Asheville Metro News

Oct 6, 2008 A former North Carolina sheriff convicted of taking bribes from video poker operators is set to be sentenced.

Sen. Barack Obama on Sunday charged that Sen. John McCain's campaign is launching "Swift boat-style attacks" on him instead of addressing the country's problems.

Laura Gadd pauses at the edge of a pristine savanna, delicately lifting her feet to avoid trampling any venus flytraps hidden underfoot.

ASHEVILLE Paul McCartney resumed writing his oratorio a year after wife Linda died.

City police arrested a Swannanoa man wanted in another state on drug possession charges.

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will make her first North Carolina campaign appearance next week.

The proposed Haywood Park development was the main event in an already loaded agenda for the Asheville City Council's Sept.

Mike McWilliams * MMcWilliams@CITIZEN-TIMES.com * published October 3, 2008 12:15 am ASHEVILLE A gas heating stove sparked a blaze that damaged a West Asheville home Thursday evening, fire investigators said.

City police Thursday arrested an Asheville man and charged him with breaking into a Raleigh Road business and stealing radiators.

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will make a campaign appearance this weekend in Asheville, where he'll prep for the second presidential debate.

Woodfin Demetri Demos lost everything dear to him in a moment of blind rage when he caught his wife and his best friend together, then shot them both.

Published: Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 6:26 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 6:26 a.m. The Highway Patrol says three people were killed in a two-vehicle wreck in western North Carolina.

Police were investigating an armed robbery Tuesday night at a veteran's shelter on Tunnel Road where a man reportedly broke into a resident's apartment with a gun and stole prescription drugs.

A television station owner has stopped airing a commercial from a Republican group critical of Democratic nominee for governor Beverly Perdue after her attorney complained.

Asheville police say they have arrested three men on charges of stealing gas from an Asheville towing company.

City police Tuesday charged an Asheville woman with assault. According to arrest warrants, Heather Ann Kilpatrick, 37, of 100 Atkinson Street, slammed a woman to the ground, fracturing her hip.

Hey, read the rules! Officials say most of the 120 dogs taken from a mobile home in western North Carolina will be put to death because they are too dangerous to be adopted.

Comments on Topix forums : ASHEVILLE City police on Tuesday arrested two men and charged them with stealing gas from a towing company.

Christine Elaine Maltry, 37, who gave an Elkwood Avenue address in Asheville, was charged Monday with failure to remain at the scene of an accident, a felony, according to an arrest warrant.

The Asheville Symphony Guild is offering musical feast fundraisers in September.