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High Country Beer Fest taking place Aug. 24
BOONE — With approximately 1,700 people expected and 40 to 45 breweries, the High Country Beer Fest is a popular event every year that brings together beer lovers. This year, the 17th annual event will occur on Aug. 24 at the High Country Fairgrounds, starting at 3 p.m. (VIP ticket holders can enter at 2 p.m.). They will stop pouring beer at 7 p.m., but attendees can stick around until 8 p.m. to enjoy the music, eat and dance. ...
Public hearing on 26-bed license takes place; past Mission Hospital patients speak up
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — More than 100 people filled AB Tech's Ferguson Auditorium on Monday, Aug. 19 for a public hearing on whether state healthcare officials should award Mission-HCA, AdventHealth or Novant Health a license for an additional 26 hospital beds. The bid is based on state-determined need. Mission-HCA...
BizWorthy: NC plan to wipe medical debt picks up steam. Plus, Bo-Berries.
Many North Carolina residents with old medical debt recently got some good news. All of the state’s biggest hospital systems, including Atrium Health and Novant Health, have agreed to a new plan that promises them higher federal payments in exchange for forgiving some of patients’ old debt. Atrium agreed to the plan just before the deadline to do so, but expressed concerns. Cristina Bolling, of the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter, joined WFAE to talk about this plan and other business news of the week.
Food Lion invests $365M to remodel stores in North Carolina, Virginia
Fueled by a $365 million capital investment, Food Lion is ready to unveil remodeled stores in the greater Raleigh-Durham, N.C., area and in Mecklenburg County, Va., the company announced. The Salisbury, N.C.-based grocery retailer will hold ribbon-cutting events at 167 stores on Aug. 21. The upgraded stores include a new,...
North Carolina among states with fastest-growing car insurance rates: Insurify
A combination of multiple factors, including climate-driven natural disasters, inflation and the soaring prices of new cars is projected to send premiums rocketing in 2024, according to a study by online insurance marketplace Insurify.
Person killed by rip currents in North Carolina as Hurricane Ernesto swells
As Hurricane Ernesto was hundreds of miles off North Carolina over the weekend, the storm was felt along the coast with an Outer Banks home collapse, flooding on roads and now a death from rip currents stirred up by the storm.
County considers $2.5 million increase to renovation project
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — A $2.5 million increase to a renovation project is on the agenda for Buncombe County commissioners. The original budget for exterior work on the 200 College St. administration building was based on exploratory work performed in 2020 in which masonry elements in certain areas of the building were removed to investigate water intrusions.
Pickens Regional Joint Water System discusses new plant, city withdrawal
PICKENS COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) — The Pickens Regional Joint Water System (PRJWS) met with Pickens County Council Monday to discuss plans to build a water treatment plant on Lake Keowee. The meeting came a month after the city of Pickens withdrew from PRJWS. During a city council meeting in July, Pickens Mayor Isaiah Scipio said […]
Former Lagoona Bay Developer Raising Eyebrows With New Proposal In North Carolina
It seems any time there’s a proposal for a new project, someone will have objections for various reasons. And now, the controversial former Lagoona Bay developer new proposal is raising some eyebrows in North Carolina. The Original Project That Was Pulled. Perhaps you remember the troubled Lagoona Bay project...
Attorney General Josh Stein Announces Health Care Fraud Sentencing
(RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced today that Valerie Ann Sinclair of Fayetteville pleaded guilty to 21 counts of obtaining property by false pretenses in Moore County Superior Court. Judge Regina M. Joe ordered Sinclair to surrender her clinical mental health counselor supervisor license and pay $71,046.04 in restitution to the North Carolina Medicaid program. She also sentenced Sinclair to 60 months of supervised probation and required Sinclair to immediately serve 90 days of confinement.
Tryon Riding and Hunt Club cancels 2025 Block House Steeplechase
TRYON, N.C. (WLOS) — Citing financial struggles and logistical challenges hosting the race, Tryon Riding and Hunt Club has decided to suspend the annual Block House Steeplechase for 2025. According to a news release, the decision came after discussions with Block House Steeplechase stakeholders. The Tryon Riding and Hunt...
Talk of strike before vote is premature, Mission nurse says
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Another deadline is looming in the showdown between Mission Hospital and the nurses union. Mission Hospital and its unionized nurses have been at the bargaining table since April, trying to reach an agreement on a new contract. Their most recent contract — ratified in 2021 — was the nurses’ first union contract, and it expired July 2, 2024.
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