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SportsARDEN, N.C. — College women’s golf teams from across the country are teeing off Monday at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove, just outside Asheville, in Arden, N.C., as UNC Asheville plays host to the French Broad Collegiate Invitational. The two-day event runs Monday and Tuesday,…
SportsASHEVILLE, N.C. — UNC Asheville had two chances from the penalty spot and could not cash either one Saturday afternoon, falling 2-1 to USC Upstate in a Big South men's soccer match at Greenwood Field. The Spartans struck first in the 13th minute when Henry…
Crime
ARDEN, N.C. — Two men had been fatally shot by the time deputies reached them shortly after midnight Saturday in Arden, and the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office says it does not yet know who pulled the trigger. Patrol deputies were sent to Pine Needle Lane, close to where Buncombe County…
Politics
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Voters in Asheville and the rest of Buncombe County are down to the last week of in-person early voting before the Nov. 3 general election. The window statewide closes at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. County early voting sites open at 8 each weekday morning and stay…
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