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Asheville Watchdog12d
HCA was in potential non-compliance with Mission agreement in 3 areas in 2024, independent monitor report states
For the second year in a row, the independent monitor of HCA Healthcare’s $1.5 billion purchase of Mission Health has found ...
Asheville Watchdog6d
Top climate scientist’s departure is sign of ‘brain drain’ at NOAA hub in Asheville – and of deep cuts to research across the country
Climate scientist David Easterling decided it was time to seriously think about retirement from the National Centers for ...
Asheville Watchdog5d
Answer Man: Why can’t we just sterilize bears? Or relocate them? What happened to the City of Asheville water report?
Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: Regarding the bear situation, my concern is that nothing kills these bears. Did you ever see a roadkill bear, like a ...
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AdventHealth: Mission’s arguments against it winning 67 hospital beds aren’t ‘even remotely appropriate for review’
AdventHealth has blasted Mission Hospital’s request for the North Carolina Supreme Court to reconsider a lower court’s decision to award it 67 hospital beds, saying in an Aug. 1 court filing that the ...
Asheville Watchdog9d
Answer Man: Has Duke Energy come close to maxing out energy grid during this blazing hot summer? Why do FCC trucks still have Florida plates? Greyhound service returns to ...
Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: This summer so far has been dancing between toasty and muggy, with a whole bunch of 90-degree days. To the best of my ...