Buncombe County

Gov. Roy Cooper announced Friday that he’ll allow the new state budget to become law without his signature.

State lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that would change election rules for a handful of school boards in the western half of the state. Some will give a boost to Republican candidates in majority Republican counties, and changes in Buncombe County will redraw school board electoral maps.

Laws on guardianship in North Carolina have remained unchanged for decades, and advocates say they don’t reflect changes in the field that call for more information and expanded rights for people whose lives are put under the control of another person, agency or business.

Framing MAT in jails as an Americans with Disabilities Act issue is prompting a shift in how the treatment is managed with jails now more willing to sort out the logistics.

What’s the difference between committing the same non-violent crime in one North Carolina county and another? For Daniel Noell, a homeless man convicted…

North Carolina has become a sanctuary state for child predators.

Around 1,800 healthcare workers at Mission Hospitals are now represented by National Nurses United. In a press release, NNU called the election “the…

Anne Moebes signed up to work at a polling site in Buncombe County for the March 3 primaries, just before the coronavirus pandemic really hit the United…

African-Americans in Asheville are three times more likely than white people to be searched by police in traffic stops and are disproportionately...

In a narrow 4-3 party line vote Tuesday night, Buncombe County commissioners approved a resolution to remove two Confederate monuments in downtown...