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- Apr 27
- 2 min
SEARCH Events Are Springing Up! May 18 Community Forum Next
Spring has sprouted many opportunities to engage with our community: SEARCH's Homeplace and Hog Hollow Nonprofit Night, PATH's Burnsville...
34 views
searchwnc
- Feb 23
- 1 min
SEARCH 2022 Annual Report
Welcome to the 3rd Annual Report. We hope you'll read about the year and find ideas and images that show our work in and for the...
150 views
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- Feb 1
- 2 min
Up Next: Phone Calls to Legislators As Over 150 Postcards Make Their Way to Raleigh
Last Thursday evening more than 40 community members joined SEARCH for a postcard-writing party at Homeplace Beer Company in Burnsville. ...
72 views
searchwnc
- Jan 19
- 1 min
Take Action to Push Medicaid Expansion Over the Finish Line in 2023!
Show your love this Valentine's season by advocating for affordable healthcare for all North Carolinians SEARCH encourages our...
27 views
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- Jan 17
- 2 min
Make 2023 the year that the N.C. Legislature votes to Expand Medicaid
Shockingly, North Carolina is one of only 11 states that has not expanded Medicaid. Recently, SEARCH attended a local presentation on...
51 views
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- Oct 26, 2022
- 2 min
Mental Health Round Table Forms Strategies to Support Youth Following COVID Isolation & Stresses
In the spring of 2022, SEARCH’s Bring Summer Back Committee (BSB), which began as a collaborative partnership for fighting the COVID...
37 views
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- Oct 13, 2022
- 3 min
September Meeting Highlights YMCA Plans and "Moms & Babies" Survey
Flowers were provided by SEARCH volunteer Sandra Saunders. Autumn was barely three hours old when we kicked off our second public meeting...
21 views
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- Sep 6, 2022
- 1 min
SEARCH Invites You to a Presentation & Family Friendly Supper in Spruce Pine
RSVP to the SEPTEMBER 22 SEARCH Event HERE
33 views
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- Jul 11, 2022
- 2 min
Public Comment Open on 3 Proposals for 67 New Hospital Beds in Buncombe County
Would you like to comment on the three applications that were submitted to provide 67 acute care hospital beds in Buncombe County to...
99 views
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- Jul 6, 2022
- 2 min
A June SEARCH Party with a Purpose - Photos from the Burnsville Town Center
Photos by Jan Graham The June 16 SEARCH Party at the Burnsville Town Center got under way as guests mingled and enjoyed refreshments....
36 views
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- Jun 1, 2022
- 1 min
Come to Our First Public Party in Two Years!
When: Thursday, June 16 Time: 7:00- 8:30pm Where: Burnsville Town Center (6 South Main Street, just below the Town Square) Who: SEARCH...
116 views
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- May 17, 2022
- 3 min
The Independent Monitor Comes to Town
Recently ten SEARCHers (present or past board and committee members) met in-person in Spruce Pine with Tom Urban and Ginger Smith of the...
47 views
searchwnc
- May 17, 2022
- 4 min
A.G. Josh Stein's Asheville Roundtable on Hospital Consolidation Pivots to HCA Concerns
AG Josh Stein invited local leaders, healthcare advocates, health care providers, and elected officials to a round table in Asheville...
82 views
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- Apr 4, 2022
- 2 min
SEARCH Gains Two New Board Members With Valuable Insights on Rural Healthcare
At their March meeting the Board of Directors of SEARCH welcomed two new members, both with valuable perspectives on rural healthcare....
33 views
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- Mar 30, 2022
- 1 min
Dr. Liz Peverall Discusses the Benefits of COVID-19 Vaccines Despite Breakthrough Cases
Dr. Liz Peverall recently sat down with Mountain Community Health Partnership to discuss why COVID-19 vaccines are extremely beneficial,...
12 views
searchwnc
- Mar 23, 2022
- 2 min
SEARCH's Bring Summer Back Group Remains an Effective Collaboration
Even as COVID numbers are falling, a committee formed a year ago to share information and resources continues to meet virtually, and the...
