With new district-based voting changing to the way Buncombe County Board of Commissioners are elected, four candidates vying to represent District 3 answered voter questions on Oct. 15 during a candidates forum. Inside: The complete forum, including talk about greenways, job creation, incentives and more.
With new district-based voting changing to the way Buncombe County Board of Commissioners are elected, four candidates vying to represent District 2 a ...
Three candidates for two seats representing the Asheville area on the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners answered voter questions during a recent ...
Nine of 10 candidates for Buncombe County School Board debated issues ranging from the board's oversight of system administrators to the development o ...
Each campaigning to be Buncombe County's next chairman of the Board of Commissioners, David Gantt, a Democrat, and J.B. Howard, a Republican, debated their views of the area's economy, education, small business and more during a Sept. 24 fo ...
See the report from the N.C. Office of the State Auditor that says the N.C. DOT’s Sylva-based Division 14 and Haywood’s maintenance department countenanced unnecessary cost overruns. Also, new reports tally domestic violence-related dea ...
In honor of Father’s Day, we present this portrait of Saluda resident John Belleme. A son in a traditional Italian family, Belleme shares how he struggled to find connections with his father, and how he worked to change that type of relat ...
By recent accounts, unemployment fell in 98 of the state's 100 counties in March. At least that's what numbers released Friday by the N.C. Department of Commerce show. But Western North Carolina is still home to the county struggling hardes ...
After years of drug-dealing and homelessness, Harold Gibson now lives in an apartment in Asheville, N.C., with his fiance, Rhonda Lytle. Both Harold and Rhonda are living with HIV, and they are among the more than 1,000 people who have reli ...
Wondering if you're in the 10th or 11th congressional district? Here's your guide to finding your district, who the candidates are and who's funding their campaigns. Also, a look at top greenhouse-gas emitters in WNC and a new online resour ...
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