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Seven nonprofit staffers from Western North Carolina nonprofits that work with people with disabilities have been selected for a three-year leadership development program.

Published: Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 26, 2009 at 10:09 p.m. A U.S. District Court judge released his written order this week that kept a Hendersonville man behind bars to await trial on charges he swindled local residents out of millions of dollars.

Authorities Friday arrested an Asheville man charged with kidnapping, assaulting and raping a woman.

An Amber Alert has been issued for two missing children in North Carolina. The alert comes from Mitchell County, which is along the state border with Tennessee.

University of North Carolina School of the Arts Chancellor John Mauceri has announced that James Baron Fenwick III of Todd is the first recipient of The Leonard Bernstein Excellence Award.

Sharon Meade , Outer Banks Curator for the NC Wildlife Resources Commission, shows her father Shelton Alexander the workings of a model tugboat built by Oscar Roberts of Aydlett during the event celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal at Currituck Middle School, Sunday.

Buncombe County authorities Tuesday charged an Asheville man with breaking into a woman's residence and stealing her dog.

David Lack, of Asheville, came out for what many consider to be a minor holiday Sunday.

This afternoon's heat and humidity is helping set the stage for another round of stormy weather later this afternoon and this evening, forecasters say.

The Blowing Rock Art and History Museum will make its own history on Sunday, June 7, when the organization breaks ground for its long-planned 23,000-square-foot museum on South Main Street in Blowing Rock.

At age 16, Colten Ellingwood knows what he wants to do with his life: farming. More specifically, he's sold on organic agriculture.

North Carolina has awarded bids for 17 highway projects worth $102 million, but Richmond County wona t be sharing in the stimulus money and local leaders arena t surprised.

Heavy rain flooded roads and forced evacuations this morning across North Carolina's foothills and in parts of South Carolina's upstate, and forecasters say those conditions could develop elsewhere today across the Charlotte metro region.

Published: Monday, May 18, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, May 17, 2009 at 11:23 p.m. It's a well-deserved accolade for a beloved middle school teacher who's retiring at the end of this school year.

Procrastinating until just before a deadline, state lawmakers pushed their ideas along by the hundreds during a fast-paced week, but some agendas were trampled.

Published: Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. A North Carolina couple, Iris Botros and Louis Andros, thought they were finally reaching their dream of having a child when they came to Botros' homeland, Egypt, to adopt twin orphans.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch in effect until 9 this evening for the following areas in Western North Carolina: Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford and Transylvania counties.

Asheville C. Dean Alexander, 93, of Asheville, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, April 30, 2009.

HOT SPRINGS A three-day 'Beginner's Mind' retreat will be held May 22-25 at Southern Dharma Retreat Center, led by Rev.

Published: Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 3:12 p.m. Miss Lisa Danielle Oliver and Mr.