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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
Opinion
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Opinion: Asheville’s messaging on lead in its water was mishandled — and other lessons from the Helene outage
Now that potable water has been restored to Asheville’s 63,000 customers, this is a good time to reflect on how the city handled the crisis and the lessons we’ve learned. You may recall the great ...