on Haywood Street and pulled out my laptop.

A small, fixed-wing airplane crashed near the Fairview community on Tuesday afternoon, Buncombe County Emergency Management said.

Buncombe County is watching its green while considering steps to go green. County commissioners are set to adopt a sustainability policy today that calls for reducing county government's environmental impact but is designed to provide enough flexibility to prevent the policy from increasing costs.

City police on Saturday charged an Asheville man with violating his parole or probation in Oklahoma.

Several people were reportedly injured after a head-on collision between two vehicles on Bear Creek Road near the intersection of Turkey Creek Road in Leicester.

Detectives said two bodies were found inside a mobile home in northern Buncombe County on Thursday.

The Asheville Regional Housing Consortium will hold a public hearing on the issue of Affordable Housing in Buncombe County, on Thursday, Nov.

City police Thursday arrested an Asheville woman charged with defrauding a housing assistance firm out of more than $5,500. Toni Marie Curatolo, 29, of Compton Drive, was charged with public assistance fraud.

Two bodies were discovered today in a mobile home in North Buncombe County. Buncombe County Sheriff's deputies are at the scene on Shepherds Branch Road, Lt.

Depending on weather and unforeseen circumstances, construction sites where delays may occur this week include: Medium- and low-severity incidents, Buncombe County * Two of four lanes of Interstate 26 from mile markers 31-37 - from the Interstate 40 interchange to Long Shoals Road - may be closed in both directions at night until August 2010 for ...

Buncombe County authorities Wednesday arrested an Asheville man charged with sex crimes involving a child.

In a typical election season, the Xpress voter guide would simply feature the six Council and two mayoral candidates that are on the ballot for the Asheville general election.

City police charged a Boone man with possession of Ecstasy. Sean Alexander Herberg, 20, of Howard Street, Boone, was charged with simple possession of MDMA or Ecstasy.

Regarding the letter, 'Legal or not, dogs should not be in back of pickup trucks,' : It is illegal to have a dog in the back of a truck as described.