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A new online resources shows how the region's largest city allocates and spends its annual budget.
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May 23, 2013, No comments

A new web application can help Asheville residents analyze and drill-down data on the city’s yearly budget.

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Push continues to conceal NC gun permit information

May 21, 2013, No comments

One of the only surviving bills in the N.C. General Assembly related to gun control would close permit information to the public, making it nearly imp ...

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Full Disclosure workshops emphasize the importance of public information

April 10, 2013, No comments

Carolina Public Press hosted its second annual series of public-records events last week at three universities in Western North Carolina, to offer jou ...

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Plea documents shed light on Asheville police evidence case

April 2, 2013, No comments

Details on former APD evidence manager’s guilty plea emerge amidst lingering questions.

  • APD Chief William Anderson announces the hiring of a new evidence-room manager. Anderson says he now knows who was responsible for the APD's missing items, but won't say more until the investigation is complete. Colby Rabon/Carolina Public Press
    Asheville police hire new evidence-room manager
    February 4, 2013, No comments

    Chief William Anderson announced the hire, and said he now knows how evidence went missing and who is responsible. Meanwhile, he said, he’s still not seen the recommendations from a city-commissioned audit completed more than a year ago.