Mills River
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Sep 9, 2026
Justin KendallHOST
We talked a little bit about Sierra, but we couldn't really get into it last week.
Justin KendallHOST
So why don't you share a little bit about your trip to Asheville, Mills River, places in between?
Jessica InfanteHOST
Ah, I love that we're doing this on the first day of school.
Jessica InfanteHOST
Here's what I did on my summer vacation, and by vacation I mean a business trip.
Phil CombsHOST
It was a heck of a race.
Phil CombsHOST
And I just want to congratulate young Connor Light, who lives in Mills River, North Carolina.
Phil CombsHOST
He's 11 years old.
Phil CombsHOST
He finished third place.
Matt PiekenHOST
And Pardee is expanding across western North Carolina, adding a 23-bed adolescent mental health unit and gaining Level 3 trauma center status.
Matt PiekenHOST
The Henderson County-owned hospital has expanded cancer care and open offices in Brevard and Mills River.
Matt PiekenHOST
More Buncombe County residents are using Pardee amid Mission Hospital's reduction of regional services.
Matt PiekenHOST
Pardee remains much smaller than Mission, but its partnership with the University of North Carolina health system provides resources while preserving ownership.
JeffHOST
I was up at Malt Disney World.
JeffHOST
At Sierra Nevada in Mills River, which I don't believe is actually even Mills River.
JeffHOST
I think there's like a new town name or something for it.
JeffHOST
Had, speaking of Jason, we had lunch.
Justin KendallHOST
And Jess is taking some much-deserved time off this week.
Justin KendallHOST
She will be back next week to fill us all in on her trip to Sierra Nevada's Mills River location.
Justin KendallHOST
You've been.
Zoe LicataHOST
It's a gorgeous, gorgeous place.
PaulHOST
Yeah.
Steve GrossmanGUEST
Well, at both our breweries, our brewery in Chico and our brewery in Mills River, North Carolina, each have a pilot brewery.
PaulHOST
Right.
Steve GrossmanGUEST
So those pilot breweries produce specialty beers for the tap rooms.
Steve GrossmanGUEST
I mean, 46 years at that brewery.
Steve GrossmanGUEST
Chico has been added on to as we needed additional capacity.
Steve GrossmanGUEST
it hasn't been a master planned brewery so it's not as contiguous it doesn't flow as well as maybe ken would like but it's it's it's an original brewery and it's it's fantastic so yeah for historical purposes chico's the brewery to visit mills river on the other hand was designed ken designed it as sort of a master plan of what he wanted what he learned throughout the years and it's just an incredible brewery, incredible prop, very high tech, but incredible property.
Steve GrossmanGUEST
We're on several hundred acres and the French Broad River is right off of our property.
Dave MerrittGUEST
Sierra Pell.
Augie CartonHOST
And we're close, right? We're not that far from Mills River.
Augie CartonHOST
Mills River,
Dave MerrittGUEST
yeah.
Dave MerrittGUEST
Just outside of Asheville, going up the interstate.
Jeanine HerbstHOST
The US Forest Service has started the process to roll back a rule that protects around forty-five million acres of national forest land from logging and development nationwide.
Jeanine HerbstHOST
The roadless rule protected one hundred and seventy-two thousand acres in North Carolina, including beloved areas like Linville Jor- uh, Gorge and Mills River.
Jeanine HerbstHOST
Katie Myers has more.
Katie MyersCORRESPONDENT
Local environmental advocate Will Harlan lives in Barnardsville and works for the Center for Biological Diversity.
Ryan ContrerasGUEST
I did my master's with Tom Ranney, and again, was at an off-campus location to do my research there.
Ryan ContrerasGUEST
And of course, Dr. Ranney has... leads a really large program up in Mills River, North Carolina.
Ryan ContrerasGUEST
Yeah, I- I'm maybe a little bit of an outlier as far as breeding goes.
Ryan ContrerasGUEST
Many folks, when they come through, you tend to bounce around, and you're...