Buncombe County jail inmates haven’t always gotten back from the county Sheriff’s Office the money they arrived with, or the money friends and relatives provided for them to use while they were in custody. A probe by State Auditor Dave Boliek’s office found that the jail hadn’t returned, all told, $19,272 to 914 former prisoners released sometime […]
We’ve begun to get a little clarity on why Asheville’s water system is in such dire straits after Hurricane Helene’s flooding. City officials told the Asheville Citizen-Times that the storm washed out transmission lines at the North Fork Water Treatment Plant and the road leading to the William Debruhl Water Treatment Plant. The North Fork […]
It’s going to be a while before the full extent of Hurricane Helene’s toll on western North Carolina is known, but it’s going to be historic. “People are desperate for help, and we are pushing to get it to them, a massive effort,” Gov. Roy Cooper told reporters Sunday afternoon. “This is an unprecedented tragedy […]
