Congress recently approved a plan to cut all federal support for NPR. For Blue Ridge Public Radio, that means a loss of $330,000 annually.
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Severe damage from Helene led engineers to declare the Lake Lure Flowering Bridge beyond repair, but volunteers say the garden’s legacy will live on.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reposted the video profiling Christian Nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson, who opposes same-sex marriage.
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Western North Carolina is expected to see an increase in wildfires after Hurricane Helene. -
Catholic faithful mourn the death of Pope Francis. Local Catholic churches hosted a mass Monday evening including St. Eugene Catholic Church in Asheville. -
Your guide to Asheville’s annual budget process. Understand how it works — and how you can be involved. -
The Bee Tree Christian Church became an icon of the destruction Hurricane Helene brought to western North Carolina. Now congregants will level the 100-year-old church to begin rebuilding. -
Pop culture icon Bill Nye the Science guy visited Jackson County Public Library on April 17 to a packed crowd of science fans. -
This is an updated list of active evacuation orders in Western North Carolina where wildfires are burning in Graham, Swain, and McDowell counties. -
Brevard City Manager Wilson Hooper said the U.S. Department of Transportation is looking into the grants because the trail contains bike infrastructure. -
Community members speak out to protect 45 acre urban forest but no final plan yet for campus. -
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers moves from removing debris on the surface of Lake Lure to debris that sank to the bottom. -
Asheville’s only art supply store, Cheap Joe’s, will remain open under new ownership.
