A derby-themed “Big Hats & Bow Ties” event will raise funds for work helping children who have experienced abuse or trauma.

Local law enforcement agencies teamed up to arrest and charge a 23-year-old man in connection with a shooting Saturday, April 20, at an apartment complex on Atkinson Street in Asheville.

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.