Buncombe

The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners will consider taking the lead to solicit a new study analyzing the feasibility of merging Asheville City Schools and Buncombe County Schools at its meeting Tuesday, Oct. 17.

ArtsAVL announced that 14 Buncombe County residents received 2023-24 Artist Support grants from the N.C. Arts Council.

Buncombe County Health and Human Services has named as director of nursing and clinical services coordinator.

Buncombe County Schools was awarded a $1.3 million Smart School Bus Safety Pilot state grant, which will cover the cost of the $386,534 three-year contract.

Buncombe has a goal to create or repair 2,750 affordable units by 2030.

Despite rising costs, the percentage of students who qualify for free and reduced-priced lunches in Buncombe County essentially has remained the same.

Dozens of teachers, parents, school staff and supporters gathered in Pack Square Park on Monday, March 20, to demand higher pay for Asheville City and Buncombe County schools employees and deliver a petition to elected officials.

FINAL SETTLEMENT: Philip Anderson explains the details of the county's mediated settlement with former County Manager Wanda Greene and her family in front of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners at the Oct. 3 board meeting.

North Carolina and Buncombe courts do not maintain bond information on specific cases electronically.

Unbehaun was arrested Saturday and was held on a $250,000 bond awaiting extradition, Buncombe County, North Carolina, Deputy Clerk Cory Alexander told CNN on Tuesday.

According to data from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, only four child or adolescent psychiatrists serve the counties west of Buncombe: two in Haywood County and one each in Jackson and Macon.

According to Living Wage for US, which released its in November, Buncombe County’s living wage is $24.08 per hour.

All the students in the programs are from Buncombe County, but some of the ESOL teachers are from other places and work with students over Zoom.

Avril Pinder, the manager of Buncombe County, which includes Asheville, said that clear skies were helping search-and-rescue crews as they canvassed the area.

Buncombe County acknowledges substantial overcount in earlier numbers as NC chief medical examiner’s office completes official death count.

Citing “reports of scheduled protesting,” Buncombe County and Asheville city offices closed two hours before the protest began.

Dozens of people in Georgia and South Carolina are already confirmed dead, while at least 30 people in Buncombe County in North Carolina — where the city of Asheville is located — have already been confirmed dead.

FEMA currently has 300 community responders in Buncombe County.

If the Buncombe County statement is accurate, it suggests that book fair organizers attempted to conceal from officials that they are anarchists by omitting the word “anarchist” from their name.

In 2021, when Kora was 8 months old, LeCroy, then at the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office, asked to bring Kora aboard.