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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.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A 19-year-old woman is in critical condition after being struck by a bullet that was fired from a neighboring apartment and ripped through her unit’s wall, police in North Carolina confirmed.

Cherokee Indian Police Department (CIPD) Press Release --  Officers responded at approximately 8:01 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 4 to a reported call of a traffic accident in the Big Cove Community.

ASHEVILLE, NC (AP) — An Allegiant Air flight bound from Ohio to Florida with 151 passengers and six crew made an emergency landing in North Carolina on Thursday afternoon, and there were no injuries, an airline spokeswoman said.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The state of North Carolina says it has secured an agreement with Duke Energy to excavate nearly 80 million tons (72.5 million metric tons) of coal ash at six facilities. (AP Photo file)

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A man in North Carolina has claimed a $1 million lottery ticket that he bought while shopping for ingredients to make goulash.

FLETCHER, N.C. (AP) — A small plane landed in a fiery crash near a western North Carolina airport late Saturday afternoon, officials said. There were no serious injuries reported.  (Stephen Lide Morris via AP)