In an appeal letter, NC Governor Josh Stein asks Trump administration to reconsider decision about cost-sharing arrangement.
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Stay on the pulse of the decisions being made at meetings for Asheville City Council and Buncombe County Commission, with reports from BPR’s Laura Hackett.
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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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Live coverage of Edwards town hall gathering from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Ferguson Auditorium on Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College's campus.
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For culturally and historically significant sites like Riverside, storm recovery is more than just cleanup.
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What you need to know from the March 11 Asheville City Council meeting.
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Asheville has to revise its plan that would prioritize assistance for minority and women-owned businesses as part of a post-Helene Small Business Support program, Trump official says.
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The rail company will install new bridge spans to replace a section in Newport, Tenn., that collapsed after Hurricane Helene.
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The city of Brevard revoked a request for $1 million, after they worried time would run out to fund an affordable housing project.
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An institution since the 1980s, the club's influence extended beyond entertainment.
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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins made her first visit to Western North Carolina to see the damage Hurricane Helene caused on the region’s Forest Service lands. At the NC Forest Supervisor’s Office in Asheville, Rollins says she supports the Trump administration’s reductions in the federal workforce.
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While on a tour of Yancey County, Stein highlighted the need for summer school programs and home repairs.
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Hospital says contract allows for change; staffers say they’ve been betrayed.