# Friday, July 3: Buncombe Budget Setback + Relaxed Nursing Credentials + Riverfront Redesign Plan Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wake-up-asheville-7435025/friday-july-3-buncombe-budget-setback-relaxed-nursing-credentials-riverfront-redesign-plan Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wake-up-asheville-7435025/friday-july-3-buncombe-budget-setback-relaxed-nursing-credentials-riverfront-redesign-plan.md Podcast: [Wake Up, Asheville!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wake-up-asheville-7435025) Published: 2026-07-03T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/a6e3766a Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/a6e3766a/310b6b80.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wake-up-asheville-7435025/episodes/friday-july-3-buncombe-budget-setback-relaxed-nursing-credentials-riverfront-redesign-plan Duration seconds: 266 ## Resource Today's Asheville newscast includes these stories: Buncombe officials voice frustration, confusion over new state tax law Mission Hospital to relax degree requirements for nurses Swannanoa death reclassified as homicide; BCSO seeks silver Nissan Rogue Asheville’s new riverfront park plan comes with a more flood-resilient design Here's what Asheville’s Downtown Improvement District accomplished in its first year ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wake-up-asheville-7435025/episodes/friday-july-3-buncombe-budget-setback-relaxed-nursing-credentials-riverfront-redesign-plan/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/wake-up-asheville-7435025/friday-july-3-buncombe-budget-setback-relaxed-nursing-credentials-riverfront-redesign-plan.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.