Online petition drives are unlikely to lead to charges against people who snatched bear cubs from a tree, a wildlife official says.

Michael Dykes is no longer chief of the Woodfin Police Department.

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.

A ribbon cutting for the new observation deck atop Mount Pisgah is set for 10 a.m., Friday, April 26, in the parking area for the Mount Pisgah Trail at milepost 408 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.