Glen Alpine
Politics
Helene forces closure of IV, dialysis fluid manufacturer in NC. Hospitals could face shortages.
One of the largest U.S. facilities producing IV and dialysis fluids, in western North Carolina, has temporarily closed due to flooding from Hurricane Helene. The damage to Baxter International’s plant in Marion, about 35 miles east of Asheville, could lead to shortages of the key medical supplies in hospitals not only in North Carolina, but […]
NC elections board pass bipartisan resolution to support voting access in WNC
During a meeting Monday, the State Board of Elections voted unanimously on a resolution that provides local county offices more power to ensure voting access.The resolution, which applies to Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania, Watauga, and Yancey counties, involves a series of provisions that range from modifying early voting sites and schedules to allowing for additional locations for voters to drop off their absentee ballots."Additionally, we know there's going to be challenges regarding maintaining the poll workers at these voting sites, both early voting and election day. So what this resolution allows is county...
Museum of the Albemarle: Western NC's Mountain Gateway Museum damaged by Helene
Nestled in the mountains of McDowell County, North Carolina, is a town called Old Fort. Before the arrival of European settlers, the area was once populated by the Catawba and Cherokee, but it wasn’t until the mid-1700s that English and Scottish colonists would arrive. Known as “the westernmost outpost of Colonial civilization,” a fort was constructed on land owned by brothers George and Samuel Davidson called Davidson’s Fort and would become a site for trading between settlers and Native Americans. ...
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