Arden News

One person was killed in a single-vehicle accident this afternoon on Interstate 26 eastbound between the Airport and Long Shoals Roads exits in South Asheville.

Western North Carolina ensemble Balsam Range announced their debut with authority on 2007's acclaimed "Marching Home." That album originated as a solo effort for fiddler and versatile singer Buddy Melton.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday made public a list of 26 communities in 10 states where residents are potentially threatened by coal ash storage ponds similar to one that flooded a neighborhood in Tennessee last year.

Many families are cutting back on luxuries during these precarious economic times, but you shouldn't mark eating out with the kids off your list of pleasures.

The following transfers were filed in the Buncombe County Register of Deeds office June 1-5: Arden * Lots 26-27 block 8 of Royal Pines, $151,000, Ernest Wayne Orr to Christopher Crooms.

The Fletcher Police Department filed the following charges: * Justin Adam Varnes, 27, 165 Baldwin Road, Arden, was charged June 2 with misdemeanor resist, obstruct and delay.

Authorities Wednesday arrested an Asheville man charged with sex crimes involving a minor.

A Powerball ticket worth $200,000 was bought at a convenience store in Arden. The ticket was sold at the Kounty Line store at 2628 Hendersonville Road, said Pam Walker, spokeswoman for the N.C. Education Lottery.

Buncombe County authorities Wednesday charged a Candler man with selling stolen lawn mowers for cash.

An Arden man convicted of impersonating a police officer will spend at least a decade in prison.

Rebecca Corwin has visited Migun Life more than 270 times over the past two years, spending her lunch hour three days a week lying on the thermal massage bed to relax her muscles and her mind.

The following transfers were filed in the Register of Deeds office June 1-5. Arden * Lots 26-27 block 8 of Royal Pines, $151,000, Ernest Wayne Orr to Christopher Crooms Asheville * 112 Spooks Branch Road, $50,000, Lois B. Waldrop, Lynn W. and Paul J. Cox, Thomas A. and Virginia C. Waldrop, Robert J. and Julia M. Waldrop to Ronald E. and Wanda M.

An autopsy has determined that an Arden man found dead in a Madison County creek in February died of drowning.

The following transfers were filed in the Register of Deeds office May 25-29: Arden * Lot 73 Lake Julian Trails, $136,000, Lake Julian Trails LLC to Melanie L. Clark * 606 Olde Covington Way , $137,000, Melissa R. Lindsey to Maria Iliadora Martinez * Lot 58 Waightstill Mountain, $322,500, Windsor Aughtry Co.

An Arden man was arrested for kidnapping a teenager, according to arrest warrants at the Buncombe County Magistrate's Office.

Limestone Community Council will hold a regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road.

The Black Forest Restaurant in Arden is now serving lunch from 11:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. The lunch menu for the restaurant includes Italian and German dishes, as well as salads, sandwiches and desserts.

Even with the rain moving on, problems from a soggy week will linger into today.

Matthew Wood and Andrew Cypcar were recently awarded their rank of Eagle Scout at a court of honor held at Avery's Creek Community Center.

Police have arrested a man and charged him with having a pound of marijuana. Mohammad Mahdi Zaghari, 22, of Arden is charged with having one pound of a controlled substance, maintaining a vehicle to keep the marijuana and selling the controlled substance.