32 views
searchwnc
- Feb 9, 2022
- 1 min
Dr. Chad Smoker talks COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility & Safety for Children & Teens
Dr. Chad Smoker recently sat down with Mountain Community Health Partnership to talk about COVID-19 vaccine eligibility and safety for...
20 views
searchwnc
- Jan 20, 2022
- 1 min
Local Family Medicine Physician Speaks About the Omicron Variant & Children
Last week, as part of the M-Y Health Matters podcast series produced by SEARCH and WKYK/WTOE Radio, Bruce Ikard interviewed Dr. Steve...
20 views
searchwnc
- Nov 29, 2021
- 9 min
VIDEO: SEARCH Hosts Ambulance Services Forum for Mitchell & Yancey Residents
We take ambulance service for granted in our area, but do we really know how it works? You may wonder what to expect when you call 911,...
110 views
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- Oct 14, 2021
- 1 min
VIDEO: Yancey County Resident Shares Her Powerful Story as a COVID-19 Long Hauler
SEARCH Board Member Ed Seel recently sat down with Yancey County native Marilyn Woodby and recorded a powerful video detailing her...
46 views
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- Oct 6, 2021
- 2 min
COVID Policies at Yancey Co. Schools featured in HuffPost Article, Local Radio, & Paper
Yancey County's own Sadie Kneidel was published in HuffPost on September 15th, expressing both her love of the public school system in...
52 views
searchwnc
- Sep 28, 2021
- 2 min
Current COVID Vaccine & Testing Availability in Mitchell & Yancey Counties
This list is current as of January 10, 2022, and is subject to change as availability varies. (Email any known changes to...
198 views
searchwnc
- Sep 22, 2021
- 1 min
Putting COVID Numbers and Vaccinations into a Meaningful Context
The Joint Commission's Department of Research has put together a series of infographics and a short video to help put the latest numbers...
27 views
searchwnc
- May 14, 2021
- 2 min
How Do I File A Complaint?
There have been many reports in various news outlets about concerns expressed about Mission Health. As a reader of SEARCH's newsletters...
101 views
searchwnc
- Mar 29, 2021
- 2 min
2021 Independent Monitor Virtual Meeting on Wednesday, April 7th
Register to attend the April 7, 2021, Virtual Independent Monitor Meeting
62 views
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- Feb 18, 2021
- 2 min
Our Critical Access Hospital
In 2017 when we realized our local hospital was likely to lose Labor and Delivery services many of us started studying the history of how...
49 views
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- Jan 14, 2021
- 2 min
An Infusion of Gratitude for Nurses
In recent weeks SEARCH has been showing an Infusion of Gratitude for the Nurses in our local healthcare systems for the work they have...
39 views
searchwnc
- Oct 7, 2020
- 2 min
Labor and Delivery in Rural Hospitals, some good news, some cause for concern.
Our communities would like to see Labor and Delivery reinstated at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital.
56 views
searchwnc
- Aug 18, 2020
- 1 min
Local Healthcare Issues Impact Us All — Here's how you can stay informed.
Keep abreast of health care developments in our region. Follow the SEARCH Facebook page.
13 views
searchwnc
- Jul 29, 2020
- 3 min
Census responses have great impact on local community
Would you trade 10 minutes of your time for more than $18,000?
16 views
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- Feb 21, 2020
- 4 min
Residents of Mitchell and Yancey County express their concerns to the Independent Monitor
When members of SEARCH attended the Burnsville session of the Independent Monitor’s meeting to hear public comments about how things are...
39 views
searchwnc
- Jun 5
- 3 min
Connecting and Sharing Healthcare Concerns and Resources in our Community
One of SEARCH’s missions is to connect: to create bridges between organizations and make healthcare information accessible to the public....
