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NC regulators inspect Mission/HCA in Asheville; nurse: conditions better when they visit
ASHEVILLE - State health regulators are conducting another inspection of Mission Hospital following patient deaths and other compliance problems. A nurse union representative, meanwhile, welcomed the visit, saying management improves conditions when the regulators are present − something a hospital spokesperson denied. The inspection, which began May 20, comes...
Asheville Southside Community Farm staff told they 'cannot be' on property after 2024
ASHEVILLE - Southside Community Farm staff were told that they would not be allowed on the property "after the end of 2024" during an early-May meeting with Monique Pierre, president and CEO of the Housing Authority of the City of Asheville, meaning this could be the last for the farm that has served Asheville's historically Black Southside neighborhood for the past decade.
Asheville passenger rail plan finds local support as NC rail funding bill is introduced
ASHEVILLE - While the effort to bring passenger rail back to Western North Carolina has gained steam in recent months, funding has remained a question for local officials and state legislators as the project requires more non-federal funding to stay on pace. Nathan Ramsey, executive director of the Land of...
Henderson County Meals on the Bus program rolls to a park near you this summer
Henderson County Public Schools will continue serving the health and wellness of students over the summer months through the Summer Food Service Program, which begins Monday, June 3. From June 3 through Friday, July 26, the HCPS Child Nutrition Department will operate four open sites, consisting of stops along two Meals on the Bus routes. New this year are the park locations, ensuring children can comfortably enjoy meals on-site. Each stop features picnic tables and plenty of...
State rules Asheville firefighter’s cancer death in line-of-duty
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — An Asheville firefighter’s death from cancer has been ruled in line-of-duty, a huge step for the fire service and beneficial for his family, the Asheville Fire Department said in a news release Tuesday. The North Carolina Industrial Commission’s ruling highlights the increase in cancer...
Opinion: Mexican immigrants to Asheville worked hard, raised family, benefit our economy
“I know poverty and I know fear,” he said. Then he told me his story about pursuing the American dream. “The fear I know is from lying on the ground under a bush in the desert at night, with police car lights flashing in the distance, without moving, hiding, praying, waiting for the 'coyote' to give the signal that it is OK to move on. And the poverty I know has to do with wearing the same pair of pants, the same underwear, socks, shoes and shirt for 15 days while crawling, running and sweating in the desert.”
Steve Dozier, long-time chair, steps away from Henderson County planning board
Steve Dozier was appointed to the Henderson County Planning Board in December of 2008. Now, he’s stepping down as chair and away from the planning board all together. Dozier said he has always felt the need to be “heavily involved” in his community and, along with various other boards, he felt being on the planning board was a good way to do that.
Part of Pack Square Park to close for grass replacement in June
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Visitors to Asheville's Pack Square Park will notice a change in the grass in a few weeks, and to make way for the new grass, Roger McGuire Green and Reuter Terrace will be closed from June 17-July 5. According to a news release from Asheville...
Asheville's proposed budget sparks debate over city staff living wages
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — On Tuesday, Asheville City Council held their public hearing for the Fiscal Year 2025 budget. The FY25 budget totals to $249.6 million. The city said there have been many public input opportunities, including a public comment session back in January, a survey and the public hearing on Tuesday.
Answer Man: Where do the Grove Arcade rents go? Do cops pull people over for loud noise, no headlights, “obvious” polluting?
Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies, and the real answers:. Question: You recently wrote about the Grove Arcade and a plan to possibly convert some of its space into a hotel. But it left me with some questions: Where does the rent money go that the arcade tenants pay? Does the city benefit from this? The Grove Arcade Public Market Foundation sold its lease to Altamus for $17 million? I know dormant nonprofits can avoid filing 990s. Who is behind the Grove Arcade Public Market Foundation? If Altamus is going to sell the third floor to another operator potentially to operate a hotel, does the city have clawback language in the lease? Did the city let this get away from them?
T.C. Roberson student preserves great-grandfather's D-Day legacy
WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The storming of the Normandy beaches in France on June 6, 1944, to bring down Nazism and stop the killing of Jews across Western Europe, brought tens of thousands of American soldiers to the continent. Cash Simmons, 15, a 9th-grader at TC Roberson High School,...
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