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2 days ago · About 75 to 80 percent of Asheville’s water customers again have city water, albeit a non-potable variety that has sedimentation in it. At the Wednesday…. by JOHN BOYLE October 16, 2024. Crashes, drownings, exposure, trees, blunt force: Medical Examiner’s list paints grim picture of causes of Helene deaths.
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Before coming to Asheville in 2021, he was an award-winning city government and business reporter for The Daily Times in Maryville, Tenn. Email: [email protected]. John Maines, database editor (V) Former database editor at The South Florida Sun Sentinel. He is the recipient of numerous state and national awards, including two Pulitzer ...
Oct 8, 2024 · Ages, dates and causes of Helene deaths as of Oct. 16, according to North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services data. 70 year old male was reported in Mecklenburg County on 10/8/2024 after being struck by a falling tree. 90 year old female was reported on 10/12/24 in Wake County after being displaced from Buncombe County due to the ...
Buncombe’s blackout: Severed fiber lines made it impossible to …
Sep 30, 2024 · Nearly 70 percent of western North Carolina’s cell phone towers and equipment are out of service, leaving hundreds of thousands with limited or no cell phone signal, according to federal communications data. Almost all of the towers withstood the damaging winds from Hurricane Helene, but fiber optic lines severed primarily by fallen trees caused a […]
City of Asheville’s updates on Helene’s aftermath
Sep 30, 2024 · The following are the city of Asheville’s updates on the aftermath of Hurricane Helene since Sunday afternoon. You can find updates here. Find recovery resources here. Updates by local radio: Public officials are holding news briefings each day at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The briefings are streamed live on the Buncombe County Facebook Page and have ...
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Oct 8, 2024 · To Dr. Ruchi Moore and her colleagues at Asheville’s Laurel OB/GYN, Hurricane Helene’s onslaught felt like a rerun of the COVID-19 pandemic “plus just an insane snowstorm.”. The storm shuttered the practice, leaving patients in crisis, and destroyed one employee’s home. But Moore and her staff plan to reopen today, even though they ...
Former Buncombe Sheriff Van Duncan plans to run for County …
Dec 15, 2023 · Duncan said he expects to launch a campaign website the week of Dec. 18. Asheville Watchdog is a nonprofit news team producing stories that matter to Asheville and Buncombe County. John Boyle has been covering Asheville and surrounding communities since the 20th century. You can reach him at (828) 337-0941, or via email at [email protected].
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Aug 7, 2024 · by MICHELLE FEUER and JOHN BOYLE August 7, 2024. The first of two parts Buncombe County residents use an astounding number of single-use plastic bags every year — 130 million, by one estimate — and, despite being recyclable, nearly all end up in landfills where they become a health hazard, an Asheville Watchdog investigation found.
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