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The Porch: Snakecharmer from 2022-01-20T17:48
On this episode of The Porch, a production of the BPR news team, we hear from -
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The growing GOP schism, and will it matter at the polls from 2022-01-20T15:15
The nation's political eyes are on North Carolina. First, for the gerrymandering lawsuit that the state supreme court is expected to rule that will determine lines for U.S. House and General Assemb...
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Waiting on the NC Supreme Court from 2022-01-20T14:19
Bob Orr has had a long career in the public eye. His latest career move actually falls in line with what he first went to UNC Chapel Hill to study.
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The Porch: Pulling The Pin from 2021-12-16T19:57
On this episode of The Porch, a production of the BPR news team, we hear from -
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Green burials: How to combat climate change from the grave from 2021-12-16T13:58
A lot contributes to climate change. A Warren Wilson College professor decided to examine one factor that many might find uncomfortable to talk about but is something we will all face - our death.
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Closing out 2021 into 2022's uncertainty from 2021-12-16T13:33
2021 in North Carolina politics saw a lot of what marked the state's politics in the prior decade - lawsuits and court rulings that left just as many questions as answers.
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The Porch: We Have All The Time In The World from 2021-11-18T15:39
In this episode of The Porch, a production of the BPR news team, we hear from -
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It's not even 2022 yet from 2021-11-18T12:22
New maps made new lines. Those inspired Western North Carolina's Congressman to run somewhere else, meaning the region will have a member of Congress come 2023. Maybe.
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Section 8 program in the South reinforcing segregation from 2021-11-17T11:51
A federal government housing voucher program is making the problems it was designed to alleviate only worse in the South. That's according to a six-month investigation done by the USA Today Network.
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Reparations - and the pace and need for them in Asheville - headline annual conference from 2021-11-05T08:26
Just one month after the protests following the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Asheville City Council approved a resolution calling for reparations for the city's black community. 16...
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'It got worse': UNC Asheville faculty release annual Political Terror Scale from 2021-11-01T16:23
For almost 40 years, faculty at UNC Asheville have helped in the creation of the annual global Political Terror Scale . The report measures and codes human rights violations by countries across the...
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The Porch: The River from 2021-09-17T06:35:01
In this episode of The Porch, a production of the BPR news team, we hear from -
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2021 Haywood County Floods, One Month Later: An Audio Postcard from 2021-09-16T10:37:13
On August 17th, historic flooding caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred devastated Western North Carolina. Haywood County was hit hardest, as six people were killed in the Cruso, Canton, an...
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What Will It Take To Take It Seriously from 2021-09-14T15:14:32
On August 17th, flash floods caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred left six people dead in Haywood County, and devastated homes and businesses there and in neighboring Buncombe and Transylv...
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'Embrace The Complexity' - North Carolina's New State Historian On His Approach from 2021-08-26T17:59:01
Dr. Darin Waters will take over next month as North Carolina's Deputy Secretary for Archives and History. The job in the state department of Natural and Cultural Resources comes with many responsib...
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The Porch: Summer Sun from 2021-08-19T20:18:32
In this episode of The Porch, a production of the BPR news team, we hear from:
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How WNC Bucked The National Trend In The 2020 U.S. Census from 2021-08-19T17:13:12
The 2020 U.S. Census figures arrived last week eagerly anticipated - and late (for a variety of reasons).
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The Porch: Viral Humor from 2021-07-16T09:42:55
Since BPR launched "The Porch" last summer, the news team has produced episodes centered on racial justice movements, policing, the insurrection on the US Capitol, all of this and more, while also ...
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The Porch: One Year Later, How Closer Are We To Racial Justice? from 2021-05-20T16:07:01
One year after the racial justice protests following the police murder of George Floyd, how much closer are we to the goals stated by the marchers in Asheville and Western North Carolina?
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BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 008 from 2021-04-28T13:50:09
In this episode of The Porch, from BPR News, we explore this question: If communities benefit from the work and presence of artists, what is our collective responsibility to publicly pay for the ar...
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BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 007 from 2021-04-15T16:46:16
In this episode of The Porch, a production of the BPR news team, we hear from - BPR's Lilly Knoepp about her reporting on the independent monitor tasked with ensuring HCA holds to the promises it m...
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BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 006 from 2021-03-16T13:32:16
In this episode of BPR News Presents: The Porch, we talk with-- Musician, poet and writer Chelsea Labate Mike Martinez of the ska-rock band Natural Born Leaders Autobiographical storyteller and act...
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BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 005 from 2021-02-18T18:07:47
In this episode of BPR News Presents: The Porch, we talk with - Emma Johnson, the climate science fellow for The Pulitzer Center On Crisis Reporting. She's been examining how climate change is hurt...
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BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 004 from 2021-01-14T15:07:58
In this episode of BPR News Presents: The Porch - We feature an episode of WUNC's podcast Tested titled 'An American Coup' which looks at the only violent overthrow of a government in U.S. history,...
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BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 003 from 2020-12-17T17:31:33
In this episode, we talk with - - Dr. David Ellis, the chief medical officer for Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville, where the first COVID-19 vaccines were administered in Western North Carolina thi...
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BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 002 from 2020-11-05T16:53:11
In this episode, we talk with - - Dr. Chris Cooper of Western Carolina University, about why partisanship was the biggest winner in this week's elections in North Carolina - Raul Saldana, the found...
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How The Sale Of Mission Health Went Down from 2020-11-05T16:42:57
The sale of Mission Health to HCA made be concluded as a financial transaction, but the details of how it was reached are few and far between. Peter Lewis of AVL Watchdog wrote two stories last mon...
