Press release from Buncombe County The Buncombe County Ad Hoc Reappraisal Committee wrapped up a months-long process to develop recommendations for Buncombe County’s reappraisal process that will go before the Board of Commissioners on July 19. Among those recommendations, the committee developed actionable items in the following strategic areas: Development of New Revenue Streams Increase […]
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Buncombe County Election Services recount update
Press release from Buncombe County: Buncombe County Election Services is conducting a recount following a tie in the NC House 115 Republican primary on May 17. Additionally, with a margin of less than 1% for the Democratic primary for District Attorney, candidate Courtney Booth requested a recount for that race. As of 5 p.m. on Wednesday, […]
Asheville Mission Hospital nurses to rally for recruitment, retention and patient safety
Press release from National Nurses Organizing Committee: Registered nurses at HCA Healthcare’s Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., will hold a rally tomorrow, June 2, to demand that hospital management take immediate action toward recruiting and retaining staff nurses, National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) has announced. Mission RNs say dangerous conditions in their hospital […]
North Carolina Green Party qualifies for the ballot
Press release from Matthew Hoh for Senate: Grassroots petitioners, volunteers, and staff of the North Carolina Green Party and the Matthew Hoh for Senate campaign have made history by collecting almost 22,000 signatures in 96 counties to qualify the Green Party for the ballot – the first time since its founding that the North Carolina […]
Highway work requires lane closures in Asheville
Press release from N.C. Department of Transportation: ASHEVILLE – Contract crews plan to conduct overnight road work that will require lane closures this week along a section of Future I-26/U.S. 19/U.S. 23. One of two lanes will be closed on the westbound side of the highway between mile markers 24 and 26, which includes the UNC-Asheville […]
Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office looking for suspects with white GMC truck with stolen skid-steer loader
Press release from Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office: (June 1, 2022) – Property Crimes Detectives with the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office are seeking any information on thewhite GMC Sierra truck pictured below. The occupants of the truck had a trailer with a stolen Bobcat skid-steer loader from the area of Barrington apartments off of Charlotte Hwy on May […]
Asheville Police investigating pedestrian fatality
Press release from Asheville Police Department: Asheville, NC (June 1, 2022): Traffic Safety Unit Officers with the Asheville Police Department are investigating a fatality collision in which a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in southwest Asheville Tuesday night. Abelino Geovany Toc Hernandez (10/20/1984) was crossing the road near the 1100 block of NC 191 […]
Workers at Moog Music launch unionization campaign
Press release from Moog Music Union: On Wednesday June 1st, Moog Music employees in Asheville, North Carolina are going public with a union drive. They are organizing with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and seek to join the Local 238 chapter. They are holding a community rally after work to kick off the […]