BPR
Monday, April 20, 2026
- Blue Ridge Public Radio welcomes Eddie Garcia as News Director
- Asheville Regional Airport opens new baggage claim area
- First freight train will roll through WNC's newly-restored Old Fort Loops this weekend
- In Asheville, more than 100 homeowners are waitlisted for a Helene home repair program. The money may never come.
- Asheville City Council punts vote on police tech funding and considers property tax hike
- HUD gave Asheville $225M for Helene repair. Why is there only enough money to fix 8 houses?
- BPR presents on-air broadcasts of Asheville Symphony's Masterworks series
- Republican Anna Ferguson to fill District 119 seat after Rep. Clampitt’s death
- Several ramps will permanently close this week as Interstate 26 Connector project gets underway
- Classic Is Amplified: BPR is bringing BPR Classic to 200,000 listeners in Asheville
- 'I'm a foreign correspondent in my own country:' An interview with NPR's Frank Langfitt
- A-B Tech culinary program takes top honors at regional competition — again
- Asheville’s bus operator has performance and personnel issues. The city still renewed its contract
- How Asheville's wellness tourism industry began ... with tuberculosis
- Buncombe County lost population for the first time in ages. Here's why
- FEMA approves ‘severely stalled’ home buyouts for Helene survivors, despite funding freeze
- Lack of temporary housing funds for Helene survivors is delaying repairs in WNC
- A note from our CEO: What the recent federal ruling means for BPR
- Federal judge overturns the plan for the Nantahala-Pisgah National Forest, saying it violates the Endangered Species Act
- FEMA releases $97 million more in reimbursements for Helene recovery
- Swain County joins the list of WNC communities considering a temporary ban on data centers
- Despite multiple safety sanctions, Mission Hospital receives state approval to add 95 more beds in Asheville
- Buncombe and Asheville plot different trajectories for government spending
- A WNC ground station is back in business for NASA's Artemis II
- Only two North Carolina restaurants are James Beard finalists. They’re both from Buncombe County
- Rail advocates are stepping up their efforts to make the Asheville-to-Salisbury train a reality
- Statewide burn ban in effect as wildfires burn across Western North Carolina
- Helene’s lasting damage: More than 100 people in Buncombe County are still homeless following the storm
- Gov. Stein asks state lawmakers for another $792 million in Helene funding as federal money stalls
- How to heal WNC rivers after Helene? Plant thousands of trees.