Today's newscast includes stories about:

• Asheville opened two debris processing sites in West Asheville to handle waste from Hurricane Helene, causing concerns from nearby residents about health risks and environmental impacts.
• Asheville City Schools (ACS) is now focusing on using bottled water to reopen by Oct. 28, instead of drilling wells at every school as initially planned.
• U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited Asheville’s River Arts District with Gov. Roy Cooper to see the damage from Hurricane Helene firsthand.
• An updated report from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services confirmed 125 deaths related to Hurricane Helene, with Buncombe County having the highest toll at 42 fatalities.
• Buncombe County announced changes to 16 of its 80 Election Day polling locations due to storm damage, approved under the Disaster Recovery Act.