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Three counties in BPR’s listening area Cherokee, Clay and Graham stayed in a low economic category of “at-risk, according to the new Appalachian Regional Commission report. Meanwhile, Buncombe County changed designation.

Across Western North Carolina, protesters took to the streets in response to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the federal right to an abortion. BPR was at one march in Sylva.

A local advocacy group is raising awareness about the number of missing and murdered indigenous women in Western North Carolina. The Qualla Boundary MMIW Committee is hosting its third annual awareness walk this Saturday.

BPR talked with Smoky Mountain News Politics Editor Cory Vaillancourt about the newspaper’s special coverage exploring the many facets of the Violence Against Women's Act that was reauthorized this month.

Along with other state and federal funds, the investment totals nearly a billion dollars for rural connectivity, statewide. Local leaders attended a broadband summit in Franklin this week to talk about what this funding means for Western North Carolina.

Reporter Lilly Knoepp looks back on reporting on COVID-19 over the last two years across Western North Carolina.

In this special episode of The Porch, we hear from rural retirees about what their lives are like in the mountains.

In this special episode of The Porch, we hear from rural retirees about what their lives are like in the mountains.

The new Angel Medical Center in Franklin is starting to take shape. BPR took a tour of the construction site. David Sibilio is the superintendent of the…

Dr. Susan Mims has been named the chief executive officer of Dogwood Health Trust – she’s been the interim CEO for just over a year. The nonprofit…