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Buncombe libraries restore hours, add 36 weekly public‑service hours and list early voting sites

Buncombe County Library Advisory Board · January 10, 2026
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Summary

Library Director Jason reported systemwide schedule restorations including Pack (PAC) Memorial Library opening Mondays, added evening hours at PAC, 36 added service hours across 12 locations, new story time times, winter reading challenge through March 3, NCWorks career drop‑ins, and several branches serving as early voting sites Feb. 12–28.

Jason Hyatt, the library director, told the advisory board that library hours and services are returning to pre‑storm levels and expanding in some cases. “For the first time since before COVID, we now have a Buncombe County Public Library that's open on Mondays,” Hyatt said, noting that Pack (PAC) Memorial Library moved to a Monday–Friday schedule and that PACS extended operating days Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday until 7 p.m.

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