Western North Carolina residents felt the effects of the quake.
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Stay informed with our Friday text message roundup of regional news with a special focus on growth and recovery after Hurricane Helene.
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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Davis is holding a reading for her new book at Pack Memorial Library on Tuesday, May 6. -
After Hurricane Helene, more than 50 AmeriCorps members throughout Western North Carolina worked to help the communities where they were stationed. Then DOGE cut them. -
Requested increases for public school funding and avoiding further cuts to local government spending would require a property tax increase, Buncombe County officials said late last week. -
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. -
The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS” and further requires that that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations. -
The annual Murdered and Missing Indigenous Relative’s walk is on Saturday, May 3, from 3 to 5:30 p.m. for all community members and allies. -
The northern part of the project is expected to cost $1.2 billion, the largest contract in state history. Residents have a lot of opinions. -
Last week, the Haoe Lead fire was 57% contained. Cheoah and Tusquittee Ranger Brian Browning says firefighters kept some of the oldest trees in the country safe during the blaze in the wilderness area. -
The school superintendent pitched two options for an increase to staff pay to the county commissioner.
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The figure is more than twice what it was in March 2024, when the county had among the lowest unemployment rates in the state.
