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Laura Lee
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.
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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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The decision brings Western North Carolina one step closer to receiving the funding, which was allocated by Congress late last year in the wake of Hurricane Helene. -
The railway had been out of service since the historic storm swept through Western North Carolina in September. -
The North Carolina Division of the Southern States Police Benevolent Association filed a lawsuit on behalf of former Brevard Police Department Sgt. Wilson Bunn. -
Sue Shugart will start as chief executive officer on May 26. She has been in healthcare for more than 20 years, and most recently served as CEO of Rutherford Regional Health System in Rutherford, N.C. -
State transportation staff will hold an information session on April 24 in Asheville. -
Jackson County leaders have removed a plaque that previously covered an inscription on the pedestal of “Sylva Sam,” a Confederate monument. The plaque stood for four years as a compromise to prior calls for the Confederate soldier statue to be removed. -
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.
