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

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.

Authorities said Randal Paul Penland Jr. targeted women in the Fairview and Arden areas, waited until they were not home, then broke into their homes to steal jewelry.

The man was accused of using his car to “cut-off” a motorcycle that was trying to pass his car, resulting in the rider’s death.

A food scraps program honored by the Carolina Recycling Association has kept tons of waste out of the Buncombe County landfill.