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The measure was introduced after the state Supreme Court gave a coastal county the green light to spend occupancy tax revenue on law enforcement and other public safety services.
Taylor Montgomery, co-founder and executive chef of Montgomery Sky Farm in Leicester, won a James Beard Award for Best Chef: Southeast on Monday.
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The Senate Intelligence Committee said it will move ahead with the confirmation process for Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence Today. But President Trump is calling for a delay.
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People who go to prison keep one important right — to file a grievance over their treatment: from abuse to denied medical care. But in the vast majority of cases, those efforts go nowhere, according to an analysis of federal data by The Marshall Project and NPR.
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Superintendent Rob Jackson made the announcement at the close of a celebratory end-of-school-year board meeting, bringing full circle a career that began in Buncombe County Schools in 1992. -
Western Carolina University in Jackson County is one of several colleges that the State Board of Elections rejected as an early voting site in the March primary. -
What you need to know from the June 2 Buncombe County Board of Commissioners meeting.
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The funding will support emergency repairs at 207 sites across Buncombe, including farms, businesses, homes and public land. -
The Asheville Recovers Together grant program will accept applications from June 15 to July 14. -
The two Asheville mayoral candidates largely agreed on housing and recovery priorities — but differed on how city government should operate.
