Asheville Watchdog12d
Asheville Mayor, Buncombe officials among delegation headed to D.C. to appeal for more Helene assistance
Carrying a list of staggering losses and needs and initial requests totaling more than $2 billion, public officials from ...
Asheville Watchdog6d
Mission Health permanently shutters Asheville Specialty Hospital
Mission Health has permanently closed Asheville Specialty Hospital, the only long-term acute care hospital in western North ...
Asheville Watchdog13dOpinion
Opinion: If you think your post-Helene world is rough, put yourself in Amber and Trevor Ballew’s shoes
At this point, it’s fair to say we’re all a little wiped out from Helene. Nearly two months after Tropical Storm Helene blew ...
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Buncombe’s spending, contracting for Helene recovery tops $26 million
Buncombe County has spent or dedicated more than $26 million toward Tropical Storm Helene recovery efforts so far and has gone public with the details using an online dashboard. Buncombe has spent $9.
Asheville Watchdog10d
The lives we lost: At least 3 of 43 fatalities in Buncombe were unhoused people
Asheville Watchdog is bringing you the stories behind the staggering loss of life from Helene, the children, parents, ...
Asheville Watchdog5d
Answer Man: Was Helene a tropical storm or a hurricane in WNC? Fletcher pickleball courts damaged? Why don’t we have water towers?
Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: OK, was Helene a hurricane or a tropical storm? And which came first? Was it a tropical storm that grew into a ...
Asheville Watchdog7d
Opinion: Asheville’s messaging on lead in its water was mishandled — and other lessons from the Helene outage
Nearly a month after Tropical Storm Helene knocked out the City of Asheville's water system, North Fork Reservoir remained a murky brown and showed high levels of turbidity. // Credit: City of ...