This aired on Friday, May 10.
Morning Edition Host Helen Chickering and Senior Regional Reporter Lilly Knoepp talk about the top headlines this week from across the region:
- Overnight UNCA encampment stopped. Chancellor addresses demonstrations.
- With new ICE law looming in NC, activists rally in Asheville against HB10
- Whooping cough crosses county lines in WNC; Transylvania confirms outbreak
- Asheville-Buncombe reparations commission approves plan for a Black-led economic center
- Appalachian Trail hikers take life-long memories, leave crucial tax dollars in WNC