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New tax legislation is forcing Buncombe County to navigate new revenue shortfalls and reopen its budget — a month after the county had already approved one.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Nick Lapis of Californians Against Waste about the new law that standardizes food label "use by" dates and how that reduces consumer confusion and tons of food waste.
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Proposals to build six data centers in the small community of Archbald, Pennsylvania, have brought strangers together to fight the plans there — and elsewhere in the state.
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Municipalities throughout western North Carolina will hold events the weekend of June 19 to commemorate Juneteenth, the date in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned they were free. -
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Taylor Montgomery, co-founder and executive chef of Montgomery Sky Farm in Leicester, was named Best Chef: Southeast on Monday. Montgomery operates a 50-acre farm that offers a unique experience to its guests.
