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Asheville -- July 20, 2023: City of Asheville Government Press Release: As part of these efforts, the City will be implementing a new ordinance, effective August 1, 2023, that prohibits the use of plastic bags for brush and leaf collection.

Buncombe County -- Buncombe County Government: Tuesday, July 18, 2023, is a code ORANGE air quality action day for the valleys and ridge tops of Asheville and Buncombe County.

Rutherford County -- July 17, 2023: At approximately 8 a.m., July 10, 2023, a Cleveland County sheriff's deputy investigating a suspicious vehicle was ambushed on Curt Ledford Road by a man who attacked him with a pipe.

Asheville -- July 15, 2023:  Officers with the Asheville Police Department were called to Mission Hospital around 10:00 PM Friday in response to a report of a person suffering from a gunshot wound.

Asheville -- July 15, 2023: Officers from the Asheville Police Department Thursday, arrived shortly after the Asheville Fire Department and emergency medical services personnel at the scene of a woman who was burning along the 100 block of New Leicester Highway.

Rutherford County -- July 14, 2023: On the morning of July 9, 2023, Rutherford County Sheriff's Office, conducted a patrol in the Cliffside Community in the region of NC Highway 120.

North Carolina -- July 14, 2023: Voting in North Carolina now requires a North Carolina Photo ID. WNCTimes will continue to bring election information.

Waynesville -- July 14, 2023: WNCTimes continues to follow a story on the death of a man in Waynesville, July 13, 2023. Waynesville Police have now identified the man, found deceased inside a vehicle that was parked on Hazelwood Avenue next to a train track.

North Carolina -- July 14, 2023: WNCTimes knows information about new voting requirements in elections. Below is a press release from the North Carolina State Board of Elections dated May 17, 2023