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Avery County

Chief Justice Paul Newby
Nov 1, 2024

Newby taps Eggers-Gryder as chief District Court judge

A Yancey County jurist has been named the next chief District Court judge for a five-county district in Northwestern North Carolina. State Chief Justice Paul Newby announced the selection of […]

A lineman repairs damaged utilities atop a pole Oct. 4 near the Swannanoa River in Asheville. (Associated Press)
Oct 14, 2024

Courts work to recover after Helene’s destruction

Several western North Carolina counties are in various stages of restoring court operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, and the state’s Supreme Court is extending deadlines lawyers face for […]

Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed Alexandria E. ‘Allie’ Leake, a trial lawyer in Marshall, as a district judge in Judicial District 35. (Associated Press file)
Aug 26, 2024

Cooper fills seat on Judicial District 35 bench

Gov. Roy Cooper has filled a seat on the bench in northwestern North Carolina with a trial lawyer from Madison County, a news release from his office says. The governor […]

A Charlotte man faces charges of impersonating a law enforcement federal officer in a case brought by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina.
Apr 5, 2024

Charlotte man charged with impersonating federal officer

CHARLOTTE — A Charlotte man was arrested in late March on multiple counts of impersonating a federal officer, a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District […]


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