Local briefs highlight grants and rescues across North Carolina
Life Care Center of Hendersonville is among two Life Care Centers of America facilities in NC. The Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina Foundation awarded 1,001,728 in 26 grants, including 460,975 for education and 402,753 for social services to Buncombe Gaston Henderson Jackson Madison McDowell Mecklenburg Richland Rutherford Union and Watauga counties and York County in SC. Mountain rescue teams and HC HART helicopter crew evacuated a 59-year-old camper in Linville Gorge after chest pains, lifting him to a hospital. Park Ridge Health imposed visitor restrictions amid rising influenza like illnesses, allowing only limited immediate family or clergy, with no visitors under 18 and those with cough or flu symptoms barred.
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Children & Family Resource Center
Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina Foundation
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
South Central
Buncombe
Gaston
Henderson
Jackson
Madison
McDowell
Mecklenburg
Richland
Rutherford
Union
Watauga
North Carolina
York County
South Carolina
Linville Gorge
HC Hart
Helo- Aquatic Rescue Team
North Carolina National Guard
Charlotte
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Park Ridge Health
Jimm Bunch
Griffin Promises Bodycams for Henderson County Sheriff
Henderson County sheriff candidate Griffin pledges body worn cameras for deputies and reconstituting joint tasks with Hendersonville Police. He calls for district captains, greater cross agency cooperation, and fiscal restraint, criticizing the existing 200-man structure and the canceled narcotics task force and SWAT team.
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Lightning
Lowell S. Griffin
Henderson County
Charlie McDonald
H.C.S.O
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Kathy Carver
Hendersonville
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Life Care Centers of America
Family Resource Center
Griffin
Sheriff’s Office
McDonald
Board of Commissioners
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Edneyville
Polk County Sheriff’s Office
Henderson County Sheriff's Office
S.W.A.T