Column: Hurricane Helene stormed Asheville and western North Carolina without conscience
Phil Harris finds himself at what you may call ground zero in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Buncombe County, where Hurricane Helene has left her fury and wrath and deadly destruction.
Sold on a Promise | Part 2: The North Carolina homeless housing projects that were never built
Part two of the joint investigation by CityView, BPR and WFDD into the out-of-state entities behind several failed housing projects in North Carolina.
Sold on a Promise | Part 1: How city officials across N.C. set aside $12 million for the homeless — and got nothing
A joint investigation by BPR, WFDD and CityView examines how two out-of-state entities began several failed projects in North Carolina.
Lawsuit alleges patient overcharging at Asheville’s Mission Hospital
Two longtime emergency room doctors have blown the whistle on what they say is fraudulent overcharging by HCA Healthcare, which owns Mission Health, and its medical staffing company, TeamHealth, according to a recently unsealed lawsuit filed last year.
Homelessness and the First Amendment on trial in Asheville
It was Christmas night, so Veronica Coit hadn’t expected to stay at Aston Park for long. They had come to bring their colleague, Matilda Bliss, a plate from dinner: turkey, sweet potato and a slice of pie. Coit, whose pronouns are “they” and “them,” figured they’d be back home with their family shortly, maybe ending…
