Today in the NC Mountains

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Large Western NC health provider, Mission Health, purchased by "Hospital Corporation of America"

HCA to buy NC health system for $1.5 billion Source: Health Care Dive Mission reaches purchase agreement with HCA Health Source: Smoky Mountain News
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Seventy-second NC Apple Fest brings large crowds to mountains

Non Partisan Bird NC Apple Fest draws 275,000 visitors to Hendersonville Source: Blue Ridge Now
Apple Festival wraps up in Hendersonville Source: WSPA
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Boone area mourns as Randy Collins, beloved Watauga rescue chief, passes unexpectedly

Hundreds expected for Randy Collins funeral, procession route announced Source: High Country Press Remembering Randy: Friends of the late rescue chief share memories Source: Watauga Democrat
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