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3 attacked, beaten at Asheville ‘Palestinian Resistance’ event
The Asheville Police Department is ““investigating an assault that occurred” during an Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair seminar on June 29 at the West Asheville Library, the APD noted in a July 1 press release. After allegedly being attacked, violently beaten and dragged outside of the library, accusations...
2 charged in water pellet gun shooting spree
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Asheville police have brought charges against suspects accused of targeting pedestrians around the city with water pellet guns. A news release from the Asheville Police Department (APD) on Friday said two people had been identified and charged in the case. APD said 32-year-old Darius Ramont...
City’s anarchists? ‘They’re hypocrites!’ FOP leader declares, noting they say they want peace in Gaza, but (allegedly) beat up 2 local Jews, 79-year-old man
In the aftermath of an incident wherein two local Jews and their friend, a male 79-year-old cancer survivor, allegedly were attacked, severely beaten and dragged out of the West Asheville Library by participants in an anti-Israel event on June 29, Asheville FOP President Rondell Lance said of the perpetrators, “They’re hypocrites!”
CrowdStrike outage could lead to new scam threats, local cyber experts say
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — On the morning of Friday, July 19, millions of people across the country went to log in to their devices and saw the effects of an update sent out by cyber security software provider CrowdStrike gone wrong. "Some of us might've initially thought that this...
BCGOP chair found guilty of assault on a female school board member; no punishment meted out by court
The chair of the Buncombe County Republican Party was “found guilty of assaulting a female GOP school board member” during a July 8 trial in Buncombe County District Court, the Asheville Citizen Times reported on July 9. However, Buncombe GOP Chair Doug Brown “will likely face no punishment,...
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