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Lake Lure -- June 8, 2022: UPDATE: The Lake Lure Police Department have located Jean Redonna Purlee safe. 

Asheville June 5, 2022: Detectives from the Asheville Police Department are looking into a shooting that occurred in west Asheville on Saturday afternoon and claimed the lives of two people.

Greensboro --  June 4, 2022: United States Attorney Sandra J. Hairston announced today that Emilee Kathryn Poteat, 32, of Danville, Virginia, was sentenced to 54 months in prison for tampering with a consumer product.

Asheville --June 3, 2022:  Healthkeeperz, Inc. (Healthkeeperz), a behavioral healthcare provider based in Pembroke,
North Carolina, has agreed to settle allegations that it violated the

Asheville -- June 3, 2022:  Dena J. King, United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, announced yesterday  that a Buffalo, New York man who traveled to Western North Carolina to engage in sexual behavior with a minor was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Buncombe County -- June 2, 2022: Artise Cortney James of Arden was arrested and charged with multiple felony charges  after a long drug trafficking investigation by the Buncombe County Anti-Crime Task Force (BCAT)

Buncombe County -- June 2, 2022: The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office have charged Brandon Michael Gray, the owner of East Asheville Storage in Swannoa (2175 US-70), with felony offenses following a months-long criminal investigation.

Asheville -- June 2, 2022: Detectives and officers with the Asheville Police Department detained a man on Wednesday afternoon for failing to appear in court in connection with a previous APD arrest for weapons offences.

Thanks to efforts by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to support families during the ongoing infant formula shortage, families participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) can now purchase more sizes and types of Gerber formula.