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Asheville Police Department confirmed an investigation of a reported disturbance that occurred at the Embassy Suites in downtown Asheville on Saturday night.
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Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri talks about his mission to hold tech companies accountable even as they try to align themselves with President Donald Trump.
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The detainees were part of a group of some 300 Uyghurs who fled China and were arrested in Thailand in 2014. Thailand deported more than 100 of them to China in 2015, drawing condemnation.
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Marshall welcomed back visitors May 1 to May 4 with their Marshall Magic Days seven months after Hurricane Helene devastated the town. -
What you need to know from the May 6 Buncombe County Board of Commissioners meeting. -
Jefferson Griffin says he will not appeal a federal judge’s decision favoring Associate Justice Allison Riggs. -
A team of Duke researchers is examining how climate change interacts with fungal growth, and what that means for rebuilding after a disaster like Hurricane Helene. -
BPR’s Felicia Sonmez sat down with leaders of the Historic Biltmore Village Association to talk about the latest steps in the neighborhood’s recovery from Hurricane Helene. -
Davis is holding a reading for her new book at Pack Memorial Library on Tuesday, May 6. -
After Hurricane Helene, more than 50 AmeriCorps members throughout Western North Carolina worked to help the communities where they were stationed. Then DOGE cut them. -
Requested increases for public school funding and avoiding further cuts to local government spending would require a property tax increase, Buncombe County officials said late last week. -
Owen Pool in Swannanoa provided its final rounds of showers and laundry this week. The public facilities were set up to help residents after Hurricane Helene. -
The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS” and further requires that that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations.
