ASHEVILLE – Clambering over downed trees and walking along the trails that thread the 45-acre property in January, Starr Silvis Metcalf pointed to the new disturbances that have appeared in recent weeks — excavator tracks, boreholes and cut vegetation. Work at the beloved wooded parcel, located on UNC Asheville property in the Five Points neighborhood,…
ASHEVILLE – Nearly 200 Buncombe County residents have applied for assistance through a state-managed program assisting owners whose properties were damaged when Tropical Storm Helene swept through the region Sept. 27. Dozens are hoping to have their properties purchased outright. During the Dec. 2 Buncombe County Board of Commissioners briefing, County Manager Avril Pinder updated…
ASHEVILLE – HCA Healthcare is asking a judge to dismiss a federal lawsuit Buncombe County filed against the Nashville, Tennessee-based health care system earlier this year. In its original complaint, filed Aug. 6 in state superior court and later moved to U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, the county alleges staffing…
ASHEVILLE – On Nov. 1, Wicked Weed Brewing’s staff for its sour and barrel-aged beer-focused Funkatorium brewpub and adjoining Cultura restaurant at 147 Coxe Ave., were called by management to the South Slope property for a mandatory meeting that ended with most of the service industry workers unemployed. Conor Tormey, who worked for Wicked Weed…
Telling an Asheville volunteer leader “we’re here for the long haul,” Vice President Kamala Harris visited North Carolina on Saturday to be briefed on the damage the state suffered from Tropical Storm Helene and meet people dealing with the aftermath of its catastrophic flooding. The record high water tore apart major districts of Asheville and…
Aerial footage is capturing the extent of Hurricane Helene’s cataclysmic impact on Asheville, North Carolina. Across the Southeast, the storm has killed at least 200 people since its historic landfall along Florida’s Big Bend region Sept. 27. Almost 1 million homes and businesses are without power throughout the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia and Virginia while thousands remain…
Search and rescue efforts remain ongoing across Western North Carolina after communities were ravaged by floodwaters of Tropical Storm Helene. County emergency response officials have advised the public on ways to seek out loved ones. Buncombe County, Asheville City of Asheville and Buncombe County public officials have announced that they have been working on a…