Michael Absher, the former CEO of the Flat Rock nonprofit Only Hope WNC, which had offered services for homeless children, was charged Oct. 15 with three counts of human trafficking of a child victim.

Lance P. Martin, one of two attorneys who has filed an appearance in the bankruptcy case on behalf of the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc. and its effort to recover a $196,385 grant ...

Members of Hendersonville’s city government expressed regret for having awarded funding to an organization that was later revealed to be unlicensed to work with children, saying they believed at the ...

Absher was arrested in July on child sex crime charges His organization cut ties with him and subsequently lost public grants. He is in Henderson County Sheriff's custody on a $650,000 bond. Michael ...

Michael Absher, CEO of Only Hope WNC, a nonprofit serving homeless youth, was charged with sex crimes against children in July. Letters from NCDHHS show that Only Hope may have been operating as a ...