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Following two deaths by suicide at Asheville Academy, state fines owner $45,000, citing health, safety violations • Asheville Watchdog

1 week ago | avlwatchdog.org | Andrew Jones

Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. The owner of the now shuttered Asheville Academy where two residents died by suicide in May faces penalties for violating health and safety regulations and failing to provide supervision and structure, a state investigation found.
State’s investigation into 35 complaints at Mission finds no deficiencies in care

1 week ago | avlwatchdog.org | Andrew Jones

Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. A state investigation into 35 complaints about patient care and management at Mission Hospital found it’s in compliance with federal standards, according to documents obtained by Asheville Watchdog.
City seeks dismissal of Asheville Watchdog’s open meetings lawsuit over 2022-23 water outage committee

1 week ago | avlwatchdog.org | Andrew Jones

Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. The city of Asheville has asked a judge to dismiss Asheville’s Watchdog’s lawsuit alleging violations of the state’s open meetings law following the 2022-2023 holiday water outage.
Asheville Academy, Trails Carolina owner faced financial upheaval before deaths

2 weeks ago | avlwatchdog.org | Andrew Jones

Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. Four days before a boy died at a Transylvania County wilderness camp and 16 months before two girls died by suicide at Asheville Academy, the programs’ corporate owner ordered 80 positions cut across the U.S. because it faced financial upheaval, according to internal documents obtained by Asheville Watchdog. “Starting year with 29 kids below budget,” said a Jan.
Asheville Academy gives up its license following two suicides in May

2 weeks ago | avlwatchdog.org | Andrew Jones

Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. Asheville Academy has voluntarily forfeited its license, permanently shuttering its operations following the deaths of two residents by suicide in May, according to a document obtained Monday by Asheville Watchdog.
Answer Man: Still no bicyclists on Merrimon? Debris pickups still lagging in some areas?

3 weeks ago | avlwatchdog.org | John Boyle

Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers:Question: I have yet to see a single bike rider on Merrimon Avenue. Meanwhile, the car traffic continues to get worse. When will city officials admit making a mistake and go back to two lanes each way? My answer: I’m pretty sure if I live long enough, I’ll be answering this question about once a year for the next 20 years.
Before it rebranded, Asheville Academy saw high turnover and fears it would close, email shows

3 weeks ago | avlwatchdog.org | Andrew Jones

Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. Just more than a year before two residents died by suicide and its program shut down, Asheville Academy – then known as Magnolia Mill School – faced staffing and leadership issues and mounting concerns about the program’s viability from parents, according to a document obtained by Asheville Watchdog.
Answer Man: What’s happening to the former Brown’s Pottery site in Arden? What’s with the tree clearing across from Walmart on Airport Road?

3 weeks ago | avlwatchdog.org | John Boyle

Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers:Question: I would like to know what is happening at the old Brown’s Pottery location near the intersection of Hendersonville and Airport roads in Arden. There has been a lot of work on the building, and I’m curious about what it will be.
What’s next for the I-26 Connector and its controversial overpass?

3 weeks ago | avlwatchdog.org | John Boyle |Jack Evans

Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. After decades of planning and debate, the North Carolina Department of Transportation has said it’s close to starting construction on the long-gestating I-26 Connector project. But community members, including architects and planners, are still asking the agency to reconsider some of its designs, particularly a controversial and once-secretive overpass above Patton Avenue.
Opinion: Yes, it’s going to be a different Asheville, but we’re still going to thrive

3 weeks ago | avlwatchdog.org | John Boyle

Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. Generally speaking, I try to be a positive guy. Hey, no one digs hanging out with a negative Nelly (or Ned) all the time, right? Unless that doom-loving doofus is buying the beers, of course. But generally, no.