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Environmental group MountainTrue announced on Tuesday it received a $750,000 grant to expand its regional debris cleanup and river restoration program. The additional funding will help MountainTrue extend its cleanup work for two years and add technical crews that are trained to reach difficult stretches of whitewater.
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Elon Musk's new online encyclopedia aims to challenge Wikipedia, which he has accused of left-leaning bias. We used them to search for data about each other.
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Air traffic controllers are finding it increasingly difficult to keep doing their jobs without getting a paycheck during the government shutdown. Some are starting to speak out.
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When Darlene Kurkendall closes her eyes, she imagines the walls of her house falling away. She sees the people in her community — friends, neighbors, family — swept out of sight by a horrendous heap of moving earth. -
UNC Asheville is the only school in the system that experienced a fall in enrollment. But officials acknowledged the 6% decline could be related to the ongoing Hurricane Helene recovery. -
Former Swain County Sheriff Curtis Cochran resigned in June after allegations of sexual assault and rape. He faces five charges including rape and sexual assault. -
The Department of Environmental Quality is funding a biochar facility and debris cleanup project — all to mitigate ongoing Helene impacts.
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BPR spoke with several residents in the rural outpost of Henderson County about recovery of a community that has changed, but that they refuse to abandon. -
From late summer to early fall, hellbenders lay between 100 to 300 eggs beneath rocks. The park service says moving stones can destroy an entire generation of the amphibians.
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