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The suspect in an Asheville double shooting is dead. Employers are still having trouble filling jobs in the Asheville area. A former Buncombe County manager is moving from prison to home confinement soon.
Henderson County is set to receive nearly $9 million in opioid settlement funds to use toward treatment programs and support services.
Henderson County (Apr 6, 2022) - Henderson County will receive $8.9 million for substance abuse programs from the settlement of lawsuits against drug makers that produced and marketed highly addictive painkillers.
Henderson County achieved one of its highest combined rankings ever in the report, which evaluates both health factors and outcomes in all 100 counties. In overall health outcomes, Henderson County’s rank improved from 13 in 2019 to 8 in 2020. In overall health factors, the county improved from 5 to 3. The release of the County Health Rankings report in any other year would have garnered more attention. This has largely gone unnoticed given the challenges posed by Covid-19, which remains the top priority for public health. Despite the current challenges, it is important to take a moment ...
By Jef Rietsma Journal Correspondent With poise and a sense of triumph, five people talked candidly Tuesday about the lowest moments in their lives, and the long road that brought them back to a better place. The fifth annual “Voices of Hope and Recovery,” presented by St. Joseph County Substance Abuse Task Force, yielded such anecdotes, with drug and alcohol use as common threads. There were many other similarities among the five speakers at Riverside Church in Three Rivers. They experienced alcohol and drugs at an early age, had numerous run-ins with the law, eventually lost custody of ...