Swannanoa News

* Richard Julius Morrison, 39, 165 Jones Cove Road, Clyde, was charged June 26 with misdemeanor possession of less than a half-ounce of marijuana and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.

Willa Hyder Geouge, age 85, of Herron Cove Road entered into the arms of her loving Savior on Wednesday, July 1, 2009.

When Doug Ward refused to administer mandatory state tests to his students with severe disabilities more than a year ago, he expected the stance would cost him his job.

Authorities charged two with robbing a man at gunpoint Thursday. William Cody Clark, 17, and Joshua Glenn Banks, 20, both of Brickyard Road in Asheville, were each charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon.

City police on Thursday charged an Asheville man with possessing and selling cocaine and numerous other offenses.

Sure, the French Broad boasts good length, big parks, a fun name and zealous environmental defenders - not to mention its putative status as the world's third-oldest river.

The Report Card issues grades A through F, and incompletes where necessary, to a variety of news items in this space.

City police Saturday arrested a Swannanoa woman charged with using her mother's prescription to get drugs.

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

Authorities Thursday arrested an Asheville man charged with failing to register as a sex offender.

Agnes Pauline Dalton Reese, of Swannanoa, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, June 16, 2009.

Motorists on U.S. 70 in the Swannanoa area may see some traffic slow-downs in the evenings as a repaving project continues this week.

Pay full price for shampoo, diapers or toothpaste? No way, says savvy shopper Jennifer Tate, a wife and stay-at-home mother of two from Fairview.

Buncombe County investigators are seeking the public's help in locating two fugitives.

Swannanoa residents who want to form a town cleared a key legislative hurdle Wednesday.

Environmental officials are investigating soil contamination discovered on state-owned property once used by the U.S. Army for a crematorium in Swannanoa next to Owen High School.

Swannanoa could take a step closer to incorporation today. A legislative commission on incorporations will meet at 5 p.m. to hear the latest reports from its staff on proposed towns in Swannanoa and Burke County's Lake James.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is investigating the soil from land adjoining Owen High School and other properties used by young people in Swannanoa.

Asheville, some 125 miles from Charlotte, is the area's gateway. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa Rivers, it had been settled in 1794 by John Barton, who had originally named it "Morristown" after Robert Morris, a financier of the American Revolution, but it had been later changed to honor ...

Beacon Pub announces the opening of a new event space, a 1,700-square-foot open hall above the pub on Whitson Road across from the old Beacon mill site.