Asheville Watchdog17h
Nearly all of Asheville’s non-potable water back, but reservoir remains ‘very, very murky,’ complicating full-service restoration
The City of Asheville has restored non-potable, heavily chlorinated water to about 95 percent of users, but its main source ...
Asheville Watchdog3h
Answer Man: Debris locations questioned? Why the Muni? Will Helene aftermath throw I-26 work off schedule?
Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: Several readers have asked about the debris site that was proposed for a park near the Deaverview public housing ...
Asheville Watchdog16h
Trump makes a campaign stop in devastated Swannanoa to express sympathy to victims of Helene
Following a tour of flood-ravaged Swannanoa on Monday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump offered his sympathy to ...
Asheville Watchdog3d
With Asheville water nearly restored, workers focus on stabilizing leaks, breaks in system
Asheville Water Resources has restored running water to almost all of the city, but three weeks after Tropical Storm Helene, ...
Asheville Watchdog12d
U.S. House Speaker Johnson and GOP leaders tour local devastation and pledge full and bipartisan support for recovery
Standing amid the dirt and damage of Asheville’s formerly fashionable Biltmore Village, Congressional Republicans — the ...
Asheville Watchdog12d
Much of the River Arts District looks shattered, but many buildings can be salvaged, property owners, engineer say
Sagging rooflines and toppled cinder block walls are the order of the day in the River Arts District right now, but a ...
Asheville Watchdog3d
The lives we lost: Helene took entire families, couples, children
They perished under the most harrowing circumstances: entire families swept away by raging floodwaters, couples tossed out of their homes or crushed as the land underneath gave way, people battling ...
Asheville Watchdog13d
Chuck Edwards condemns Hurricane Helene response myths spread by GOP colleagues
U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards, far left, attended a press conference about the storm Sept. 30 at the Asheville Regional Airport ...
Asheville Watchdog7d
Barely 1% of Buncombe structures carried flood insurance, data show
Buncombe homeowners hit hardest by flood damage from Hurricane Helene will likely face enormous costs to rebuild with limited ...
Asheville Watchdog7d
Dozens of CarePartners patients in Asheville transferred to other facilities after HCA temporarily shuts down rehab, hospice center.
Mission Health’s CarePartners Health Services is temporarily closed following the pressures Hurricane Helene put on Asheville ...
Asheville Watchdog4d
Answer Man: Spectrum service return date? City schools spending $100,000 per well? Are Amazon deliveries still coming? Why is City Hall closed?
Here’s today’s round of Helene-related questions, my mildly smart-aleck answers, and the real answers: Question: I wonder if you can get any insight into the lack of restoration of service to Spectrum ...
Asheville Watchdog13d
FEMA, strained by second major hurricane in two weeks, says troops will remain in North Carolina
The hundreds of FEMA staff on the ground in western North Carolina will remain and will not be redeployed to Florida in ...