77 views
searchwnc
- Apr 27
- 2 min
SEARCH Events Are Springing Up! May 18 Community Forum Next
Spring has sprouted many opportunities to engage with our community: SEARCH's Homeplace and Hog Hollow Nonprofit Night, PATH's Burnsville...
34 views
searchwnc
- Feb 23
- 1 min
SEARCH 2022 Annual Report
Welcome to the 3rd Annual Report. We hope you'll read about the year and find ideas and images that show our work in and for the...
150 views
searchwnc
- Feb 1
- 2 min
Up Next: Phone Calls to Legislators As Over 150 Postcards Make Their Way to Raleigh
Last Thursday evening more than 40 community members joined SEARCH for a postcard-writing party at Homeplace Beer Company in Burnsville. ...
72 views
searchwnc
- Jan 19
- 1 min
Take Action to Push Medicaid Expansion Over the Finish Line in 2023!
Show your love this Valentine's season by advocating for affordable healthcare for all North Carolinians SEARCH encourages our...
27 views
searchwnc
- Jan 17
- 2 min
Make 2023 the year that the N.C. Legislature votes to Expand Medicaid
Shockingly, North Carolina is one of only 11 states that has not expanded Medicaid. Recently, SEARCH attended a local presentation on...
51 views
searchwnc
- Oct 26, 2022
- 2 min
Mental Health Round Table Forms Strategies to Support Youth Following COVID Isolation & Stresses
In the spring of 2022, SEARCH’s Bring Summer Back Committee (BSB), which began as a collaborative partnership for fighting the COVID...
37 views
searchwnc
- Oct 13, 2022
- 3 min
September Meeting Highlights YMCA Plans and "Moms & Babies" Survey
Flowers were provided by SEARCH volunteer Sandra Saunders. Autumn was barely three hours old when we kicked off our second public meeting...
21 views
searchwnc
- Sep 6, 2022
- 1 min
SEARCH Invites You to a Presentation & Family Friendly Supper in Spruce Pine
RSVP to the SEPTEMBER 22 SEARCH Event HERE
33 views
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- Jul 11, 2022
- 2 min
Public Comment Open on 3 Proposals for 67 New Hospital Beds in Buncombe County
Would you like to comment on the three applications that were submitted to provide 67 acute care hospital beds in Buncombe County to...
99 views
searchwnc
- Jul 6, 2022
- 2 min
A June SEARCH Party with a Purpose - Photos from the Burnsville Town Center
Photos by Jan Graham The June 16 SEARCH Party at the Burnsville Town Center got under way as guests mingled and enjoyed refreshments....
36 views
searchwnc
- Jun 1, 2022
- 1 min
Come to Our First Public Party in Two Years!
When: Thursday, June 16 Time: 7:00- 8:30pm Where: Burnsville Town Center (6 South Main Street, just below the Town Square) Who: SEARCH...
116 views
searchwnc
- May 17, 2022
- 3 min
The Independent Monitor Comes to Town
Recently ten SEARCHers (present or past board and committee members) met in-person in Spruce Pine with Tom Urban and Ginger Smith of the...
47 views
searchwnc
- May 17, 2022
- 4 min
A.G. Josh Stein's Asheville Roundtable on Hospital Consolidation Pivots to HCA Concerns
AG Josh Stein invited local leaders, healthcare advocates, health care providers, and elected officials to a round table in Asheville...
82 views
searchwnc
- Apr 4, 2022
- 2 min
SEARCH Gains Two New Board Members With Valuable Insights on Rural Healthcare
At their March meeting the Board of Directors of SEARCH welcomed two new members, both with valuable perspectives on rural healthcare....
33 views
searchwnc
- Mar 30, 2022
- 1 min
Dr. Liz Peverall Discusses the Benefits of COVID-19 Vaccines Despite Breakthrough Cases
Dr. Liz Peverall recently sat down with Mountain Community Health Partnership to discuss why COVID-19 vaccines are extremely beneficial,...
