Laura Hackett
Deputy Literary Editor at The Sunday Times
Deputy Literary Editor at the Times and Sunday Times / [email protected]
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thetimes.com | Laura Hackett
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wbur.org | Laura Hackett
HomeRadioHere & NowVolunteers rebuilt her home after Hurricane Helene. Now, she volunteers to help othersMay 28, 2025Laura Hackett, Blue Ridge Public RadioPeople volunteer for different reasons. For one North Carolina woman, it started when volunteers rebuilt her home after Hurricane Helene. Seven months later, she says volunteering has become her weekly passion. Blue Ridge Public Radio’s Laura Hackett reports. This segment airs on May 28, 2025. Audio will be available after the broadcast.
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wunc.org | Laura Hackett
Buncombe County is moving forward with a post-Helene health survey despite federal cuts abruptly canceling the project in April. The CASPER survey is used when communities have experienced severe and high-profile threats to public health. Usually, local governments partner with the CDC to run the survey but the service stopped last month when at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services were dismissed.
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nationalobserver.com | Katie Myers |Laura Hackett
"I don't want to discredit that sinkholes can cause a lot of damage and hurt people, but they do evoke this feeling of excitement and curiosity and mystery," she said. "It's a void that opens up where you thought something was solid. That's the reality of the ground we walk on all the time."The Facebook group recently enjoyed renewed interest when a small pit appeared at an intersection near a storm-damaged area on the outskirts of town late last month. "Oh, we're so back," one user wrote.
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wunc.org | Laura Hackett
Swannanoa resident Susan Kask begged the county to raise her taxes at last night’s Buncombe County Board of Commissioners meeting. “An excellent education system isn't free,” she said during the public hearing about the fiscal year 2025-26 budget. “So, please raise my taxes and invest in our schools and community.
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RT @RobbieTimes: Feel very honoured to be a judge -- and in such classy company
I reviewed Eimear McBride’s new novel - a moving follow-up to The Lesser Bohemians with plenty of nods to Joyce https://t.co/TW3teWRmGP
Delighted that our illustrator has given me this chic dress - here’s our new fortnightly glimpse into the private reading lives of the Times books team… https://t.co/0bFwasVyuD
