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Haywood County -- PRESS RELEASE: Haywood County Health Department July 24, 2020

Haywood County -- PRESS RELEASE: Haywood County Public Health Government FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 24, 2020

Buncomge County -- Buncombe County Government: Buncombe County Public Libraries have free wifi hotspots available

Asheville -- City of Asheville Government: Free masks are available at the ART Station for anyone who needs one prior to boarding a bus. One mask per rider, please.

North Carolina -- North Carolina Health and Human Services: Knowing when to dial up or down measures that slow the spread of the virus depends on North Carolina’s testing, tracing and trends.

(Raleigh, N.C.) – State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, and the State Health Plan (Plan) today announced that the Plan is again extending the cost waiver for COVID-19 testing and treatment for members diagnosed with COVID-19, including associated deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance. This marks the Plan’s second extension of cost waivers for COVID-19 testing and treatment.

Buncombe County -- PRESS RELEASE: July 23, 2020: Buncombe County Government From NCDHHS

ASHEVILLE, N.C.-- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 17, 2020 Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of North Carolina

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Chief U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced William Keith Leonhart, 41, of Franklin, N.C., to 154 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for robbing at gunpoint an Asheville bank, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.