12 views
searchwnc
- Mar 23, 2022
- 2 min
SEARCH's Bring Summer Back Group Remains an Effective Collaboration
Even as COVID numbers are falling, a committee formed a year ago to share information and resources continues to meet virtually, and the...
32 views
searchwnc
- Feb 9, 2022
- 1 min
Dr. Chad Smoker talks COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility & Safety for Children & Teens
Dr. Chad Smoker recently sat down with Mountain Community Health Partnership to talk about COVID-19 vaccine eligibility and safety for...
20 views
searchwnc
- Jan 20, 2022
- 1 min
Local Family Medicine Physician Speaks About the Omicron Variant & Children
Last week, as part of the M-Y Health Matters podcast series produced by SEARCH and WKYK/WTOE Radio, Bruce Ikard interviewed Dr. Steve...
20 views
searchwnc
- Nov 29, 2021
- 9 min
VIDEO: SEARCH Hosts Ambulance Services Forum for Mitchell & Yancey Residents
We take ambulance service for granted in our area, but do we really know how it works? You may wonder what to expect when you call 911,...
110 views
searchwnc
- Oct 14, 2021
- 1 min
VIDEO: Yancey County Resident Shares Her Powerful Story as a COVID-19 Long Hauler
SEARCH Board Member Ed Seel recently sat down with Yancey County native Marilyn Woodby and recorded a powerful video detailing her...
46 views
searchwnc
- Oct 6, 2021
- 2 min
COVID Policies at Yancey Co. Schools featured in HuffPost Article, Local Radio, & Paper
Yancey County's own Sadie Kneidel was published in HuffPost on September 15th, expressing both her love of the public school system in...
52 views
searchwnc
- Sep 28, 2021
- 2 min
Current COVID Vaccine & Testing Availability in Mitchell & Yancey Counties
This list is current as of January 10, 2022, and is subject to change as availability varies. (Email any known changes to...
198 views
searchwnc
- Sep 22, 2021
- 1 min
Putting COVID Numbers and Vaccinations into a Meaningful Context
The Joint Commission's Department of Research has put together a series of infographics and a short video to help put the latest numbers...
27 views
searchwnc
- May 14, 2021
- 2 min
How Do I File A Complaint?
There have been many reports in various news outlets about concerns expressed about Mission Health. As a reader of SEARCH's newsletters...
101 views
searchwnc
- Mar 29, 2021
- 2 min
2021 Independent Monitor Virtual Meeting on Wednesday, April 7th
Register to attend the April 7, 2021, Virtual Independent Monitor Meeting
62 views
searchwnc
- Feb 18, 2021
- 2 min
Our Critical Access Hospital
In 2017 when we realized our local hospital was likely to lose Labor and Delivery services many of us started studying the history of how...
49 views
searchwnc
- Jan 14, 2021
- 2 min
An Infusion of Gratitude for Nurses
In recent weeks SEARCH has been showing an Infusion of Gratitude for the Nurses in our local healthcare systems for the work they have...
39 views
searchwnc
- Oct 7, 2020
- 2 min
Labor and Delivery in Rural Hospitals, some good news, some cause for concern.
Our communities would like to see Labor and Delivery reinstated at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital.
56 views
searchwnc
- Aug 18, 2020
- 1 min
Local Healthcare Issues Impact Us All — Here's how you can stay informed.
Keep abreast of health care developments in our region. Follow the SEARCH Facebook page.
13 views
searchwnc
- Jul 29, 2020
- 3 min
Census responses have great impact on local community
Would you trade 10 minutes of your time for more than $18,000?
16 views
searchwnc
- Feb 21, 2020
- 4 min
Residents of Mitchell and Yancey County express their concerns to the Independent Monitor
When members of SEARCH attended the Burnsville session of the Independent Monitor’s meeting to hear public comments about how things are...
39 views
searchwnc
- Jun 5
- 3 min
Connecting and Sharing Healthcare Concerns and Resources in our Community
One of SEARCH’s missions is to connect: to create bridges between organizations and make healthcare information accessible to the public....
