Healthy discussion­: Panel event highlights community solutions to national health problems

Speaking to about 50 people at the Sherrill Center last night, Executive Director of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition Shellie Pfohl urged audience members to view improving the health of the nation and ending childhood obesity as everyone’s responsibility. (Photo of Shellie Pfohl courtesy of UNCA)

Compassion­ate citizens aid disabled vet

Day after day, Earl Grey sits in his wheelchair on Biltmore Avenue, his Veterans Affairs ID card taped to the top of a red Folgers coffee container. He’s been homeless for four years. But in July, some concerned locals decided to help Grey track down the missing paperwork so he could start receiving disability checks again and get off the streets. (Photo by Max Cooper)

Collateral damage: Local veterans wrestle with the aftermath of war

Despite having no military base nearby, nearly 20,000 veterans call Buncombe County home — giving it the sixth-largest veteran population in the state. As local visits for PTSD, depression, substance abuse, homelessness and unemployment continues to climb at Charles George VA, three local veterans share their struggles and stories about mental health. (Cover design by Sarah Riddle)