ASHEVILLE - A Buncombe County detention officer was fired from the sheriff's office after police arrested her June 13 for allegedly driving while impaired. Tauqullia King, 39, a detention officer ...

An Asheville man charged with sexually assaulting a child at a public park now faces a second felony charge after police executed search warrants.

Geneva Daniels, 57, died April 19 from fentanyl toxicity in the Buncombe County Detention Facility's custody despite having been transferred to the jail from a month-long stay in prison.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office reports a detention officer was charged with DUI. The Asheville Police Department reports responding to State Street ...

A Marion man struck a plea deal July 8 for time he’s already spent in jail after running around naked in a West Asheville neighborhood.

Poole was held at the Buncombe County Detention Facility under a bond of $1 million after his arrest. He was given credit toward his sentence for the two years he spent in jail before his plea ...

An Arden man charged with first-degree murder in the death of his former employer made his first appearance in Buncombe ...

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) – The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office said that one man was arrested following a car chase through Buncombe County. On Thursday July 10, a Buncombe County deputy ...

The Buncombe County pretrial services worker assigned to monitor Ryan Ricky Houston, who committed one of western North Carolina’s most horrific crime sprees a year ago, was in a romantic relationship ...

According to the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office, just before 7 a.m. Monday, deputies were called to a Shell Gas Station on Sweeten Creek Road for a reported fight.

Graham County leaders gather to address the complaints about conditions inside their county jail. Those concerns are both health-related and financial.Graham County Jail staff, both past and present, ...