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Former water resources director details Asheville’s history in new book

Mountain Xpress 03 Apr 2025
For most of the city’s history, pure water has drawn people to Asheville ... The Story of Asheville’s Water ... Tropical Storm Helene. History of water. 1797. Morristown in the Swannanoa valley was renamed Asheville. Early 1800s ... 1880 ... 1883 ... 1889 ... 1903 ... 1916 ... 1921 ... .
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WCU students help analyze Helene-affected cemetery

Mountain Xpress 02 Apr 2025
Six months later, the effects of Tropical Storm Helene in Western North Carolina linger, even underground ... GRAVEDIGGERS ... Photo by Greg Parlier ... Disaster archaeology ... STUDENT DETECTIVES ... Photo by Greg Parlier ... HISTORIC GRAVEYARD ... Photo by Greg Parlier ... .
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Buncombe’s budget outlook ‘not quite as dire’ as initially thought

Mountain Xpress 21 Mar 2025
After Tropical Storm Helene, budgets are down across the board in Buncombe County ... For the current fiscal year, which ends June 30, the outlook could be worse, said Budget Director John Hudson ... Next year’s numbers look similar ... REDUCTIONS COMING ... .
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A look into the daily routes of local school bus drivers

Mountain Xpress 19 Mar 2025
Editor’s note. This story is part of Xpress’ annual Kids Issue series. Bryan Newton has a full-time job managing facilities at Camp Cedar Cliff. Still, he gets up at 5 every morning to drive about 22 students to school at Charles C ... .
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Preservation Society documents historic buildings after Helene

Mountain Xpress 13 Mar 2025
There’s not usually much work in the mountains for Chelsea Freeland. After all, the maritime archaeologist typically studies shipwrecks. But after Tropical Storm Helene put much of Western North Carolina underwater Sept ... The two joined forces ... 25-26 ... .
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