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Press release from the Asheville Police Department: ASHEVILLE - The Asheville Police Department is offering an opportunity for residents to turn in their guns and receive cash, no questions asked.

Asheville Police vice officers recently arrested three people in connection with its latest escort sting operation.

Editors with the Carolina Journal, which has reported extensively on the scandals surrounding former Gov.

Frightful weather didn't deter 275 "idiots" from racing their shopping carts on Sunday morning.

Tomorrow is the last meeting of the current Asheville City Council, but among many other agenda items , they'll begin discussion on one of the Downtown Master Plan 's most controversial recommendations: reducing Council's authority over large downtown development.

All About Jazz says: Of The Body Prone is the fifth album from the six year-old Asheville, North Carolina-based power trio Ahleuchatistas.

The $40 million-bond project for Asheville water line replacement and repairs will come to a close this December when final water testing is complete on a reconstructed water tank on Patton Mountain.

Police charged an Asheville woman with shooting a man following a hit-and-run crash early Saturday.

Buncombe County sheriff's investigators charged an Asheville man on Saturday in connection with a shooting that left one woman dead.

Police had a woman in custody late Friday following a shooting outside an East Asheville home.

North Carolina police say a man kidnapped an elderly woman while she sat in a car outside the Asheville hospital where she was being discharged.

Magdaleno Santivanez Hernandez, of Karen Place, was charged Nov. 25 with one count each of trafficking, transporting, manufacturing, selling and possessing cocaine in excess of 800 grams, and one count conspiring to sell or deliver cocaine.

Police have identified a 21-year-old man who suffered two gunshot wounds Wednesday after an unknown assailant shot him outside a city apartment complex.

Here's the press release from the Asheville Police Department: ASHEVILLE - The Asheville Police Department Animal Services Unit is seeking the public's help to locate a dog owner in the following bite incident: On November 20th, 2009 at the Aldi Store at 1344 Patton Avenue at approximately noon, the victim in this case was trying to pet a stray ...

Asheville Speech Associates, a speech pathology private practice owned by Janet Bennett, has opened a satellite office in the Flat Rock Centre, 1527 Greenville Highway.

Disney on Ice presents the live show 'Finding Nemo' starting at 7 tonight at the Asheville Civic Center arena.

A 21-year-old man suffered at least one gunshot wound after an unknown assailant shot him in broad daylight outside a central city apartment complex.

Sarah Palin Comes to Asheville -Dinner with Billy Graham & Family 22 Nov 2009 - On a very short notice, Space Mountain Productions was advised that Mrs.Palin would be coming to Asheville to have dinner with Billy Graham & Familly.

Helen's Bridge, which is located on Beaucatcher Mountain and is described in local lore and literature, is included in the swap between the city and Zealandia Holdings,LLC. In the deal, Zealandia Holdings is giving the city four acres around the bridge, and the city is giving Zealandia five acres farther north on the mountain.

Investigators charged an Asheville man with attempting to kill his 3-week-old son after a doctor treated the boy for a fractured skull, police said Tuesday.

It's been 20 years since Teddi Segal last saw the AIDS Memorial Quilt panel she and her family made for her two sons, Doug and Scott, who died of AIDS six months apart in 1988.

An Asheville man was charged with breaking and entering and stealing a $4,000 television, according to warrants filed at the Buncombe County Magistrate's Court.

Tolerance, understanding and acceptance are key in every community, and Gay Straight Alliances strive to bring information to the public about the LGBT community in order to create safe schools for everyone.

The town's gas station went dry and traffic backed up for a mile at times in the days after Hot Springs, N.C. became a pit stop for motorists avoiding the official Interstate 40 rock slide detour.

A memorial fund has been set up to help the family of Edward Jamal Chalk, the 4-year-old boy killed after being struck by a car.

The Mayor of Asheville is honoring for 570 WWNC's sister station 99.9 Kiss Country by declaring Monday as Kiss Country Day.

For David Anderson, a day couldn't get much better than the one he had Saturday.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will stop in Buncombe County today to visit with the Rev.

Robert Blanke has announced the opening of a Braeside Financial Planning office in downtown Asheville.

A Taste of Asheville will celebrate the return of the Asheville Independent Restaurant association's Main Course Dining Program.

Toubab Krewe Toubab Krewe ends the year by coming full circle to celebrate New Year's Eve at home in Asheville, NC with a two night stand at the The Orange Peel , where they recorded their most recent album, fittingly titled Live at the Orange Peel .

There's no denying that this year's Asheville Film Festival was low-key and scaled back.

Girls just want to have fun Down in Eden Falls, Ga., a group of gals looks to turn their live around in the comedy 'Hallelujah Girls,' opening at 7:30 tonight at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St.

An Asheville eye doctor said Friday that he is prepared to go to court against the North Carolina Medical Board if it reprimands him for telling a patient she was fat.

