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Karen Chavez

Asheville

Executive Editor at Asheville Citizen Times

Executive Editor for @Asheville & @USATODAY Network. Living in the Blue Ridge Mountains, from the Bronx. Tips: [email protected].

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  • 2 months ago | oakridger.com | Karen Chavez

    Last summer at a family gathering in South Carolina, Ann Houghton, at 73, jumped off docks to swim in the lake with her seven great-nieces and nephews, explored barefoot in the woods and got stuck with them in the mud. “When she was around the kids, she was present as often as I feel like a regular aunt would be — not a great aunt, just an aunt,” Adam Penney, one of Houghton’s four nephews, told the Citizen Times Feb. 16.

  • 2 months ago | news.yahoo.com | Karen Chavez

    A hiker reported missing Feb. 1, 2025 was found the next day deceased in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A hiker missing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park since Feb. 1 was found dead just before 2 p.m. Feb. 2, according to a news release from the National Park Service. Ann Houghton, 73, was found roughly a quarter-mile off of Enloe Creek Trail near Smokemont Campground in the southeastern area of the park, on the North Carolina side. Her vehicle was located at the campground.

  • 2 months ago | telefonica.com | Karen Chavez

    Find out more about how accessibility in digital content can help with inclusion, don't miss it. Read now!!

  • Dec 5, 2024 | news.yahoo.com | Karen Chavez

    A sign sits at the entrance to Asheville School Jan. 25, 2021. The private boarding school in West Asheville on Nov. 26, 2024, settled lawsuits by five former students related to child sexual abuse at the school. ASHEVILLE – Nearly four years after filing child sexual abuse and related claims against Asheville School, five former students have reached a settlement with the private, boarding high school off Smokey Park Highway. Documents filed Nov.

  • Oct 23, 2024 | news.yahoo.com | Karen Chavez

    ASHEVILLE - A month after the uber-popular Blue Ridge Parkway closed in the wake of Tropical Storm Helene's wrath, a section has reopened Wednesday, Oct. 23. The 20-mile section now open to traffic is in the northern end of the North Carolina side of the parkway, from Milepost 285.5, at Bamboo Gap, to Milepost 305, near Beacon Heights, in the Blowing Rock area, according to a post on the parkway's Facebook page.

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Karen Chávez
Karen Chávez @KarenChavezACT
9 Apr 24

Check out #SolarEclipse2024 photos from @asheville https://t.co/rGTe7j9C3B

Karen Chávez
Karen Chávez @KarenChavezACT
8 Apr 24

Don't have eclipse glasses? Here's how to safely view the 2024 solar eclipse. https://t.co/jHXefpbNxI via @asheville #SolarEclipse2024

Karen Chávez
Karen Chávez @KarenChavezACT
8 Apr 24

Will it be cloudy or clear for the eclipse in Asheville area? Will we be able to see it? https://t.co/QJKkRwmIWU via @asheville #SolarEclipse2024