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Snowfall totals in Asheville are already nearing yearly norms. A Buncombe County chief deputy once accused of stealing a gun is back on the job. State lawmakers will discuss the possibility of moving back primary elections again today.

Snowfall totals in Asheville are already nearing yearly norms. A Buncombe County chief deputy once accused of stealing a gun is back on the job. State lawmakers will discuss the possibility of moving back primary elections again today.

Matt Bush joined Blue Ridge Public Radio as news director in August 2016. Excited at the opportunity the build up the news service for both stations as well as help launch BPR News, Matt made the jump to Western North Carolina from Washington D.C. For the 8 years prior to coming to Asheville, he worked at the NPR member station in the nation's capital as a reporter and anchor. Matt primarily covered the state of Maryland, including 6 years of covering the statehouse in Annapolis. Prior to t...

Three people, including incumbent sheriff Quentin Miller, are running in the 2022 election. The other two say theyll be "constitutional sheriffs"

The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ordered that Asheville and Buncombe County stop the process of removing the Vance Monument for now. The monument in Pack Square commemorates Zebulon Vance who governed North Carolina and served as a U.S. senator during the Civil War. Sign up for our Newsletters Click the video player above to watch headlines from WXII 12 News. The Society for the Historical Preservation of the Twenty-Sixth North Carolina...

The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ordered that Asheville and Buncombe County stop the process of removing the Vance Monument for now. (Video above shows the beginning of the removal.) Sign up for our Newsletters The monument in Pack Square commemorates Zebulon Vance who governed North Carolina and served as a U.S. senator during the Civil War. The Society for the Historical Preservation of the Twenty-Sixth North Carolina Troops, Inc. had...

Despite earlier optimistic projections, the crew demolishing the Vance Monument no longer expects to complete the project before June 2.

Demolition of the Vance Monument in downtown Asheville began Monday and will take roughly two weeks to complete.

No. 1 Mill Creek Crossing gets approval. The City of Kannapolis Planning and Zoning Board approved a change from Planned Unit Development to Planned Unit Development Conditional Use, clearing the way for MPV Properties. The development will be called Mill Creek Crossing. The property is 229.44 acres. Plans included in the rezoning show a mix of residential, retail and office/industrial. Two major retail anchor stores are planned for middle of the property. The corner of N.C. 73 and Kannapolis P...

0 shares Illustrative image: Susan Foster, left, listens as her 7-year-old daughter Amelia plays on a Zebulon Baird Vance Statue at the Capitol as teachers and concerned citizens attend a Get Your Facts Straight! Rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, August 15, 2013. High school teacher Matthew Caggia, right, and others rallied to criticize the Republican legislature for public school policies approved this year and accuse them of misleading the public about their effects on the classroom. (A...