"Blue Ridge Parkway Closed After Visitors Attempt to Interact with Young Bear"

Blue Ridge Parkway officials have closed a section of the scenic route due to unsafe human-bear interactions at the Lane Pinnacle Overlook. Meanwhile, Asheville police have charged 49 people in a "quality-of-life" sweep targeting crime and homelessness in the city. In a separate incident, a Henderson County man is facing charges after allegedly striking and killing a pedestrian with his pickup truck, then moving the body before fleeing the scene.