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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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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 ...
Asheville Watchdog6d
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 Watchdog5d
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, ...
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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 ...
Asheville Watchdog11d
Lead detected in seven schools after Asheville water didn’t undergo mitigation process for several weeks
Lead has been detected in seven area schools after Asheville Water Resources suspended a standard treatment for lead ...
Asheville Watchdog12d
From Chick-fil-A orders to an eight-figure contract: how Asheville has committed $21.7 million so far to Helene recovery
Preparations, cleanup and repairs from Tropical Storm Helene are costing local governments in Buncombe County tens of ...
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Asheville potable water is back, city boil water notice lifted
After 54 days without potable water, City of Asheville water customers once again can consume water directly from their taps. At the daily Helene briefing Monday, Asheville Water Resources Department ...