Buncombe County News

The City of Asheville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department, in collaboration with Buncombe County, will reinstall the "Energy Loop" sculpture on Saturday afternoon in the new plaza adjacent to the County Health Department building on College Street in downtown Asheville.

City police Thursday charged an Asheville man with possessing a firearm as a felon.

City police Wednesday charged an Asheville man with spitting at police officers.

Authorities Tuesday arrested a Hendersonville woman charged with breaking into a plumbing business and stealing copper to sell for cash.

Owners of arcade games and so-called "sweepstakes" machines asked lawmakers Tuesday to legalize video poker again in North Carolina, two years after the Legislature enacted a complete ban that since been threatened by legal challenges.

City Police on Monday charged an Asheville man and woman with selling a Vicodin pill.

A Hickory man was arrested Sunday and charged in the April assault on an Asheville man, police said.

Buncombe County Sheriff's deputies on Sunday charged an Arden man with driving recklessly and speeding to avoid arrest.

People age 60 and older may be eligible to get a fan or air conditioner unit to keep cool this summer by calling The Council on Aging of Buncombe County.

An Asheville man who crashed his car on Interstate 26 in Buncombe County Friday afternoon apparently died of a heart attack, according to the N.C. Highway Patrol.

Authorities charged two with robbing a man at gunpoint Thursday. William Cody Clark, 17, and Joshua Glenn Banks, 20, both of Brickyard Road in Asheville, were each charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon.

A federal judge upheld the death sentence handed to one of Buncombe County's most notorious killers, ruling that Richard Allen Jackson's trial attorneys did a competent job representing him.

Buncombe County Sheriff Investigators have charged two Buncombe County business owners with several felonies relating to breaking and enterings in the Buncombe County area.

Authorities Wednesday arrested a Canton man charged with armed robbery involving an axe.

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Depending on weather and unforeseen circumstances, road construction sites in Buncombe County where delays may occur this week include: High-severity incidents Buncombe County Interstate 26, Mileposts 35-39, and Long Shoals Road: One lane in each direction on I-26 may be closed at times at night because of construction on Long Shoals Road from I-26 ...

Authorities in Buncombe County on Tuesday arrested two fugitives from Florida and Mississippi wanted on probation violation and domestic violence charges.

The following transfers were filed in the Buncombe County Register of Deeds office June 1-5: * Lots 26-27 block 8 of Royal Pines, $151,000, Ernest Wayne Orr to Christopher Crooms.

Buncombe County Sheriff's deputies on Monday charged a Hendersonville man with attempting to obtain drugs with a stolen prescription.

A Hendersovnille man was charged Sunday in a series of Buncombe County break-ins from April, according to warrants filed at the Buncombe County Magistrate's Court.