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Today's Asheville newscast references these stories:

• Chuck Edwards defends poetry and gifts as not sexual misconduct
• Asheville police fatally shoot knife-armed man after break-in call
• Jury convicts Asheville woman in property fraud case
• Private equity-backed buyer could raise Asheville mobile home lot rent to $850 from $350
• UNC Asheville unveils plan aiming for 3,200 students by 2030

Today's Asheville newscast references these stories:

• Asheville Council ends Flock Safety contract immediately, removes 11 license plate cameras
• Asheville City Council delays transit plan, hears concerns about ADU changes
• Buncombe County requests community input on 10 county sidewalk project
• Boards approve Lennie's Law creating Bicycle Safety Zones to boost bike safety
• ArtsAVL releases creative economy snapshots for 28 WNC counties

Today's Asheville newscast references these stories:

• Buncombe County 2026 property tax bills due Jan. 5 payment plans relief
• G20 finance meetings in Asheville bring spending and debate over Hurricane Helene aid
• Stein announces $69M for western NC affordable rentals, $53M workforce homeownership
• Asheville unveils unified Azalea Parks and Infrastructure recovery design after Helene
• NC voters trust local elections more than national, poll shows

Today's newscast references these stories:

• License plate readers provide critical leads in double homicide, APD says
• New three-way stop — and police enforcement there — has some drivers riled up
• USDA official says Helene recovery in WNC could take 25 years
• Leela Livis was a mama's girl. Now she's at center of alleged poisoning case
• Leaked NPS records flag WNC park signs for review

Today's Asheville newscast references these stories:

• Public hearing: 'Mission Hospital should not get one more bed'
• City Council delays fixes to 'broken' bus system
• NC Elections Board votes to allow early voting on WCU campus
• Magnitude 2.0 earthquake recorded Sunday near Weaverville
• UNC Asheville undergraduates helped find Achilles’ heel in drug-resistant staph

Today's Asheville newscast references these stories:

• Ending Flock wouldn’t end Asheville’s license plate surveillance
• 92 new hospital beds up for grabs amid anger at HCA, distrust of state regulators
• Earth Fare says Westgate shops will continue operating for ‘years’ despite UNC Health sale
• Roadless no more? Feds eye rule change in areas of national forests
• Leaf Global Arts ceasing operations over financial challenges

Today's Asheville newscast references these stories:

• Asheville mayor calls for vote to terminate Flock camera contract
• 1,500+ petition urges NPS to scale back Helene debris removal on Blue Ridge Parkway
• Global finance leaders to descend on Asheville for G20 summit
• Bear injures resident after entering unlocked home in north Buncombe County
• New Asheville festival to celebrate historic neighborhoods

Today's Asheville newscast references these stories:

• Asheville considers zoning changes for more by-right duplexes and larger in-law suites
• Asheville pauses ART transit redesign after backlash
• Buncombe releases first pedestrian plan for unincorporated areas
• Bus driver shortage as Madison County Schools starts with shrinking routes
• City fixes Thomas Wolfe Auditorium leaks, plans plaster and paint repairs

Today's Asheville newscast references these stories:

• 'Strategy is still the same': Jamie Ager after GOP opponent change
• Buncombe visitor spending dips as Helene recovery lingers
• Helene funds, KOA rezoning top Buncombe County agenda
• Henderson County farmland push as $25 million open space bond nears vote
• Canton Mayor Zeb Smathers steering town's recovery since paper mill closure

Today's Asheville newscast references these stories:

• Model for low-income housing faces scrutiny after shootings
• New campaign launches ahead of $70M Buncombe County bond vote
• Republican Sen. Warren Daniel disappointed Buncombe raised property tax after appraisal freeze
• I-26 Connector project: 3rd-generation Burton Street resident shares concern
• Asheville resident fears losing bus service under proposed ART changes