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ASHEVILLE - The National Park Service is investigating after an "improvised incendiary device" was found June 1 along the Blue Ridge Parkway ... parkway near the Folk Art Center, NPS said in ...

The Folk Art Center was evacuated, and a section of the parkway was temporarily closed. The item was safely removed and there is "no known threats to the public," the release said.

This one was a scary incident and caused an evacuation at the Folk Art Center in Blue Ridge Parkway. The banned device was lying in the dirt, causing considerable uncertainty among officials.