In its funding request to commissioners, Buncombe County Schools asked for a $10.3 million increase from the previous year — a total request of nearly $106 million.

Buncombe County, North Carolina, cuts spending by 4% to cover budget shortfall caused by Helene Share Updated: 8:57 PM EST Jan 16, 2025 Infinite Scroll Enabled ...

Edwards previously represented District 3, based on the 2022 map, which covered the northwest portion of the county. With redistricting, she now resides in District 2.

Buncombe is one of 61 counties in the state — out of 100 — that uses some form of a district-based system for its county commission, according to the N.C. Association of County Commissioners.

More A Fairview Democrat, Horton, 38, is the first Black woman to be elected to the county commission. Horton defeated Republican Paul Benjamin to represent District 1, which covers most of the ...

ASHEVILLE – Jennifer Horton and Amanda Edwards both made history Nov. 5 in their presumptive wins for seats on the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. A Fairview Democrat, Horton, 38, is the ...

ASHEVILLE - This year, four candidates for Buncombe County Board of Commissioners are vying to represent two of the county's three districts, while one incumbent runs unopposed. In Buncombe’s District ...

It is a .59-cent tax reduction from the original budget proposal, which Budget Director John Hudson said came in response to feedback from county commissioners. Depending on location, property owners ...

A 2011 law by Republican state lawmakers created districts from which Buncombe County commissioners would be elected. Two commissioners are elected from each district with a chair elected countywide.

The county’s roughly 31,000-person population would be divided between the three districts as follows: District 1 (10,480), District 2 (10,452) and District 3 (10,155).

He last ran for a commission seat in the 2018 map’s District 3 — yet another iteration of the maps, given they’ve been redrawn multiple times in the past four years — which used to be most ...