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Laura Hackett

Asheville

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  • 2 weeks ago | bpr.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.

  • 2 weeks ago | bpr.org | Laura Hackett

    Erik Mace is a member of the Asheville Mall Rats, a group of artists who are obsessed with malls. “We talk about malls all the time and how we all have different experiences with them, but there is a shared kind of language and a shared nostalgia,” Mace said.

  • 2 weeks ago | bpr.org | Laura Hackett

    A class action lawsuit is moving forward against an Asheville medical provider over a data breach affecting about 193,000 patients. The lawsuit consolidated the cases of five former Asheville Eye Associates patients who allege their data was compromised in November 2024. Robert Woodsmall, a former patient, alleged in his original complaint that the ophthalmology practice failed to use reasonable security procedures and properly secure and safeguard private information.

  • 2 weeks ago | bpr.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.

  • 2 weeks ago | biltmorebeacon.com | Laura Hackett

    Lauren Bacchus is one of many Ashevillians who have found themselves strangely enamored with the city’s sinkholes. She’s a member of the Asheville Sinkhole Group — an online watering hole of more than 3,400 members — where locals eagerly discuss the chasms that mysteriously emerge throughout the city.

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