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March 2024

After Pisgah Health Proposed a Park that "No One Needs," Could Land Be Left as Habitat?
Pisgah Health Foundation's plan for Freedom Park was widely slammed, not least because its proposed site, a major draw for birds and birders, already…
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Dan DeWitt
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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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Dan DeWitt
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Dan DeWitt
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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…
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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…
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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…
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