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One organization is calling out for volunteers as the weather keeps getting cooler.

In Asheville, area non-profits are preparing for the cold this week, opening up their cold weather shelters.

Homelessness isn't just an Asheville issue. Many are also living unsheltered in some of Western North Carolina's more outlying counties.

A Code Purple has been issued for Thursday and Friday, Nov. 2-3, 2023, due to freezing temperatures in the forecast.

This winter The Cove Church has adjusted its previously offered services due to insufficient resources, funding and support to safely maintain its emergency homeless shelter and will not open nightly

The first freeze of the season is forecast for Halloween night. Temperatures are expected to drop to 24 degrees.

A Code Purple has been issued for Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023 due to freezing temperatures in the forecast.According to the Asheville - Buncombe Homeless Coalition,

Asheville City Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution to enter an agreement with Buncombe County for Code Purple funding.

Law enforcement personnel detained a Willamina High School student on the Northeast Oaken Hills Drive campus the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 18 for allegedly making “concerning ...

With temperatures beginning to drop, shelters are preparing for another season of Code Purple.