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On Friday, May 3, 2002, a fire broke out at the Mitchell County jail in Bakersville, North Carolina. Bakersville is located northeast of Asheville, North Carolina, and has a population of less than 500. The jail, built in the 1950s, held 17 inmates; some were serving time for misdemeanors and others were awaiting trial on felonies.
Buncombe County Sheriff's Capt. Jeffrey Littrell shows a blanket given to detainees on special watching during a jail tour Dec. 2, 2021.
The Swannanoa Gap is a pass in the eastern United States through the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Asheville plateau. The pass sits on the Buncombe-McDowell County line in North Carolina near the head of the Catawba River. Long traversed by Native Americans, its trail was the first road into Buncombe County from the east.
Further complicating matters, a non-regulated subsidiary of Duke called Cinergy Corp. holds the offshore wind lease to a 55,154-acre area off Brunswick County that the company has said could power ...
This is a list of state prisons in the U.S. state of North Carolina: [1] In January 2015, the former five male divisions and one female division were consolidated into four regions, as listed below. [2] As of February 2015, North Carolina houses about 38,000 offenders in 56 correctional institutions. [3]
TotalEnergies holds one of three wind energy leases off of North Carolina. Its development area is about 22 miles off Bald Head Island, sharing a border with one leased by Cinergy, a company owned ...
The Avery County Jail, also known as Avery County Historical Museum, is a historic jail located at Newland, Avery County, North Carolina. It was built in 1913. It was designed by architects Wheeler & Runge in Italianate style. It is a two-story, stuccoed brick building with small one-story wings and a cross-hipped roof. A one-story wing was ...
Currituck County Courthouse and Jail is a historic courthouse and jail located at Currituck, Currituck County, North Carolina. The original two-story section of the courthouse was built about 1842, enlarged in 1897, and a rear wing was added in 1952.