Carol Motsinger * CMotsinger@CITIZEN-TIMES.com * updated November 13, 2009 9:38 am ASHEVILLE Asheville's getting a dose of Hollywood pizzazz with this weekend's seventh annual Asheville Film Festival.

A former Asheville firefighter will spend 120 days in jail for shooting at a bicyclist, narrowly missing his head with a bullet that pierced the man's helmet.

Look homeward, piglet. That's what will happen soon when sculptures of a pig and a piglet are reinstalled facing north as part of an Urban Trail station that sits just west of Vance Monument - despite the fact that their flesh-and-blood ancestors almost always moved south through that spot.

Police say an Asheville woman withdrew $2,060 from Carolina First Bank just after depositing checks drawn on a closed account.

"Lorna Blaine Halper: The Space Between" at the Asheville Art Museum opens Dec. 12, with an opening reception from 2-4 p.m. Dec.

From noon-2 p.m. Thursday, meet at City Hall in downtown Asheville to board the bus and tour the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers with RiverLink.

Police arrested a man and a woman on charges they broke into a cabinet and stole video game systems and other electronic equipment from the Walmart in east Asheville.

Police detectives took out warrants on a city man in connection with a shooting earlier this month at Pisgah View Apartments.

The eighteenth annual 'All That Jazz" weekend at The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa will bring legendary jazz artists to Asheville, North Carolina for two days of concerts and jazz themed special events.

My husband and I were in desperate need of a road trip. Didn't care much where or why, we just wanted to hit the open road and get out of St Louis for a while.

North Carolina Senate Democrats have chosen veteran Buncombe County lawmaker Martin Nesbitt as the new majority leader.

A fun and funky character-plus cafe with extraordinarily good biscuits, Tomato Jam is a great place for breakfast or lunch, with take-out meals a specialty.

The late, great Elvis Presley performed in Asheville five times during his long and colorful rock career.

Elvis has left the building, but the tickets are still there. Twenty-five years after the rock legend's death, the Asheville Civic Center is still holding thousands of unused tickets to a local show he never lived to play, Aug.

An Asheville woman was charged with breaking into a car to steal a credit card, according to warrants filed at the Buncombe Count Magistrate's Court.

Hearts With Hands is holding their third annual Harvest of the Heart program from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday.

This year's annual Asheville Film Festival proved to be a little different than years past.

The Blue Ridge Parkway is a venerable institution in our part of the world. This scenic drive runs 469 miles, from Shenandoah National Park to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina .

The day when every Asheville High School student has a laptop computer is getting closer.

The dogs and cats at the new Pet Soup animal shelter don't have to worry. Whether they are young and feisty, old and crippled, or just grumpy and set in their ways, these homeless animals will never feel the prick of a needle that would end their lives simply because there is not enough space to keep them while they wait for adoption.

Almost all the musicians in the Songs from the Road Band are full-time members of other well-known touring groups.

When it comes to Christmas decorations, there's nothing like a good coniferous wreath.

The Asheville Film Festival has added a second showing of its closing film 'Precious' on Sunday night, after tickets to the first screening sold out.

A Georgia woman arrested in the deaths of two men in North Carolina has been found hanged in her jail cell.

Several traffic accidents are slowing traffic in the Asheville area as of 4 p.m. The N.C. Highway Patrol and Asheville police say there are accidents at N.C. 63 near Green Valley Road, U.S. 70 in front of Art Space Charter School, Interstate 40 westbound near the 41 mile marker and I-40 eastbound at the 47 mile marker, as well as accidents on ...

Police say they caught an Asheville man with a gram of the drug ecstasy. Logan Fonde Dugger, 21, of Windswept Drive, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of less than a half ounce of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving while license revoked.

Arson investigators have concluded their investigation of the fire Monday at Hillcrest Apartments and determined that there was a deliberate release of natural gas in the apartment that was ignited by a separate fire set within the structure.

This week's City Council elections were marked by a lopsided mayoral win, victories by three political newcomers - and voter apathy.

Investigators are still on the scene of the Hillcrest structure fire that occurred yesterday to try to determine the exact cause of the explosion.

It's been a bad year for people who suffer from paraskevidekatriaphobia, or fear of Friday the 13th.

Police said that a child broke away from his mother while crossing the street on Wednesday morning and was hit and killed by a passing car.

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy , Diamond Brand Outdoors and the Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company are joining together on Tuesday, Nov.

Arson investigators believe that natural gas probably fueled an explosion and fire that burned down a building at Hillcrest Apartments on Monday.

Asheville police are investigating shots being fired Saturday at street signs in the Kenilworth neighborhood.

The newest Hotel Indigo opened its doors today in downtown Asheville, N.C. Nestled near the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the 100-room new-build boutique hotel is the second of five properties planned for the state; additional deals are signed in Charlotte, Wilmington and Winston-Salem. Located at 151 Haywood Street, Hotel Indigo Asheville ...

