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Sheriff addresses rumors of ‘West Virginia Boys’ rebuilding roads in western North Carolina
HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A group of West Virginia miners have become a beacon of hope in the eyes of some Bat Cave families who have felt the impact of their presence in their leveled town. According to reports, the group has been in the town for the past several days to […]
Old Fort residents recover from Helene: 'No neighbor left behind come hell or high water'
OLD FORT - Piles of debris that were once Dane Gomez’s Old Fort home and belongings are piled in his front yard. Across the street, railway tracks are torn and twisted from the ground and covered in boulders, trees and construction material. In the days before Tropical Storm Helene swept through Western...
Asheville man allegedly kneed by deputy while handcuffed nears federal lawsuit settlement
ASHEVILLE - An East Asheville resident is nearing a settlement in a lawsuit against former Buncombe County Sheriff’s Deputy Tyler McDonald, claiming numerous violations of federal civil rights occurred when McDonald kneed the handcuffed man in the ribs during a 2020 traffic stop. The settlement comes more than a year after plaintiff Jamie Burleson filed the lawsuit in Asheville’s U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina in October 2023. The federal suit stems from...
Helene death toll rises by one in Henderson County
The death toll from Tropical Storm Helene has risen by one in Henderson County, according to an update from the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on Oct. 28. The county's storm-related deaths are now counted as eight people, up from the seven that been reported for the past couple of weeks. ...
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