In this document, Kerry Comer, an employee of former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford ally Jackie Shepherd, confesses to running an illegal gambling ring as part of his plea deal. Click here to download a PDF file of the document.

In this plea agreement, Kerry Comer, an employee of Medford ally and Weaverville businessman Jackie Shepherd, agrees to plead guilty to running an illegal video poker ring, forfeit over $165,000 and testify against others in the case. Click here to download a PDF file of the document.

In this document, Irving Comer, an employee of former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford ally Jackie Shepherd, confesses to running an illegal gambling ring as part of his plea deal. Click here to download a PDF file of the document.

In this plea agreement, Irving Comer, an employee of former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford ally and Weaverville businessman Jackie Shepherd, agrees to plead guilty to running an illegal video poker ring, forfeit over $165,000 and testify against others in the case. Click here to download a PDF file of the document.

In the following plea, former Buncombe County Sheriff’s Department Capt. Tracy Keith Bridges confesses to transporting and laundering money for former Sheriff Bobby Medford as part of Medford’s alleged protection operation for illegal video poker machine operators. Click here to download a PDF file of the document.

In these series of documents, local, state and federal officials state their case for the safety and effectiveness of fluoridating Asheville’s water supply. The first document comes from city Water Resources Director David Hanks in a memo to City Council outlining broadly how and why the city’s water is fluoridated and the pros and cons […]

Each year, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission publishes a report of accidents and fatalities that are hunting-related. The 2006-2007 report was made available in Feb. 2008. As the report suggests, hunters are injured and/or die for a number of reasons, from careless handling of their firearms, to falls, to failure to wear a safety […]

Each year, the City of Asheville sends its funding requests to Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. This document outlines the funding priorities for council that are held over from 2007, and adds a few new ones to the list. The items are sometimes contentious and, in this case, the transit item for replacing city buses […]