Women wanting hospital birth will have to drive miles to Sylva or Asheville.FRANKLIN - Mission Health’s chief executive offered a somber apology to the people of Macon County on Friday as he announced plans to build a new $43 million replacement community hospital with no labor and delivery services.
Dr. Ronald Paulus, president and CEO of Mission Health, speaking at a news conference in Asheville, said the nonprofit regional health care system was faced with two bad alternatives in an increasingly regulated and expensive health care environment. “We are very sorry that we cannot keep this program open," he said. "We looked at every possibility that we could conceive of ... We just couldn't find a way." Read more here. For the first time, each graduate is leaving the program with a jobASHEVILLE - The first job Stephen Barnard says he aspired to was that of a "thug." Barnard, 28, was raised by his grandmother in Montford. His father was in and out of prison and his mother struggled with addiction.
As a teenager, he was drawn to the young men he saw selling drugs on the streets of his neighborhood. He liked their cars, their clothes, their jewelry and their wealth. "I didn't want to work for nothing," said Barnard. "I wanted the easy money." Read more here. Reporter Beth Walton's son Charlie gets used to walking with a cast.Honors student said she was told voluntary surrender letter sent in errorCHARLOTTE - The DACA student facing the threat of deportation returned to university Tuesday relieved that all she had to do was study for exams.
Sthefany Flores Fuentes, of Forest City, had planned to drive to Charlotte Wednesday morning for an immigration meeting that could have led to her deportation to Honduras. Read more here. Brother Wolf takes on care for 120 rabbits, many found sickly and malnourishedLEICESTER - Dozens of rabbits discovered living in what a local animal welfare center says was an inhumane environment have been rescued.
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue recently took care of more 120 rabbits after it got notification from a neighbor of a hoarding situation in Leicester. Read more here. Buncombe hosts Mia Birdsong, national speaker on inequality, race, gender and communityASHEVILLE - Mia Birdsong travels the U.S. to challenge assumptions people have about poverty and family. She will speak at the Diana Wortham Theatre at 6 p.m. April 25. The public is invited.
Buncombe County Health and Human Services and the Buncombe County Family Justice Center are hosting the event titled, "The Ripple Effect with Mia Birdsong." Read more here. Girl shares eggs and remembers the message of Jesus during Easter funMILLS RIVER - Whether it was a school house or a church, the brick building nestled inside the neighborhood on Presbyterian Church Road has served Western North Carolina's children for more than 100 years.
Sunday a dozen gathered to search for colorful eggs before an Easter Sunday service at Mills River Presbyterian Church where secular and religious traditions combined this holiday. The church has added more children's activities in recent years to accommodate a growing congregation. Read more here. FOREST CITY - Sthefany Flores Fuentes spent last week studying for final exams and wrapping up class projects. Until late Monday she had no idea whether she would see the payoff for her hard work.
The 20-year-old honors student at Gardner-Webb University had planned to drive to Charlotte Wednesday morning for an immigration meeting that could lead to her deportation to Honduras. Click here to read more. ASHEVILLE - A man was charged with one count of assaulting a government official with a deadly weapon after authorities say he lunged toward a sheriff's deputy with a knife displayed. The crime is a felony.
Joshua D. Gibson, 30, of Canton, was arrested Friday. Warrant documents allege he displayed a knife and moved toward Deputy R. Fisher while the officer was trying to escort him out of a building. Read more here. ALEXANDER - A Candler man was arrested Saturday, charged with defrauding an innkeeper, breaking and entering and simple assault.
Authorities say Cory A. Jackson, 21, broke into a building on Dry Leaf Road in Alexander. Warrant documents allege he caused more than $200 of damages and struck a person inside. Read more here. Girl shares eggs and remembers the message of Jesus during Easter funStudents collected local narratives about the struggle for affordable housing and created an on-stage dramatization.ASHEVILLE - University of North Carolina Asheville senior JaNesha Slaughter says there is something about stories. Data and numbers can provide analysis, but the narrative is what moves people to change.
Slaughter, a political science major, spent part of her senior year documenting how housing policies locally have impacted the most marginalized populations. The school was one of five universities and colleges in the state to win support from The Facing Project, a nonprofit that connects people through stories to strengthen communities. Read more here. The new sign says "Asheville rocks"ASHEVILLE - The billboard that sparked reaction around the nation came down Tuesday and was replaced with a message to thank the supporters of a downtown jewelry store.
The new ad says, "Asheville rocks." The "o" is a sparkling diamond. "We are sorry if we offended anybody, we did have thousands more supporters than we have people who were offended so we wanted to thank our supporters," Eva-Michelle Spicer, co-owner of Spicer Greene Jewelers, told the Citizen-Times. Read more here. |
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