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The project is already in the federal government’s pipeline. The big question now is how local governments will fund their part of it.
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The Army pilots who hovered two helicopters near Kid Rock's Tennessee home during a training run while he clapped and saluted have had their suspension lifted, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday.
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President Donald Trump plans to sit in on Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship, making him the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the nation's highest court.
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The city is hosting an open house on Wednesday and opened a survey that runs through Dec. 19. -
The initiatives are part of a larger, federally-funded effort to rebuild housing after Hurricane Helene in fall 2024. -
The Asheville manufacturer aims to double its production — again — over the next three years -
News of the funding’s release comes one day after U.S. Sens. Ted Budd and Thom Tillis (R) released their holds on some of President Trump’s Homeland Security nominees. -
DK Wesley was unanimously approved to be Asheville’s next city manager. The announcement comes after former city manager Debra Campbell announced her retirement to the Asheville City Council in early February. -
When Hurricane Helene struck Western North Carolina over a year ago, it left behind millions of cubic yards of debris in waterways. Although the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers cleaned a lot of it, the environmental group MountainTrue continues the cleanup effort for smaller waterways in the region.
