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Busier Season for Prescribed Burns Should Mean Less-Busy Wildfire Seasons
Pisgah National Forest is ramping up its controlled burn program to restore natural landscapes and limit the spread of potentially destructive…
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Public Spending to Eliminate Worker Housing: Did It Have to Happen?
Laurelwood Apartments offer an extreme local rarity — market-rate rents affordable to workers. Despite preservation efforts, the complex will be vacated…
Mar 8
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February 2024
Sell Its Land for Millions? Nope, Church Says, Make it Available for Worker Housing
Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church wants to use its land to help address the affordable housing crisis. Despite what some neighbors say, it may…
Feb 28
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Why Is the County's "Best" Teacher Taking Early Retirement? It's about Respect
Cuts in benefits, lagging pay and the "Parents' Bill of Rights." All have diminished trust in her profession, said Jeanne DeJong, who represents a trend…
Feb 17
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WNC Leaders Slam HCA for "Immediate Jeopardy" Finding That Threatens Federal Funding
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, saying conditions at Mission Hospital posed "immediate jeopardy" to patients, has threatened to…
Feb 7
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January 2024
Pisgah Health Creates "Beautiful" Event Space. But What Does It Have to Do with Wellness?
Pisgah Health Foundation, tasked with improving public health, spent nearly $600,000 to renovate a Brevard bank building while its contributions to…
Jan 25
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A "Great Resource" with Few Takers: The County's Plan to Get More from Underused Buses
Three years after Transylvania County launched its fixed-route bus service, it attracts an average of fewer than 10 riders per day. The county planning…
Jan 5
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December 2023
Longtime Employee Helps Keep Harris Hardware "Real"
Robert "Bob" Williams is more than a clerk at the famous downtown hardware store. He's its resident historian and an "essential" guide to its dizzying…
Dec 21, 2023
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Crowded Field Forms for Local Races as School Board Member McCoy Says She Will Step Down
A total of seventeen candidates have filed to run for Transylvania County School Board and Commission. The Republican race for School Board looks to be…
Dec 15, 2023
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Lawmakers "Bring Home the Bacon," but There's a Better Way to Spend Taxpayer Dollars
The $33 million in legislative earmarks for local utility projects are badly needed, officials said, but reports say this funding method "circumvents…
Dec 9, 2023
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November 2023
The North Fork is Clearly Wild and Scenic, Advocates Say, So Make It Official
The Transylvania Natural Resources Council is pushing to make the North Fork of the French Broad a National Wild and Scenic River, permanently…
Nov 30, 2023
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The Debate over the Future of a DuPont Trail System "Hammered" by Big Crowds
Consultants are drawing up the first comprehensive recreation plan in the Forest's 23-year history, aiming to protect trails and prevent user conflicts…
Nov 18, 2023
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