Online petition drives are unlikely to lead to charges against people who snatched bear cubs from a tree, a wildlife official says.
The Asheville City Council voted Tuesday to demolish a house on South French Broad Avenue that has been linked to violent crime.
The $237,000 of grants are meant to narrow an opportunity gap for kids from low- to moderate-income families.
It included the biggest loan the fund ever granted: nearly $3.9 million to Roers Companies for 126 units of in southwest Asheville.
Bobby Eugene Darnell was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to robbery with a dangerous weapon and obtaining property by false pretense.
The body of a man reported missing out of Asheville has been found in Old Fort, authorities said.