Day: January 4, 2008

A request by the Sheriff’s Office for more deputies and the building of an animal shelter lead the Buncombe County Commissioners’ agenda for the Jan. 8 meeting.

Man, remember 2007? What a year, am I right? Flag disputes, Bele Chere, Richmond Hill … anything ring a bell?  Well it’s all back for Asheville City Council’s Jan. 8 meeting — the first of 2008 and the first chance to see the new lineup in action.

The official summary of the detention hearing for former Sheriff Bobby Medford on federal extortion charges, and the subsequent ruling by Magistrate Judge Dennis Howell that Medford stay in jail until his trial, reveal that the judge feared that Medford might be a threat to the safety of witnesses if released.