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Asheville equity advocates resign as city’s racial justice reckoning continues
Jason Sandford October 1, 2020

The CEO of the YWCA of Asheville has quit, becoming the second Black woman in a month to leave a high-profile job with a mission of improving racial equity in the city.

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Hot Sheet: Asheville Regional Airport adds four more Allegiant flights
Jason Sandford January 14, 2020

Also, a new light-induced meditation center has opened in downtown Asheville, and more.

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New downtown Asheville police district coming online soon
Jason Sandford September 17, 2019

The downtown police district proposal faced criticism when it was first proposed about two years ago.

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Asheville police chief set to resign after two months on the job
Jason Sandford September 11, 2019

The city of Asheville plans to contract with Robert C. White, a retired former police chief, to serve in the interim.

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Asheville City Council moves to limit police searches
Jason Sandford May 23, 2018

City Council said it wanted police to adopt a written consent policy for certain types of searches.

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Ashvegas Hot Sheet: Asheville public housing complexes are violent crime hot spots, police chief says
Jason Sandford May 22, 2018

Also, "overtourism" is a new buzzword, and much more.

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Asheville police Capt. Mark Byrd suspended
Jason Sandford May 21, 2018

Was Asheville Police Department Capt. Mark Byrd, who's been no stranger to controversy, the source of leaked police body cam video?

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Cut police funding? Asheville City Council is looking into it
Jason Sandford April 23, 2018

Asheville City Council members Brian Haynes, Keith Young and Sheneika Smith said they want to take a closer look at Police Department funding.

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Asheville City Council faces $3.2 million budget shortfall
Jason Sandford March 21, 2018

"You look like I kicked your puppy," Barbara Whitehorn, the city's chief financial officer, told Asheville City Council after she finished her budget presentation.

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Asheville City Council shuffles management following Police Department scandal
Jason Sandford March 19, 2018

Asheville City Council will meet on Tuesday to consider taking more action.

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Renowned civil rights attorney who grew up in Asheville takes case of man beaten by former Asheville police officer
Jason Sandford March 16, 2018

James E. Ferguson II was a student at Stephens-Lee High School when he first started fighting for civil rights in the 1950s.

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Asheville police beating: FBI investigates, NYT notices, Kapoor defends police chief
Jason Sandford March 9, 2018

Hundreds of residents attended a Wednesday night meeting to vent their anger.

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‘Angry’ Asheville City Council announces two Police Department audits
Jason Sandford March 7, 2018

Asheville City Council wants to know how the Asheville Police Department and its officers are affected by structural racism and implicit and explicit bias.

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What we know so far of Asheville police beating video incident
Jason Sandford March 6, 2018

Here's a timeline of events.

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Kaliner: Asheville police officer may have leaked police beating video to newspaper
Jason Sandford March 3, 2018

Asheville's police chief and district attorney have suggested an investigation into who leaked the police body cam video may be in order.

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Asheville DA, police chief consider investigating leak of police beating video
Jason Sandford March 3, 2018

Who leaked the video to the Asheville Citizen-Times?

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North Carolina SBI alerted to Asheville police beating video case five months after it happened
Jason Sandford March 3, 2018

The SBI declined to investigate the incident, saying too much time had passed to make an investigation effective.

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Asheville mayor, police chief express outrage over police beating incident
Jason Sandford March 1, 2018

The actions of the Asheville Police Department officer are a step backward for the department, Mayor Esther Manheimer said.

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Asheville Citizen-Times details police beating of jaywalking suspect
Jason Sandford March 1, 2018

The newspaper obtained body cam video that shows an Asheville Police Department officer beating and choking a man last summer.

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Ashvegas Hot Sheet: Asheville P&Z votes down RAD short-term rental ban
Jason Sandford September 7, 2017

Also, there's a new exhibit called "Wicked Plants" coming to the N.C. Arboretum, and more.

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With love, and a lawsuit, Marzelle presses brutality case against Asheville police
Jason Sandford July 27, 2017

The Return to Love AVL campaign features bumper stickers and an Instagram account.

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Ashvegas Hot Sheet: Charges dropped against Marzelle
Jason Sandford July 1, 2017

Also, Walt Dickinson of Wicked Weed thinks a "certified independent craft" seal on beer is a waste of time, and more.

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New Asheville police chief: Veteran officer Tammy Hooper
Jason Sandford May 29, 2015

Hooper is currently deputy police chief in Alexandria, Va.

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