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Mars Hill's tax rate to remain unchanged; full-time staff get $2,500 pay bump
The town of Mars Hill's 34 cents per $100 valuation tax rate will remain unchanged for 2025-26. The overall budget will ...
Carolina Moment: Musician aims for Dolly Parton duet to aid Helene recovery
A Mars Hill musician wrote a song inspired by the aftermath of Helene and hopes to one day sing it with Dolly Parton. "I ...
190,000 acres of Forest Service land impacted by Helene: What's the plan for downed trees?
Roughly 190,000 acres of U.S. Forest Service lands were impacted in Tropical Storm Helene, a Forest Service district ranger ...
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North Carolina had a housing crisis before Hurricane Helene; now it's even worse
Hurricanes have gotten larger and wetter because of climate change and inland communities are at greater risk from heavy ...
Forest Service announces 8 trail, recreation site reopenings, including 2 in Madison Co.
According to Appalachian District Ranger Jennifer Barnhart, roughly 190,000 acres were impacted in Tropical Storm Helene's ...
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Months after Helene, Western NC is still in need. Here’s how to help
Mars Hill-based Mars Theatre Brew Co.’s sister brewery, Chimney Rock Brewing Company, is gone after Hurricane Helene. There is nothing left where the brewery once stood. Owner Scott Spruill ...
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190,000 acres of Forest Service land impacted by Helene: What's the plan for downed trees?
MARS HILL - Roughly 190,000 acres of U.S. Forest Service lands were impacted in Tropical Storm Helene, a U.S. Forest Service district ranger announced late last month. The U.S. Forest Service ...
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North Carolina had a housing crisis before Hurricane Helene; now it's even worse
They settled in as Helene's rain came down ... Massive destruction in a bucolic rural community Mars Hill is a rural community about a 20-minute scenic drive from Asheville.