77 views
searchwnc
- Apr 27
- 2 min
SEARCH Events Are Springing Up! May 18 Community Forum Next
Spring has sprouted many opportunities to engage with our community: SEARCH's Homeplace and Hog Hollow Nonprofit Night, PATH's Burnsville...
34 views
searchwnc
- Feb 23
- 1 min
SEARCH 2022 Annual Report
Welcome to the 3rd Annual Report. We hope you'll read about the year and find ideas and images that show our work in and for the...
150 views
searchwnc
- Feb 1
- 2 min
Up Next: Phone Calls to Legislators As Over 150 Postcards Make Their Way to Raleigh
Last Thursday evening more than 40 community members joined SEARCH for a postcard-writing party at Homeplace Beer Company in Burnsville. ...
72 views
searchwnc
- Jan 19
- 1 min
Take Action to Push Medicaid Expansion Over the Finish Line in 2023!
Show your love this Valentine's season by advocating for affordable healthcare for all North Carolinians SEARCH encourages our...
27 views
searchwnc
- Jan 17
- 2 min
Make 2023 the year that the N.C. Legislature votes to Expand Medicaid
Shockingly, North Carolina is one of only 11 states that has not expanded Medicaid. Recently, SEARCH attended a local presentation on...
51 views
searchwnc
- Oct 26, 2022
- 2 min
Mental Health Round Table Forms Strategies to Support Youth Following COVID Isolation & Stresses
In the spring of 2022, SEARCH’s Bring Summer Back Committee (BSB), which began as a collaborative partnership for fighting the COVID...
37 views
searchwnc
- Oct 13, 2022
- 3 min
September Meeting Highlights YMCA Plans and "Moms & Babies" Survey
Flowers were provided by SEARCH volunteer Sandra Saunders. Autumn was barely three hours old when we kicked off our second public meeting...
21 views
searchwnc
- Sep 6, 2022
- 1 min
SEARCH Invites You to a Presentation & Family Friendly Supper in Spruce Pine
RSVP to the SEPTEMBER 22 SEARCH Event HERE
33 views
searchwnc
- Jul 11, 2022
- 2 min
Public Comment Open on 3 Proposals for 67 New Hospital Beds in Buncombe County
Would you like to comment on the three applications that were submitted to provide 67 acute care hospital beds in Buncombe County to...
99 views
searchwnc
- Jul 6, 2022
- 2 min
A June SEARCH Party with a Purpose - Photos from the Burnsville Town Center
Photos by Jan Graham The June 16 SEARCH Party at the Burnsville Town Center got under way as guests mingled and enjoyed refreshments....
36 views
searchwnc
- Jun 1, 2022
- 1 min
Come to Our First Public Party in Two Years!
When: Thursday, June 16 Time: 7:00- 8:30pm Where: Burnsville Town Center (6 South Main Street, just below the Town Square) Who: SEARCH...
116 views
searchwnc
- May 17, 2022
- 3 min
The Independent Monitor Comes to Town
Recently ten SEARCHers (present or past board and committee members) met in-person in Spruce Pine with Tom Urban and Ginger Smith of the...
47 views
searchwnc
- May 17, 2022
- 4 min
A.G. Josh Stein's Asheville Roundtable on Hospital Consolidation Pivots to HCA Concerns
AG Josh Stein invited local leaders, healthcare advocates, health care providers, and elected officials to a round table in Asheville...
82 views
searchwnc
- Apr 4, 2022
- 2 min
SEARCH Gains Two New Board Members With Valuable Insights on Rural Healthcare
At their March meeting the Board of Directors of SEARCH welcomed two new members, both with valuable perspectives on rural healthcare....
33 views
searchwnc
- Mar 30, 2022
- 1 min
Dr. Liz Peverall Discusses the Benefits of COVID-19 Vaccines Despite Breakthrough Cases
Dr. Liz Peverall recently sat down with Mountain Community Health Partnership to discuss why COVID-19 vaccines are extremely beneficial,...
