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.
A suspected burglar was found hiding in a church’s crawl space and now faces a charge of felony breaking and entering along with 30 other charges from prior alleged incidents, Asheville Police reported Wednesday.
Black Mountain is the latest is the latest in the region to consider creating a Downtown Social District, where people could buy beer in a to-go cup.
From sultry jazz to funk, bluegrass, country blues and rock, Hendersonville’s Rhythm & Brews summer concert lineup is meant to broaden musical horizons with free monthly shows in the heart of the historic downtown.
Buncombe County Commissioners chose the larger of two proposed options Tuesday in approving a 200-unit affordable housing project on a pair of county-owned properties in downtown Asheville.
Development pressures are prompting the Hendersonville City Council to consider a zoning text amendment to preserve the local tree canopy. But members of the Tree Board that first proposed the idea worry they’ll lose influence over certain zoning matters in the process.
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.
A jury convicted David Paul Erickson of: assault by strangulation, assault on a government official and resisting a public officer.
Asheville’s agenda for a short legislative session includes a call for laws requiring online rental platforms to include details about locally-issued permits in every online listing.
Far from any simplistic fix, it will take major policy shifts in criminal justice, economic development, education, health and wellness and housing for Buncombe County and the City of Asheville to improve the racially disparate outcomes for African American residents, a 168-page “Cease Harm Comprehensive Audit” report finds.