Welch Sworn-In As District Attorney
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Channel: WLOS News 13 · 2015 · News & Politics
MACON COUNTY, N.C. -- The new district attorney for North Carolina's western counties was sworn into office Thursday. Ashley Welch took the oath at the Macon County courthouse. She had been assistant district attorney and threw her hat into the ring when Mike Bonfoey announced his retirement. She beat fellow assistant DA Jim Moore on Election Day. Welch says she'll bring youthful energy to the office with a keen focus on fighting crime. Welch says she's hired a team of prosecutors, but plans to keep a presence in the courtroom herself. _______________ Follow WLOS on social media: WLOS ABC 13 News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/News13/ WLOS ABC 13 News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WLOS_13 WLOS ABC 13 News on Instagram: https://instagram.com/wlos_13 Subscribe to WLOS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABC13Channel/?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to AnchorMOMS, the Podcast: https://wlos.com/news/anchormoms/anchormoms-the-podcast Watch more top local news stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8Ge6UXHJs&list=PLkVbaoT-aYbIvnEpR0Ct5QQQqYaORUSUH For all of the day’s top local and national news, visit http://www.wlos.com Watch our live newscasts and other live video at https://wlos.com/watch Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 828.684.1340 WLOS ABC 13 News serves the Asheville, NC area and the rest of western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. We keep our audience informed through local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of community events, sports and entertainment programming since 1954.
