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Asheville, NC - Asheville Police Announced on Facebook this afternoon: At approximately 5:30 a.m. on January 13 the Asheville Police Department (APD) responded to Fayetteville Street in West Asheville after reports of shots fired.

Hendersonville -- January 10, 2020 : Veteran's Healing Farm We have lots of exciting news to share! Our creek restoration project is moving forward and beginning to take shape.

Raleigh -- Press Release NCDHHS Jan 9, 2020
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the first influenza-associated pediatric death for the 2019–2020 flu season. A child in the western part of the state died in December from complications associated with influenza infection. To protect the family’s privacy, no further information regarding this child will be released.

WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina are still looking for a man who impersonated a law enforcement officer.

CLAYTON, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina say they’ve arrested a man who they say had been walking through people’s yards without any pants on.

Raleigh -- Press Release NC Gov Roy Cooper Office Jan 7, 2020

Canton NC -- A tribute to 15-year-old Pisgah HIgh School student Lacie Rian Fisher is posted on Pisgah's Face Book. David Messer posted the following to Fisher, who died December 30. 2019 at Mission Hospital:

ASHEBORO, N.C. (AP) — A man accused of attempting to kill a female cab driver was shot and killed after a chase across three counties in North Carolina.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A costly three-year legal battle over a proposed hotel in downtown Asheville is set for a hearing before the North Carolina Supreme Court.