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How grassroots radio networks are helping WNC prepare for future communications outages (opens the original)
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This story is part of Rethinking Resilience, a BPR and Grist series that explores the tools, skills and networks helping Western North Carolina prepare for future disasters. Every Saturday night, William Walker has a standing appointment with his radio. The retired railroad worker runs a weekly check-in out of Fletcher, and with the help of a repeater installed high in the Blue Ridge Mountains, he connects with dozens of fellow radio enthusiasts who have turned the art of talking on the radio in
After Hurricane Helene, this community was inspired to learn how to use power tools (opens the original)
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The East Coast of the U.S. is being battered by a powerful nor'easter this weekend. But further south, lessons are being learned from recovery efforts after another major storm, Hurricane Helene. In North Carolina, the steady hum and roar of the chainsaw was a reassuring sound for many after Helene brought destruction to the western part of the state two years ago. Volunteers used these tools to cut up trees and help restore road access at a time when much of the region was cut off. Blue Ridge P
Years after storms, clean-up crews meticulously separate the sentimental from the wreckage (opens the original)
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Two years after Hurricane Helene, piles of debris linger in Jeannine Robertson's front yard in western North Carolina. Pieces of mangled sheet metal overgrown with weeds, motor oil jugs and pieces of decking with rusty nails sticking out. A porch umbrella. A tube of toothpaste, full of mud. "There was a big water hole, and [my grandchildren] were in the water all the time when they were here," Robertson says, choking up as she points at a shallow and shady tributary of the Cane River, which runs
Costco just might have a future in Asheville (opens the original)
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A proposal to build a Costco in Asheville is back on the table after the grocery store withdrew its application earlier this year. The grocery and home goods warehouse submitted a new application to the city for a 166,000 square foot facility in Enka Commerce Park on Friday. The proposal also includes a 32-pump gas station, a tire center and more than 900 parking spaces. The retailer has considered opening an Asheville location for decades. When it first shared plans for a facility in late 2025,
Asheville passes a 'No Rent for Slumlords' ordinance, but how enforceable is it? (opens the original)
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On Tuesday, Asheville City Council unanimously voted for a new ordinance that aims to strengthen protections for renters who are living in unsafe housing conditions. Dubbed the “No Rent for Slumlords” ordinance by local organizers, the policy makes it unlawful for landlords to collect rent on a unit that has structural issues, fire hazards, no access to potable water or violations of other parts of the city’s minimum housing code. Priya Ray, a public housing resident, described the ordinance as
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