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North Carolina is experiencing a rapid increase in COVID-19 spread among unvaccinated people. Hospitalizations have more than doubled in the last two…
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This week marks 12 years since the federal minimum wage was last raised. To mark the occasion, workers in Western North Carolina and across the country…
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North Carolina health officials and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday announced that they will eliminate the statewide mask mandate and ease masking…
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For some artists, the pandemic was a time for creation and reflection. As part of BPR and Foxfire Museum's oral history project Jackson County poet Louise…
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Mountain Area Health Education Center is expanding its partnership in Transylvania County. When Mission Health System was purchased by HCA Healthcare in…
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The State Department of Transportation is re-evaluating a controversial road project in Haywood County after criticism from residents and municipalities.…
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Since BPR launched "The Porch" last summer, the news team has produced episodes centered on racial justice movements, policing, the insurrection on the US…
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News of over 1,000 unmarked graves of children found at an indigenous residential school in Canada hit home for members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee in…
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Homelessness was the key issue in the most recent municipal elections in Haywood County. In late 2019, newly-elected leaders in the Town of Waynesville…
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The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission voted Tuesday to begin rulemaking that would set limits on carbon emissions from energy plants to…