Family, friends and collegues gathered over the weekend to say goodbye to a long-time legislator with the Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) who has passed away last week. Funeral services were held at the Chief Joyce Dugan Cultural Arts Center on Friday [Oct. 13], for Virginia Lee “Tommye” Bradley Saunooke … Read more
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) – The Buncombe County District Attorney’s office announced that a drug dealer is now off the streets. 39-year-old Cedric Reaves pleaded guilty to multiple counts of Trafficking in Opiates, Cocaine, and Meth stemming from his arrest this summer on Granada Street in which officers discovered that he had a stolen … Read more
HOT SPRINGS, N.C. (WLOS) – Public discussions began on what happens next for a popular local hiking destination. Trail supervisors hosted the first open house this week at the Spring Creek Community Center to discuss the future of Max Patch with the public and get community input. Leaders have been looking for ways to improve … Read more
ARDEN, N.C. (WLOS) – A series of thefts led Buncombe County Sheriff’s detectives to an area pawn shop where, on Wednesday, they confiscated multiple stolen items. The thefts, which started in mid-July and continued through last week, happened at area Target, Lowe’s and Walmart stores. Detectives from both the sheriff’s office and Asheville Police Department … Read more
Asheville — A Cherokee, North Carolina man will be spending more than a decade behind bars after he was found guilty of second-degree murder. The 21-year-old enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians was recently sentenced [October 3], to 14 years in prison, stemming from the December 13, 2019 incident in which he’s … Read more
BETHEL, N.C. (WLOS) – Better emergency communications are in the works in the southern end of Haywood county. Haywood County leaders are finalizing plans to improve first responder communications in the Lake Logan/Bethel area. Signals are hit or miss in the area, prompting the need for a tower. Better signals are now on the way … Read more
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) – A federal grand jury has indicted a Haywood County woman on 58 counts of interstate threatening communications and one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping. Darris Gibson Moody is accused of sending false writs of execution against the Haywood County sheriff, a deputy sheriff, two Haywood County commissioners, the Haywood County … Read more
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) – A drug conviction against a Brevard woman has resulted in a more than decade long prison sentence. Victoria Kerrigan Irby, 26, was sentenced to 15 years behind bars for distributing the drugs that led to the overdoses of multiple people and the death of at least one. According to filed court … Read more
SWAIN COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) – A man accused of stealing a vehicle from a gas station and leading police on a high-speed chase has been sentenced to more than a decade behind bars. According to a press release from the District Attorney’s office, James Caviness accepted a plea deal in connection to the June 23, … Read more
Some residents in Haywood County say needle exchange programs there are not working and are instead causing a danger to public health. Now, Haywood County’s Board is sending a resolution to the General Assembly requesting more control over who can regulate the programs. The issue can be introduced when the General Assembly meets again in … Read more