Asheville newscast: Wednesday, Aug. 6
Aug 06, 2025•3 min•Ep. 3
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Episode description
Today's newscast includes these stories:
- $5 M land bank approved for Merrimon Avenue affordable housing.
- Microplastics now exceed fish larvae in French Broad River, study warns.
- Airport hits record July passengers; runway swap 60 % done.
- Buncombe schools adopt phone-free classroom rule countywide.
- Bent Creek trails shut a week after repeat black-bear encounters.
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