Alexander News

Buncombe County Sheriff's deputies on Monday charged a Fletcher woman with attempting to rob another woman with a handgun.

The following transfers were filed in the Register of Deeds office Oct. 21-30: Arden * 311 Carrington Place, $125,000, $125,000, Mary M. Piscitelli to Riley LLC * 100 Ledbetter Road, $360,000, Esther M. Anthony Estate, Paula Jo Anthony and Bruce D. Carter to Andrew Justin Broz Asheville * 111 Coleman Ave.

KELLIE PICKLER WAS ON ELLEN ON FRIDAY... LOOK AT HER HALLOWEEN COSTUME! THERE IS SOMETHING VERY FUNNY.... YET VERY WRONG ABOUT THIS! HERE IS MORE OF KEITH! RYAN NEWMAN HAS A NASTY CRASH AT TALLADEGA YESTERDAY... CHECK IT OUT! Mel Gibson may be a father for the eighth time: His girlfriend, musican Oksana Grigorieva, gave birth to a baby girl, ...

TOPIC STAFF A region anchored by technology giants Google and Apple, along with financial data centers in Charlotte, will be the focus for promotion by five counties, including Caldwell, to attract more data centers, communications firms and high-tech industries.

After weeks of arguments that have pitted neighbor against neighbor, Swannanoa voters will have their say Tuesday on whether their community should be incorporated into a town.

City police charged a Boone man with possession of Ecstasy. Sean Alexander Herberg, 20, of Howard Street, Boone, was charged with simple possession of MDMA or Ecstasy.

Kinston put itself on the world's beer map Saturday, with the grand opening of the Mother Earth brewery.

The Blount-Bridgers House Garden has been chosen by the Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina to receive the 2009 Minnette C. Duffy Landscape Preservation Award.

City police on Sunday charged a Candler man with attempting to obtain oxycodone pills with a fraudulent prescription.

Noting that the Greater Hickory Metro has lost more than 43,000 jobs since 2000, area officials painted a rather bleak picture of the region for a visiting German delegation.

Your browser's security settings are preventing some features from appearing. See instructions for fixing the problem.

A North Carolina homeowner who enjoyed a decade of tax breaks by preserving a 1920s mansion will have to pay back taxes after remodeling cost the home its historic designation.

Tempers are running high in the battle over incorporation in Swannanoa as both sides complain of stolen signs and intimidation.

When Swannanoa voters go to the election polls on November 3, they will be able to decide whether or not to incorporate themselves as a town.

A man who was suspended from the Buncombe County Sheriff Office after his arrest on a domestic violence charge no longer works for the agency.

Swannanoa voters will go to the polls Nov. 3 for a referendum on whether to incorporate their community as Buncombe County's seventh municipality.

Duke Energy's rate hike request met strong opposition at a public hearing before members of the N.C. Utilities Commission in Franklin last week.

An Asheville man was charged Tuesday with robbing another man of $1,500, according to warrants filed at the Buncombe County Magistrate's Court.

The following transfers were filed in the Register of Deeds office Sept. 14th-18th. Alexander * 40 Harold Sluder Road, $180,000, Judith M. Monteith to Jack Daniel Hill Jr.

The following transfers were filed in the Register of Deeds office Aug. 31-Sept. 4. Alexander * Flint Hill Road, $266,500, Teresa and Michael Lee Bryson to Michael Sean and Elaine G. Brewer * 45 Kelly Fields Drive, $229,000, Hutzel Construction Inc.