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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.

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...

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...

RUTHERFORDTON, N.C. (WLOS) — Land clearing for a project to improve connectivity for drivers is underway in Rutherford County. “What's happening on Charlotte Road in Rutherfordton?” a viewer named Den wrote to Ask 13. “They have torn down the old Food Lion building that housed the VA clinic and are cutting down trees across the street."

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...

July 1 (UPI) -- A wildlife biologist in North Carolina came to the rescue of a bear cub seen wandering in Asheville with a plastic food container stuck over its head. Justin McVey, a wildlife biologist with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, responded to a report of a bear cub with a large plastic jar stuck over its head this week in Asheville and he arrived to find the animal had climbed a tree outside a home.

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.

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...

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.

CANDLER, N.C. (WLOS) — A nursery in Candler has been hit twice in two weeks by a plant thief, according to the owner. Surveillance cameras at Smokey Park Nursery captured the suspect attempting to steal a potted plant and a Japanese maple tree around midnight on June 28. Owner Derek Engelhardt said the suspect was after his Japanese maple trees, but she got spooked and fled, leaving the loot behind.

WLOS — The leader of the North Carolina State Senate and the House Speaker is calling for a 20-week abortion ban. It is technically already a law but was found un-enforceable based on the former precedent of Roe vs. Wade. Political experts believe with Roe reversed, the law may take effect, but it will first need to go back through the courts.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Asheville Police Department is searching for a missing man last seen on Friday, June 24. According to police, 20-year-old Gabriel Focaracci was reported missing by his family on Friday, June 24. Police say he was supposed to go to a concert with some friends on Sunday, June 26, but never showed up.

An explosion in May at a Black Mountain motel that claimed the life of one person was the result of a suicide, an investigation has determined. Local authorities, who responded to a call at the Apple Blossom Motel on West State Street just after 10 p.m. on Memorial Day, were assisted in the inquiry by the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation, according to Black Mountain Police Chief Steve Parker.

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 - 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.