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WEBWestern North Carolina attracts highly accomplished people of all backgrounds, including award-winning journalists from some of the world’s leading news organizations. Volunteers are indicated with (V), designating those who donate their time supporting local journalism as a community service. The News Team Sally Kestin, investigative reporter, co-founder (V)Former investigative reporter at ...
Opinion: Is Pratt & Whitney meeting its commitments in Asheville ...
WEBNov 20, 2023 · I was actually pleased to get an email last week reminding me that Pratt & Whitney opened its gigantic south Buncombe factory a year ago, and it would probably be a good time to see if the jet engine parts plant is meeting its much vaunted promises on jobs and pay, commitments that were part of an overall $100 million incentives package.. The email was from a familiar name, Ken Jones, an anti ...
North Carolina AG sends investigative demand for 41 sets of …
WEBOct 27, 2023 · The North Carolina Department of Justice has demanded HCA Healthcare hand over 41 sets of documents related to medical care at Asheville’s Mission Hospital as part of Attorney General Josh Stein’s escalating investigation into whether HCA is complying with the purchase agreement his office approved in 2019.. Stein sent a 14-page “Investigative Demand” on Friday to HCA Management ...
Answer Man: What’s going on with the former Isis Music Hall in …
WEBAug 27, 2024 · Question: I’m curious — how does the Harrah’s Cherokee Center-Asheville decide which events get the green light? Do they consider the impact on the community when making these decisions? For example, the Trump rally needed street closures that affected local businesses and residents, but I noticed that concerts with similar crowds don’t seem to cause the same disruptions.
Asheville's flood risk will only grow as rain events and climate …
WEBSep 17, 2024 · While no one can predict the weather with 100 percent certainty, here’s a reliable forecast: As the climate warms, Asheville and western North Carolina will endure more frequent and intense rain events, and likely more flooding. Much of the area isn’t ready for what’s in store for it. By one estimate, the county will add […]
Come Hell or High Water, Asheville Is Climate “Winner”
WEBMar 15, 2021 · Back in 2006, when Scott Shuford was Asheville’s planning director, he reluctantly accepted a friend’s invitation to attend a meeting about the impact of climate change on local governments. “I didn’t see how a two-degree temperature change could affect the community,” he recalled, referring to the predicted rise in earth temperatures in years to come. […]
Black Home Ownership and the Promise of Reparations
WEBFeb 22, 2021 · Priscilla Ndiaye Robinson looked across the empty fields where her Southside neighborhood once thrived. “It’s all gone,” she said. “One thousand two hundred businesses and homes were lost.” The neighborhood, where approximately half of Asheville’s Black population lived, suffered major upheaval under Asheville’s urban renewal program in the 1970s and 1980s, one of the largest […]
Henderson County Democratic leader files official complaint …
WEBFeb 27, 2024 · Republican Congressman Chuck Edwards has been slapped with an official complaint alleging that he violated the congressional franking privilege to benefit his re-election campaign by using a taxpayer-funded mailer to attack “Democratic-run” Asheville as a cesspool of “lawlessness, vagrancy and public safety.” The complaint was filed Monday with the House Communications Standards ...