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West Asheville fire leads to pot find
By Sabian Warren, Asheville Citizen-Times
99 Eastview Circle fire leads to pot find, photo by Sabian Warren, A C-T
Authorities investigating a house fire in West Asheville discovered nearly 20 pounds of marijuana and other drugs.
According to a search ...
Secure? Seems to be a matter of opinion. Not of fact.
At dawn, only birds, steam and weak sunlight greeted the ruins of Penland’s Auction House.
Locking the front gate, while back wide open
Back of the fire building, showing direct access
Hole in fence near auction site
Fence stops ...
City of Asheville Fire Department Responds to 8 Structure Fires in 5 Days – Asks Community for Information
The City of Asheville Fire Department has responded to eight structure fires in the past five days. Four of these structure fires were intentionally set. The Fire Department is asking the community for their help in obtaining any information related to ...
Two simultaneous fires at New Belgium Brewing site
Photo of New Belgium property showing location of fires.
Two large fires continue to to be worked by dozens of Asheville Firefighters at midnight. The larger of the two destroyed the former Penland’s Auction House building on the northwest corner ...
Asheville teen charged after wreck
From The Asheville Citizen-Times by Sabian Warren
Scooter accident photo by Sabian Warren of Asheville C-T.
A city teen is facing a felony hit and run charge after police say he left the scene of an accident that injured a man in West Asheville today.
In ...
UPDATED: Habitual felon arrested during burglary attempt in West Asheville
APD officers Jones and Halford were aware a firearm was missing from the home on Country Meadow Drive. So was the suspect reported to be seen in the house. As they searched the house, one thing was clear — this burglar did not want to be found.
They ...
New Belgium hires APD for security on site
APD car patrolling within the New Belgium property.
Several people have asked WAW about APD cars inside the gates of the New Belgium Brewery site over the past few days. We get a lot of questions, and are glad to track them down for
you when we can.
No, ...
Logan Avenue Sept. 2012 fatal fire now ruled homicide
West Asheville man killed — fire set to cover crime — rules N.C. State investigators.
A Sept. fire on Logan Avenue which had apparently claimed the life of Michael David Willingham has now been ruled a homicide by the N.C. Chief Medical Examiner. ...
Collection for homeless on Patton Avenue may not be what it seems
Mr. Fulks collects money on Patton Avenue on Sat. Feb. 23
If you were passing through Patton and Louisiana Avenues today you probably saw them. Men in yellow vests with buckets saying “help the homeless, New Life Church.” Lots of people gave ...
Shots fired at New Belgium buildings — Updated
A door at 55 Craven Street shows the mark of a bullet impact, according to APD.
UPDATE 2/13/13
According to a police report obtained by WAW, a bullet or bullets struck the door of the ex-Bell’s Mini Storage office trailer on Jan. 30 around 5 p.m.
At ...