John Boyle

Economics, technology drive what can actually be repurposed; residents, officials call for better messaging.

The City of Asheville has released its long-awaited Independent Review Committee report on the devastating holiday season water outage.

As the public clamors for details on the holiday water outage that left as many as 38,500 customers without services and likely cost businesses millions of dollars in lost revenues, the city held private meetings with City Council members and did not make the staffers closest to the water outage, City Manager Debra Campbell and Water Department Director David Melton, available for interviews.