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Blue Ridge Public Radio is collaborating with AP, Honolulu Civil Beat, CalMatters, and Centro de Periodismo Investigativo in Puerto Rico to examine how school communities are recovering from the disruption of natural disasters.

Macon County’s proposal for a new high school hinged on receiving state funding to help pay for the over $100 million dollar price tag. The needs-based grant provides more than half the required funding. Macon County received a$62 million grant to help build a new high school this week.

The controversial bill was implemented in Buncombe County schools this month despite pleas from the LGBTQ community to delay enforcing it. Asheville City Schools is still deliberating.

Macon County now owns the 11-acre property including the historic Lyman C. Higdon home.In late spring, Macon County Commissioners announced a contract to purchase a $1.35 million property but said they did not have a specific plan for its use. In June, commissioners committed to the school plan.

In an unexpected turn of events, Dr. Maggie Fehrman has been appointed as the new superintendent of Asheville City Schools, after Dr. Rick Cruz announced his withdrawal from the position.

Local colleges are set to resume classes this coming Monday, January 10. With the omicron variant spreading across Western North Carolina, campuses are…

A new clinic aims to make healthcare more accessible in Graham County Schools.With the school year underway, workers are putting the finishing touches on…

School boards across Western North Carolina are still deciding on whether to make masks mandatory for students and staff. The region’s Congressman has…

Students and staff in 8 out of 16 school districts in BPR’s listening area will not be required to wear masks indoors. Masking indoors and for…

Students in the Asheville area and beyond are hustling to meet the March 15th deadline to submit their entries for NPR’s Student Podcast Challenge. The…