Health & Wellness
2 years ago
Food scraps program keeps hundreds of tons of waste out of landfills

A food scraps program honored by the Carolina Recycling Association has kept tons of waste out of the Buncombe County landfill.

Health & Wellness
2 years ago
Hopes are high for state’s first legal medical marijuana joint

“I think they’re going to be busy,” a Cannabis Control Board director said of the 4/20 opening of Great Smoky Cannabis Co.

Arts & Culture
2 years ago
Construction takes a break for hopeful BeLoved Asheville benefit

For one night next week, the power tools can take a rest and the […]

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signs a proclamation celebrating assisters who enroll people in health care coverage, surrounded by member of the NC Navigator Consortium and the Care Share Health Alliance, April 16, 2024.
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
Governor honors assisters who help people enroll in health coverage

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday honored those who’ve helped hundreds of thousands of state residents enroll in health care coverage, including navigators from Buncombe County.

Health & Wellness
2 years ago
Area runners have two choices of 5K events on April 20

Events include the “She Slay 5K” in Hendersonville and the “Haw Creek Hustle” in Asheville.

Health & Wellness
2 years ago
Avian flu now in North Carolina dairy herd: agencies try to ease fears

(828newsNOW) — Agriculture and public health officials were moving to alert and reassure the […]

North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services is giving $1.4 million to expand the hours of an RHA behavioral health urgent care center in Buncombe County, the department announced Tuesday.
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
Behavioral health urgent care gets $1.4 million boost in Buncombe County

It’s in reaction to data showing a disproportionate number of people in mental health crisis being treated in hospital emergency departments.

MAHEC
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
MAHEC marks its half century in health care for WNC

The Mountain Area Health Education Center is commemorating its 50-year evolution into a critical player in community health for the region.

Mission Hospital
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
County joins suit, accuses Mission of ‘parking’ patients with EMS

Buncombe County has filed a motion seeking to intervene in the North Carolina Attorney General’s lawsuit against HCA Healthcare’s Mission Hospital, saying county taxpayers lost more than $3 million from emergency room delays that amounted to “parking” patients in the care of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel.

Mission Hospital
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
Agency accepts Mission Hospital’s plan to address triage delays

Federal officials have accepted Mission Hospital’s plan of corrective action related to delays in triage and medical screening in the emergency department, although the facility still remains in jeopardy of having its Medicare provider agreement terminated by early  summer, according to correspondence obtained Monday by 828newsNOW.com.