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2 days ago · Asheville Watchdog is a news site that covers local government, institutions, issues, and people in Asheville and surrounding communities. Read about the impact of Hurricane Helene on the city's water supply, the bears in canoes meme, …
Asheville's flood risk will only grow as rain events and climate …
Sep 17, 2024 · The article reports on the increasing frequency and intensity of rain events and flooding in Asheville and western North Carolina, and the challenges of updating flood maps and mitigating the impacts. It mentions Biltmore Village as one of the areas affected by flooding in 2004, but does not provide recent data or details.
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Asheville Watchdog is a free, not-for-profit, public service news organization that covers local government, institutions, issues, and people in Asheville, North Carolina. It was founded in 2020 by veteran journalists and media executives to fill the gap left by the decline of local news.
‘We are having people go in buckets’: Mission Hospital lacks water ...
Oct 1, 2024 · Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC has lacked running water for four days and has been overwhelmed by waves of patients. Nurses describe dire situation, HCA says water and sewer are top priorities, and community members provide support.
City of Asheville’s updates on Helene’s aftermath
Sep 30, 2024 · The web page reports the latest news and resources from the city of Asheville after Hurricane Helene caused widespread flooding and devastation in September 2024. It includes information on water and food distribution, donation sites, cell …
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 […]
Becky Tin Joins Board of Asheville Watchdog
Sep 29, 2021 · Becky Tin, a lawyer and former district court judge, has joined Asheville Watchdog’s Board of Directors. Tin, who divides her time between Asheville and Charlotte, was a Mecklenburg County District Court judge for 16 years, presiding over domestic violence cases, high-conflict divorces, landlord-tenant and other civil and …
The Watchdog Team • Asheville Watchdog
4 days ago · Meet the journalists, editors, and managers behind Asheville Watchdog, a nonprofit news organization covering Western North Carolina. Learn about their backgrounds, awards, and roles in the newsroom and the community.
It’s official: Helene’s rainfall, flooding broke all-time records
Oct 4, 2024 · In terms of rainfall, flooding, and, tragically, lives lost, Hurricane Helene is officially worse than the historic 1916 and 2004 floods that until last week stood as the most damaging natural disasters in recorded Buncombe County history, according to state climate data. “I just kind of assumed that … we wouldn’t ever actually see another […]
Hurricane Helene ravaged Asheville art studios, breweries, …
Oct 6, 2024 · That dreadful sense of loss. We’ve felt it time and again the past nine days, over neighbors who lost lives and homes, over our infrastructure that lost the ability to provide for our basic needs, and over our beloved city and county, unrecognizable in many parts. But Asheville has also lost part of its soul, […]