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Buncombe County -- Buncombe County Community News May 5, 2022: Federal funding will continue to make a local impact as the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners approved $4.8 million for three projects aimed at increasing affordable housing and Pre-K availability.

Buncombe County -- May 5, 2022:  Buncombe County Anti-Crime Task Force (BCAT), with the help of the Buncombe County Sheriff's Community Enforcement Team (SCET), served a search warrant at 43 Rector Street in Asheville on Tuesday. Four firearms, Fentanyl, Morphine, Oxycodone Hydrochloride, and numerous drug paraphernalia were discovered during the

Buncombe County -- May 5, 2022: The FBI and Buncombe County Sheriff's Office recovered 1.1 pounds of fentanyl, a weapon, and $1,136 in US currency from 258 Magnolia Way in Leicester after a months-long investigation based on community concerns.

Buncombe County -- May 3, 2022: Buncombe County Health and Human Services As of today, there have been 53,072 total cases of COVID-19 in Buncombe County and the current case rate is 136 per 100,000. This is an increase from last week’s case rate of 94 per 100,000.

Raleigh -- May 3, 2022 Press Release Governor Roy Cooper's Office: Governor Roy Cooper and state health officials are encouraging North Carolinians to seek treatment quickly if they get sick with COVID-19. FDA authorized treatments that can lower the risk of hospitalization and death are widely available. These treatments must be administered early, some within 5

Asheville -- May 3, 2022: After discovering a little kid murdered in an area hotel room Monday afternoon, Asheville Police Department investigators charged a mother and grandmother with murder and felony child abuse. Around 3:10 p.m. on
May 2, 2022.APD Patrol officers were summoned to the Rodeway Inn and Suites on Crowell Road in west Asheville for a welfare check.

Buncombe County -- The Buncombe County Health Clinic is proud to announce its participation in the Upstream project. Upstream works in partnership with health centers to strengthen reproductive care and autonomy and increase equitable access to the full range of contraceptive options.

North Carolina -- May 2, 2022: An aggravated assault was reported April 29, 2022, on Hillsborough St. near Brooks Ave., according to NC State University Police. Four individuals in a car were claimed to have driven past people walking in a group and fired numerous plastic projectiles from a pellet or air propelled gun, striking two of them.

North Carolina -- Phase 2 of the North Carolina Department of Revenue's Business Recovery Grant Program has begun, including adjustments to the program's eligibility criteria.