12 views
searchwnc
- Mar 23, 2022
- 2 min
SEARCH's Bring Summer Back Group Remains an Effective Collaboration
Even as COVID numbers are falling, a committee formed a year ago to share information and resources continues to meet virtually, and the...
32 views
searchwnc
- Feb 9, 2022
- 1 min
Dr. Chad Smoker talks COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility & Safety for Children & Teens
Dr. Chad Smoker recently sat down with Mountain Community Health Partnership to talk about COVID-19 vaccine eligibility and safety for...
20 views
searchwnc
- Jan 20, 2022
- 1 min
Local Family Medicine Physician Speaks About the Omicron Variant & Children
Last week, as part of the M-Y Health Matters podcast series produced by SEARCH and WKYK/WTOE Radio, Bruce Ikard interviewed Dr. Steve...
20 views
searchwnc
- Nov 29, 2021
- 9 min
VIDEO: SEARCH Hosts Ambulance Services Forum for Mitchell & Yancey Residents
We take ambulance service for granted in our area, but do we really know how it works? You may wonder what to expect when you call 911,...
110 views
searchwnc
- Oct 14, 2021
- 1 min
VIDEO: Yancey County Resident Shares Her Powerful Story as a COVID-19 Long Hauler
SEARCH Board Member Ed Seel recently sat down with Yancey County native Marilyn Woodby and recorded a powerful video detailing her...
46 views
searchwnc
- Oct 6, 2021
- 2 min
COVID Policies at Yancey Co. Schools featured in HuffPost Article, Local Radio, & Paper
Yancey County's own Sadie Kneidel was published in HuffPost on September 15th, expressing both her love of the public school system in...
52 views
searchwnc
- Sep 28, 2021
- 2 min
Current COVID Vaccine & Testing Availability in Mitchell & Yancey Counties
This list is current as of January 10, 2022, and is subject to change as availability varies. (Email any known changes to...
198 views
searchwnc
- Sep 22, 2021
- 1 min
Putting COVID Numbers and Vaccinations into a Meaningful Context
The Joint Commission's Department of Research has put together a series of infographics and a short video to help put the latest numbers...
27 views
searchwnc
- May 14, 2021
- 2 min
How Do I File A Complaint?
There have been many reports in various news outlets about concerns expressed about Mission Health. As a reader of SEARCH's newsletters...
101 views
searchwnc
- Mar 29, 2021
- 2 min
2021 Independent Monitor Virtual Meeting on Wednesday, April 7th
Register to attend the April 7, 2021, Virtual Independent Monitor Meeting
62 views
searchwnc
- Feb 18, 2021
- 2 min
Our Critical Access Hospital
In 2017 when we realized our local hospital was likely to lose Labor and Delivery services many of us started studying the history of how...
49 views
searchwnc
- Jan 14, 2021
- 2 min
An Infusion of Gratitude for Nurses
In recent weeks SEARCH has been showing an Infusion of Gratitude for the Nurses in our local healthcare systems for the work they have...
39 views
searchwnc
- Oct 7, 2020
- 2 min
Labor and Delivery in Rural Hospitals, some good news, some cause for concern.
Our communities would like to see Labor and Delivery reinstated at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital.
56 views
searchwnc
- Aug 18, 2020
- 1 min
Local Healthcare Issues Impact Us All — Here's how you can stay informed.
Keep abreast of health care developments in our region. Follow the SEARCH Facebook page.
13 views
searchwnc
- Jul 29, 2020
- 3 min
Census responses have great impact on local community
Would you trade 10 minutes of your time for more than $18,000?
16 views
searchwnc
- Feb 21, 2020
- 4 min
Residents of Mitchell and Yancey County express their concerns to the Independent Monitor
When members of SEARCH attended the Burnsville session of the Independent Monitor’s meeting to hear public comments about how things are...
39 views
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