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Asheville's first public art piece reinstalled Saturday
The City of Asheville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department, in collaboration with Buncombe County, will reinstall the "Energy Loop" sculpture on Saturday afternoon in the new plaza adjacent to the County Health Department building on College Street in downtown Asheville.
Arrests: Felon charged with possessing handgun
City police Thursday charged an Asheville man with possessing a firearm as a felon.
Arrests: Man charged with spitting on officers
City police Wednesday charged an Asheville man with spitting at police officers.
Arrets: Woman charged with stealing, selling copper
Authorities Tuesday arrested a Hendersonville woman charged with breaking into a plumbing business and stealing copper to sell for cash.
Video poker talk resurfaces at NC Legislature
Owners of arcade games and so-called "sweepstakes" machines asked lawmakers Tuesday to legalize video poker again in North Carolina, two years after the Legislature enacted a complete ban that since been threatened by legal challenges.
Arrests: Pair charged with selling prescription drug
City Police on Monday charged an Asheville man and woman with selling a Vicodin pill.
ARRESTS: Hickory man charged in April stabbing
A Hickory man was arrested Sunday and charged in the April assault on an Asheville man, police said.
Arrests: Man charged with evading deputies
Buncombe County Sheriff's deputies on Sunday charged an Arden man with driving recklessly and speeding to avoid arrest.
Heat relief for Buncombe seniors
People age 60 and older may be eligible to get a fan or air conditioner unit to keep cool this summer by calling The Council on Aging of Buncombe County.
Trooper: Accident victim died of apparent heart attack
An Asheville man who crashed his car on Interstate 26 in Buncombe County Friday afternoon apparently died of a heart attack, according to the N.C. Highway Patrol.
Arrests: Two charged with armed robbery
Authorities charged two with robbing a man at gunpoint Thursday. William Cody Clark, 17, and Joshua Glenn Banks, 20, both of Brickyard Road in Asheville, were each charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon.
Judge upholds Jackson death sentence in 1994 Buncombe murder
A federal judge upheld the death sentence handed to one of Buncombe County's most notorious killers, ruling that Richard Allen Jackson's trial attorneys did a competent job representing him.
Buncombe County Sheriff Investigators have charged two Buncombe County business owners with several felonies relating to breaking and enterings in the Buncombe County area.
Arrests: Man charged with wielding axe during robbery
Authorities Wednesday arrested a Canton man charged with armed robbery involving an axe.
Citizen-Times archive: Jackson sentenced to death in slaying of Karen Styles
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story first appeared in the Nov. 23, 1995, Citizen-Times. The day after Thanksgiving last year, a deer hunter made the gruesome discovery: Karen Styles, missing since Oct.
Road report for Buncombe County
Depending on weather and unforeseen circumstances, road construction sites in Buncombe County where delays may occur this week include: High-severity incidents Buncombe County Interstate 26, Mileposts 35-39, and Long Shoals Road: One lane in each direction on I-26 may be closed at times at night because of construction on Long Shoals Road from I-26 ...
2 fugitives arrested in Buncombe County
Authorities in Buncombe County on Tuesday arrested two fugitives from Florida and Mississippi wanted on probation violation and domestic violence charges.
South Buncombe Property Transfers
The following transfers were filed in the Buncombe County Register of Deeds office June 1-5: * Lots 26-27 block 8 of Royal Pines, $151,000, Ernest Wayne Orr to Christopher Crooms.
Arrests: Man charged with prescription drug fraud
Buncombe County Sheriff's deputies on Monday charged a Hendersonville man with attempting to obtain drugs with a stolen prescription.
Hendersonville man charged in Buncombe break-ins
A Hendersovnille man was charged Sunday in a series of Buncombe County break-ins from April, according to warrants filed at the Buncombe County Magistrate's Court.