The annual Point In Time (PIT) Count will take place in Asheville on Tuesday. Every year, the Asheville-Buncombe Continuum of Care collaborates with many local organizations that focus on housing insecurity to collect data on those experiencing homelessness. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development requires communities to perform the count if they seek funding to address homelessness.
ORGANIZATIONS GEAR UP TO TAKE 'SNAPSHOT' CENSUS OF ASHEVILLE'S HOMELESS POPULATION

A woman is behind bars after officers found her in possession of nearly 4.5 pounds of meth. Police arrested Rebecca Elizabeth Whitesides in Spartanburg County in connection to a "large-scale drug trafficking" operation in North and South Carolina. Rutherford County's VICE unit says it had been surveilling Whitesides for some time.
WOMAN IN CUSTODY AFTER MORE THAN FOUR POUNDS OF METH FOUND IN VEHICLE, AUTHORITIES SAY

The Sammy Williams Center in Hendersonville is temporarily closed because of suspicion of mold. The nutrition and social programs are now operating out of Brookdale Hendersonville east. The Hendersonville Housing Authority, which owns the building, says further testing will be completed this week.
BUILDING WHERE SENIORS RECEIVE NUTRITION, OTHER SERVICES TO CLOSE TEMPORARILY