Local News

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.

Asheville -- July 24, 2023: Asheville Police Department Officers were called to Ascot Point Circle in south Asheville at 10:54 AM Friday for a reported kidnapping at gunpoint.

Buncombe County -- July 24, 2023: The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate a missing man from the Candler area of Buncombe County.

Raleigh -- July 21, 2023: For Immediate Release Friday, July 21, 2023: N.C. TOMATO GROWERS ASSOCIATIONThe N.C. Tomato Growers Association will conduct an August referendum on continuing the $20 per acre assessment on harvested commercial tomatoes.