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Today's Asheville newscast includes these stories:

• Asheville seeks public input in search for new police chief
• UNCA committee favors developing South Campus amid transparency concerns
• Buncombe County faces potential tax hikes due to NC appraisal bill
• Bounty & Soul expands free food distribution amid 300% increase in need
• Asheville's evolution from tuberculosis haven to modern wellness mecca

Today's Asheville newscast includes these stories:

• Call to eliminate minimum parking requirements in Asheville to boost housing
• Governor Stein updates Helene funding request with focus on recovery gaps
• Asheville nonprofit transforms unwanted guns into art during gun violence awareness month
• Opinion: As surely as natural disasters will recur, we need tools for rebuilding our people
• Juneteenth celebration events in Asheville this week

Today's Asheville newscast includes these stories:

• Property tax moratorium faces final vote in NC House
• Local GOP leader accuses state officials of pressuring polling location decisions
• Asheville attorney disobeys court custody rulings, at risk of fleeing to Nigeria, judge says
• Asheville retires raccoon mascot over offensive T-shirt incident and cultural issues
• GRINDfest celebrates Black entrepreneurship and culture in Asheville

Today's Asheville newscast includes these stories:

• Asheville City Council narrowly passes $275.8 million budget for fiscal year 2027
• Affordable housing development approved to address Asheville's ongoing challenges
• FEMA allocates $172 million for Hurricane Helene recovery efforts
• NC lawmakers push free college tuition to combat public safety worker shortage
• Family seeks justice in shooting death of Eric Lordman in Asheville

Today's Asheville newscast includes these stories:

• Two charged in Fairview triple murder case allegedly made chilling confessions
• Asheville planners split over rezoning bid tied to Asheville Mall property
• Buncombe County extends permit fee relief for Helene repairs through 2027
• Local nonprofit awarded $5.6 million in funding for Pisgah trail restoration
• Phoenix the red panda dies at Western North Carolina Nature Center

Today's Asheville newscast includes these stories:

• Asheville police shoot man armed with a knife at apartment complex
• Buncombe County Superintendent Rob Jackson to step down
• State auditor discusses early voting site controversy in Cullowhee
• Before Hendersonville woman allegedly poisoned daughter, her life was filled with trouble
• For second straight summer, only one public pool will be open in Asheville

Today's Asheville newscast includes these stories:

• Plastic pipe from Silver-Line factory continues to choke French Broad River
• Asheville City Council to consider moratorium on data center development
• NC Dems request transparency on GOP pressure regarding WCU voting site
• Buncombe County seeks public input for opioid settlement spending plan
• What impacts do local nonprofits and government initiatives have on homelessness issues?

Today's Asheville newscast includes these stories:

• Advisory board rejects plan to redirect millions for Helene home repairs
• Buncombe County sheriff warns of safety crisis due to jail overcrowding
• Light, and dark, at ends of Tunnel Road: Hope for the homeless, but also drugs, squalor and crime
• Family of Bent Creek suspect says he's needed mental health care
• Water quality monitoring begins for WNC rivers this summer

Today's Asheville newscast includes these stories:

• Buncombe County approves $484M budget
• Ghosting story: Is Chuck Edwards distancing himself from Trump, or is it the other way around?
• Buncombe County purchases JCPenney site for new emergency operations center
• $25 million for recycling improvements in WNC after Hurricane Helene
• Jackson County Elections Chair alleges GOP pressured his early voting plan vote

Today's Asheville newscast includes these stories:

• Asheville launches $14.6 million grant program for small businesses
• Chuck Edwards faces scrutiny in tough congressional race in North Carolina
• Haywood Road to get new surface, bike lanes by fall
• LEAF Global Arts pauses its fall festival, promising return in 2027
• Asheville’s first women’s sports bar takes shape downtown