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Asheville police seized about 16.865 pounds of suspected fentanyl and cocaine, along with an additional 0.86 pounds of pressed fentanyl in a recent arrest.
Crime & Safety
4 months ago
Asheville man charged after record fentanyl seizure

Police say Tip411 tip helped uncover large-scale drug operation

Tree-covered hillside beside a paved road, with a blue banner on a pole at right edge.
Crime & Safety
4 months ago
Beneath the Blue Ridge: What’s still unknown in Asheville’s Virginia Olson cold case

Police say some evidence still exists, no suspect has been identified, and key questions remain in the 1973 killing of a UNC Asheville student.

Crime & Safety
4 months ago
Record 6.22 pounds of fentanyl seized in Buncombe County bust

Multi-agency operation involving BCSO, DEA, SBI leads to six arrests and largest fentanyl seizure in agency history

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Community
4 months ago
Asheville locals push back on ‘no-go zone’ narrative

Interviews highlight a mix of pride, concern and calls for more housing instead of increased policing

Crime & Safety
4 months ago
1 killed in late-night shooting at Flat Rock park

Authorities say incident not random; no threat to public

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Crime & Safety
4 months ago
Man arrested after midnight break-in at downtown hotel

Asheville Police Department officers apprehended Joseph Fuller Anderson, 39, at the Downtown Inn & Suites after a report from staff that a man had broken into the hotel electrical room.

Louie Willard Perry Jr.
Crime & Safety
4 months ago
Man jailed without bond on Asheville rape charge

April 11 assault leads to arrest after multi-agency investigation

Gravestone reading OLSON in a cemetery; inscription for Virginia Marie (Ginger) Sept. 13, 1953 – Apr. 15, 1973, with decorative top edge and grassy background.
Crime & Safety
4 months ago
Beneath the Blue Ridge: Could DNA still solve Asheville’s Virginia Olson cold case?

A new review of autopsy records and preserved evidence suggests modern forensic testing may still generate leads in the 1973 killing of a UNC Asheville student.

White Ford police SUV parked in front of a building with yellow police tape across the scene, 'POLICE' graphic on the side.
Crime & Safety
4 months ago
Police data shows mixed crime trends across Asheville area

March data shows upticks in some categories, declines in others across Buncombe and Henderson counties

Storefront window with a large blue portrait of a woman on the left, a car in front, and two people inside the yellow-lit space on the right (one bowing, one wearing a headscarf).
Crime & Safety
4 months ago
Man killed in Asheville officer-involved shooting identified

State investigators probe incident that left officer hurt on Hendersonville Road

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