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The following information is courtesy of Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

North Carolina added 8,914 new COVID-19 cases to its dashboard Jan. 15, as hospitalizations statewide remained high, at 3,916.

COVID-19: What you need to know Jan. 13 in Asheville, WNC Derek Lacey, Asheville Citizen Times © Courtesy photo Since receiving the first COVID-19 vaccines on Jan. 6, Buncombe County Health and Human Services staff have administered more than 1,433 vaccines and scheduled approximately 1,200 appointments this week. North Carolina added 6,851 new COVID-19 cases to its dashboard Jan. 12. The addition increased the total in the state to 635,975 since the start of the pandemic.�...

The following information is courtesy of Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. John Oscar Bradford, 30, of 140 Laurel Ridge Rd. in Spruce Pine, was charged by Captain R. Wiseman with felony sell/deliver Schedule VI controlled substance, possession with intent to manufacture/sell/deliver Schedule VI controlled substance, possess with intent to manufacture/sell/deliver Schedule VI controlled substance, possession of Sche...

COVID-19: What you need to know Jan. 12 in Asheville, WNC Derek Lacey, Asheville Citizen Times © Angela Wilhelm/awilhelm@citizentimes.com Buncombe County Health officials launched the newest round of vaccinations Jan. 11, moving from only frontline health care workers to anyone 75 and older, what Public Health Director Stacie Saunders called "an exciting day." North Carolina added 5,936 new COVID-19 cases to its dashboard Jan. 11, two days after setting a new record for new ...

COVID-19: What you need to know Jan. 8 — 10,000+ new cases, almost 4,000 in hospital in NC Derek Lacey, Asheville Citizen Times © Seth Harrison/The Journal News Vials of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale in New York City. The home received enough doses of the Pfizer vaccine to vaccinate all 600 of its residents. North Carolina added its highest-ever 10,398 new COVID-19 cases to its dashboard Jan. 7, an increase of more than 3,400 over Jan. 6s total of 6...

North Carolina added its highest-ever 10,398 new COVID-19 cases to its dashboard Jan. 7, an increase of more than 3,400 over Jan. 6s total of 6,592, and 871 higher than the previous record of 9,527 set Jan. 1. The addition increased the total in the state to 592,746 since the start of the pandemic.  As of Jan. 5, COVID-19 deaths in the state totaled 7,213. In Buncombe County, another 163 cases Jan. 5 increased the new total to 10,265 and a total of 173 deaths. Hospitalizations Statewide...

Winter Storm Warning In Effect Friday For High Country URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE 410 AM EST Thu Jan 7 2021 Low pressure moving across the deep south will approach the region from the southwest late tonight. The low will move east across the Carolinas through Friday evening. This will bring a period of accumulating snow for parts of North Carolina and southern Virginia. Boone, Wilkesboro, Yadkinville, Independence, Whitetop, Troutdale, Volney, Galax, and Stuart 410 AM EST Thu Jan 7 2021 .....

What you need to know: COVID-19 stats and news for WNC, Asheville Jan. 6.

ROGERSVILLE — A Hawkins County man accused of holding his girlfriend against her will for several hours, beating her and threatened to kill her on Sept. 6, was named in a two-count indictment charging him with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated domestic assault. Brandon Lee Murrell, 27, 289 Byrd Creek Road, Sneedville, was indicted by the Hawkins County grand jury on Dec. 7 and arraigned in Criminal Court on Dec. 11. He has been held in the Hawkins County Jail on $100,000 bond since his ...