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Crime & Safety
4 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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.

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Crime & Safety
4 weeks 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 weeks 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.

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Crime & Safety
4 weeks 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

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Crime & Safety
1 month ago
Man killed in Asheville officer-involved shooting identified

State investigators probe incident that left officer hurt on Hendersonville Road

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Crime & Safety
1 month ago
Beneath the Blue Ridge: Detectives believed they were close to solving Virginia Olson’s killing

Records show investigators pursued multiple suspects, searched an apartment and once traveled west believing they were nearing an arrest in the 1973 killing of Virginia Olson.

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is at the scene of a shooting that left a suspect dead and an Asheville police officer injured.
Crime & Safety
1 month ago
Suspect killed, officer injured in Asheville police shooting

Authorities say man opened fire on officers responding to Hendersonville Road call