Judge Eggers-Gryder to serve District 35 (Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Watauga, and Yancey counties) effective January 1, 2025.

View an order extending relief for 13 weather-affected counties in western North Carolina, effective October 15, 2024.

View an amended order declaring catastrophic conditions resulting from severe weather and flood advisories in multiple western counties.

Governor Roy Cooper has appointed Alexandria Leake to serve as district court judge in Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Watauga, Yancey counties.

Safe Babies Court officially began accepting families this summer in Mitchell, New Hanover, and Yancey counties.

Pilot programs begin in Brunswick, Durham, Mitchell, New Hanover, and Yancey counties.

Task Force's final report was released in November 2023.