Life, death and drama in the Battery Park Apartments

When she was 27, Asheville resident Carol Hubbard survived a traumatic brain injury that nearly left her paralyzed. Back then, doctors wouldn’t recommend physical or speech therapy. “I couldn’t talk, couldn’t blow my nose, couldn’t tie my shoes,” she recalls. “It was a do-it-yourself rehab, but three years later, I was back in grad school.” … Read more

Sparks fly: city struggles to locate, regulate new electrical substations

To meet growing power demand, Duke Energy says it will need to build three new electrical substations close to downtown over the next ten years. The city is rushing to put an ordinance establishing requirements for substation screening in place while residents are banding together to oppose substations in their neighborhoods.

Local nonprofit declares war on the hemlock woolly adelgid

Funding from Buncombe County and the state is going toward the continuing fight against the hemlock woolly adelgid. As part of the effort new predator beetles are being released and a combination of biological and chemical tactics are being deployed in Western North Carolina.

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