Woodfin News

Haywood County * Both directions of Interstate 40 are closed between Exit 20 in northern Haywood County and Exit 421 east of Knoxville, Tenn., because of a rock slide at mile marker 2.6 on I-40 in North Carolina.

Buncombe County commissioners may stop having an invocation at the beginning of their meetings and switch to a moment of silence instead because of worries that the current procedure is unconstitutional.

Authorities on Thursday filed charges against a second man stemming from a shooting last weekend that killed a Woodfin woman.

Joe C. Reynolds' daughter told him years ago he had money coming to him from the state.

The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office declined Monday to release information on a motive behind a weekend shooting that left a 35-year-old Woodfin woman dead.

Woodfin Police on Monday charged two Asheville men with breaking into two apartments and stealing valuables worth thousands of dollars.

Christine Teresa Johnson faced several hurdles in her life. She was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease 10 years ago.

In addition to covering today's Asheville City Council meeting for an upcoming article in Mountain Xpress, staff writer David Forbes also turned in this coverage via Twitter, the micro-blogging program: 4:59 pm: City Council meeting is about to begin.

Tomorrow is the last meeting of the current Asheville City Council, but among many other agenda items , they'll begin discussion on one of the Downtown Master Plan 's most controversial recommendations: reducing Council's authority over large downtown development.

An expanse of wooded land north of Asheville has officials in two municipalities at odds, and some residents worried the scenic slopes will give way to road cuts and mountainside mansions.

A pair of tractor-trailer crashes snarled traffic in Madison and Buncombe counties Friday afternoon along a heavily traveled highway already burdened with traffic diverted from Interstate 40.

A tractor trailor hauling appliances ran off a bridge on Interstate 26 and fell to the road below, according to a Buncombe County official.

Woodfin Town Administrator Jason Young said the town's ABC store is seeing its sales return to normalcy after a dip following the opening of the county's new ABC store four miles to the north in Weaverville.

As one approaches the City of Asheville on Merrimon Avenue from Woodfin, a sign appears listing sister cities from around the world.

Police say a Barnardsville man was arrested after leading officers on a chase. Christopher Kevin Robinson, 35, of Christi Lane, was charged with felony fleeing to elude arrest, according to a warrant served this morning.

Police charged two Weaverville men with trafficking in morphine after stopping their vehicle on Interstate 26 in Woodfin.

A divisive measure gets shot down -- as it looks like Swannanoa will not become Western North Carolina's newest town.

AvL Technologies , a real success story on the Asheville manufacturing scene, plans to consolidate its offices and facilities in the Reynolds Village development in Woodfin, the Weaverville Tribune is reporting.

After a heated campaign over the future of their community, Swannanoa voters decided Tuesday overwhelmingly against forming a new town with new taxes.

I've listened to arguments from both sides of the issues in the debate over incorporation in Swannanoa.