Police say they arrested a man and woman for breaking into an Asheville home and stealing three videogame consoles, a TV and videogames valued at $2000. Kenneth Shane Duncan, 36, of Junie Beauchamt Road, Advance, and Jacquelyn Ruth Stewart, 23, of Golf Estates Road, Franklin, with breaking and entering and larceny, according to warrants served ...

Here's a look at how our coverage of the explosion and fire at Asheville's Hillcrest Apartments unfolded, in a live blog that was updated throughout event.

Asheville fire fighters have subdued a fire at the Hillcrest Apartments in downtown, but the damage is done.

Craggie Brewing Company will celebrate the opening of its Public House at 197 Hilliard Avenue on Friday, Nov.

An explosion rocked Hillcrest Apartments Monday morning, blowing out a brick wall, sending flames shooting skyward and producing a plume of smoke that could be seen for miles.

One person died and another was injured in a fire at a retirement community in western North Carolina.

Fire investigators weren't immediately sure what sparked a blaze Friday night at an East Asheville apartment complex.

Students in UNC Asheville's multimedia arts and sciences video art class will present their newest work at a one-day exhibit of multimedia video installations, 'The Electric Rabbit Hole,' 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday, in the Highsmith Student Union's Alumni Hall.

A man was shot early Saturday morning at Pisgah View Apartments, according to an Asheville Police Department press release.

Grammy Award winner George Winston brings his signature melodic folk, New Orleans R&B, and stride piano styles to the intimate space of the Diana Wortham Theatre this month.

About 100 members of Asheville's Tea Party protested outside Rep. Heath Shuler's Asheville office Thursday afternoon, urging the congressman to vote against the Democrats' health care reform bill.

Police are investigating the shooting of a man earlier this morning at Pisgah View Apartments in West Asheville.

Asheville , North Carolina , United States Monday, September 21, 2009 We spent 3 days in the Mountains near Asheville, N.C. The R.V. resort was a small one, about 25 sites but situated high in the mountains with a great view.

Asheville residents and visitors will have a new opportunity to view some quality gingerbread houses this winter.

IT WASN'T JUST IN WASHINGTON: Asheville, NC reader Coral Jeffries emails about an anti-Obamacare rally in her hometown: I attended the protest at Rep.

An Asheville woman was sentenced to at least 39 years in prison for trafficking in opium.

From the Ashvegas blog: AvL Technologies, a real success story on the Asheville manufacturing scene, plans to consolidate its offices and facilities in the Reynolds Village development in Woodfin, the Weaverville Tribune is reporting.

"Manheimer gets the bear vote: Four bears currently eating candy she left on her front porch in north Asheville," @edgymama reported via Twitter on Oct.

Authorities say a loaded handgun was found in the backpack of a North Carolina high school student.

Police say they caught an Asheville woman selling a rock of cocaine. Omega Falivia Brown, 21, of Bear Creek Road, was charged with selling cocaine and possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine, according to warrants served today.

Rap legend Warren G will be in Asheville before his show at The Orange Peel tonight to greet fans.

Blasting is under way as crews try reopening Interstate 40 near the North Carolina-Tennessee state line where a massive rock slide closed the road late last month.

There are fewer competing features in this year's festival, largely owing to the fact that the aggressive acquisition approach of the past two years - that snagged us such titles as Blood Car , Sita Sings the Blues and Bart Got a Room - was not taken this year.

Police investigating a report of domestic violence ended up arresting a man on drug charges and seizing weapons, ammunition and cash.

Mayor Terry Bellamy won a second term Tuesday on an otherwise dismal day for incumbents.

ASHEVILLE, NC The holiday season this year in Asheville will be especially busy with plenty to see and do.

Police charged an Asheville man with graffiti vandalism after he was caught with the help of a passerby who authorities say saw him defacing a building.

City police on Monday charged an Asheville man with breaking into a home and stealing property and drug possession.

Asheville Woodworking School, on the the lower level of Asheville Hardware, downtown will host Joe Ruminski, president of Green River Woodworking, in a Nov.

Different traffic patterns, some delays and closed-off spaces will greet people at the Wall Street and Rankin Avenue parking garages during repairs that begin Nov.

City police on Sunday charged an Asheville woman with trying to flee from police in a vehicle and assaulting an officer.

Writer, environmentalist, builder, war protestor, gadfly and of late, political candidate.

An engineer involved in building Interstate 40 through a portion of western North Carolina said more than 40 years ago that workers had problems finishing the project because of rock slides.

Seven-year-old Nori Grant's face lit up Saturday when he saw his kindergarten teacher walking across the grass near his home at Pisgah View Apartments, a giant trash bag slung over her shoulder and a big smile on her own face.