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HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office has arrested dozens of people after a drug bust involving six houses. Deputies said on Thursday, June 30, a six-month-long drug investigation by the Drug Task Force ended with seven search warrants being executed and numerous arrests being made.

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A six-month drug investigation by the Henderson County Drug Task Force came to a head Thursday, June 30, 2022, with seven search warrants being executed and numerous arrests being made. Three search warrants were executed in Hendersonville, three outside the city limits in Henderson County...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A driver was found guilty Friday of trying to run over a man several times on the side of the road in Asheville, according to Samantha Booth with the Asheville Police Department. A Buncombe County jury found Scott Everett Ford, 42, guilty of simple assault, felony...

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — A man accused of attempting to run down a homeless man and his cat in May 2021 in Asheville was found guilty of two felonies and several misdemeanors Friday, July 1 by a Buncombe County jury. Scott Everett Ford, 42, was found guilty of...

ASHEVILLE - Scott Everett Ford — the man charged with trying to run over a homeless man and his cat in 2021 — was sentenced to an eight-month active jail sentence.  Ford, 42, was found guilty of felony obstruction of justice and felony cruelty to animals, as well as multiple misdemeanor charges, according to...

Following weeks of conversations, engineering consultations, and brainstorming, Asheville Parks & Recreation is happy to announce that Malvern Hills Pool will open on Saturday, July 2, at 11 a.m. Regular operating hours for the pool on 75 Rumbough Place are 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday, 1-6 p.m. on Sunday, and 12-6 p.m. Monday-Friday. Admission is $3 per person. Season passes are $100 for an individual or $150 for a family of up to four individuals.

It’s not every day that a tour like George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic‘s One Nation Under A Groove rolls into town. With the Prime Minister of Funk at the helm, this fully-loaded vessel featuring Dopapod, The Motet with Shira Elias, Josh Schwartz, and Chris Brouwers (formerly of Turkuaz), Pimps of Joytime, and Blue Eye Extinction found a port at Salvage Station in Asheville, NC on Thursday.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — For the first time in three years, Asheville will celebrate the Fourth of July with fireworks in front of a crowd of thousands downtown. The city last hosted outdoor July Fourth events in 2019. Barricades are staged in the Renaissance Hotel’s parking, waiting to be...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A young bear cub was rescued after being spotted in Asheville with a plastic food container stuck on its head, officials said Wednesday. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission said that once wildlife biologist Justin McVey got to the scene, the cub had climbed up a tree near a home. The cub’s mother was standing nearby.

ASHEVILLE - The Malvern Hills Pool in West Asheville will open July 2, a surprise reversal after the city announced the beloved pool would likely be closed the entire summer following a failed inspection.  On June 17, the city said the pool would not open, but a July 1 news release said after...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Asheville Police said a man was sentenced to an eight-month active sentence after he was found guilty of trying to run over man back in 2021. According to police, 42-year-old Scott Ford was found guilty of felony animal cruelty, simple assault and felony obstruction of justice. He is sentenced to an eight-month active sentence followed by a two-year suspended sentence with probation.

In the 1980s, Malaprops bookstore opened in downtown Asheville. Owned by out lesbian, Emöke B’Racz, it became a sober safe space for the LGBTQ+ community. In an interview with the WNC LGBTQIA+ Oral Histories Archives, Allison Scott shared the complexity of existing in Western North Carolina in that era.

(CNN) - A bear cub was rescued in North Carolina after a plastic container was stuck on its head. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission posted photos of the cub on its Facebook page. It happened in Asheville, when the cub was climbing up a tree with the container on...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Records are alive and well in Asheville, North Carolina!. At American Vinyl Company, Ryan Schilling provides a way to record and take home a vinyl record -- all in the same day. The bulk of the recording is done in a mobile studio parked out...