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BPR News Presents: Curtain Call from 2020-10-29T16:15:01
What is the future of live performance in Asheville? BPR's Matt Peiken checks in with local performers working in contemporary and classical music, along with managers of the venues that stage them...
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BPR News Presents: 2020 Local Election Special from 2020-10-15T14:23:36
BPR News Presents: 2020 Local Election Special, is a production of the Blue Ridge Public Radio news team. It's three segments include an interview with Buncombe County elections director Corinne Du...
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2020 WNC Early Voting Guide: Locations, Dates, & Times from 2020-10-13T15:38:41
Early voting in North Carolina runs from Thursday October 15th to Saturday October 31st ahead of the November 3rd general election.
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BPR News Presents: #NC11 Congressional Candidate Forum from 2020-09-17T13:10:20
On September 4 th and 5 th Blue Ridge Public Radio in partnership with Smoky Mountain News and Mountain Xpress held two forums with the major party candidates for the currently vacant seat in North...
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Superintendent Leads 'Hikes for Healing' In Great Smoky Mountains National Park from 2020-09-04T07:23:22
For the superintendent of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the killing of George Floyd over the summer hit especially hard.
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BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 001 from 2020-09-03T16:19:59
At this particular moment in history, we think it's vital that we give ourselves more time to listen to what's happening in Western North Carolina and Southern Appalachia. To do that, Blue Ridge Pu...
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North Carolina Is The First To Mail Out Mail-In Ballots from 2020-09-03T16:11:15
North Carolina will be one of the state's that decides this fall's presidential election, plus which party controls the U.S. Senate. It also has one of the most watched gubernatorial elections in t...
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Macon County's First Black Principal Talks Integration, Racism And COVID-19 from 2020-09-03T10:52:32
Students started back to school last month amidst the uncertain world of COVID-19 and a racial justice movement across America. Franklin resident Shirley Parks remembers her own uncertain days as a...
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BPR News Presents: A Conversation About Policing In Asheville from 2020-07-30T19:41:33
On Thursday July 23rd, Blue Ridge Public Radio hosted a live Zoom panel to discuss police funding in Asheville. BPR News Presents: A Conversation On Policing In Asheville, is hosted by BPR's Matt P...
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BPR Candidate Forum For Democratic Primary For North Carolina 11th Congressional District from 2020-02-18T16:03:45
On February 6th, Blue Ridge Public Radio held a forum with four candidates running for the Democratic nomination for North Carolina's 11th Congressional District, which encompasses all of Western N...
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BPR Candidate Forum For GOP Primary In North Carolina 11th Congressional District (#2) from 2020-02-17T15:03:25
On February 7th, Blue Ridge Public Radio held a forum with two candidates running for the Republican nomination for North Carolina's 11th Congressional District, which encompasses all of Western No...
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BPR Candidate Forum For GOP Primary In North Carolina 11th Congressional District (#1) from 2020-02-17T14:28:01
On February 7 th Blue Ridge Public Radio held a forum with three candidates running for the Republican nomination for North Carolina's 11 th Congressional District, which encompasses all of Western...
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BPR Candidate Forum For Democratic Primary In NC State Senate District 49 from 2020-02-14T17:41:11
On February 5 th, Blue Ridge Public Radio held a forum in its studios with the candidates running for the Democratic nomination for the North Carolina state senate seat for district 49, which cover...
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WNC Politics Roundup: How Do All The Candidates In The 11th Distinguish Themselves? from 2020-02-13T17:10:10
Early voting is underway in North Carolina for the March 3 rd primary. Voters in Western North Carolina will have plenty of candidates from the major parties to choose from for the 11 th Congressio...
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BPR Early Voting Guide For Western North Carolina from 2020-02-12T16:30:41
Early voting in North Carolina starts on February 13th and runs until Feburary 29th. Same day voter registration is available each day of early voting. Photo ID is not required to vote during the p...
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"It's Not Just About Climate Change" - AVL Councilman Keith Young Talks Local Green New Deal from 2019-12-10T15:23:01
Asheville city council members meet for the final time in 2019 Tuesday evening, and lawmakers will take up a resolution that calls for a climate emergency to be declared by the city. While the reso...
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Extended Interview: 'Art Helps Us Meet In The Middle,' Says NC Poet Laureate from 2019-11-01T17:30:32
Blue Ridge Public Radio's Lilly Knoepp sat down with North Carolina's Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green after she visited Western Carolina University writing students . Shelton Green talked about ho...
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Three-Legged Bears In Asheville: What's Real & What Isn't from 2019-09-21T09:43:22
Bears have become a very big deal in Asheville. Pictures of them at least. As their natural habitat is being encroached on by increasing development, snapping photos of bears in the urban environme...
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AVL Council Worksession Will Grapple With Big Question: To Sue Or Not? from 2019-07-01T15:25:15
Asheville city council will hold a work session Tuesday evening on whether to take legal action stop the imposition of electoral districts for future city council elections. Council members appear ...
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Bound Together: Two Friends Partner Up to Narrow the Diversity Gap in Children's Books from 2019-05-29T15:21:06
Friendship is the driving force behind a new organization that aims to improve racial equity in Asheville schools -- starting with classroom bookshelves.
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UNC Asheville Chancellor Reflects On 1st School Year, Installation Ceremony from 2019-04-24T17:11:59
The installation ceremony for Dr. Nancy Cable as UNC Asheville chancellor takes place this Friday April 26 on the Quad on campus. Cable began her tenure as the school's 8th chancellor began last Au...
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Accuser Of Eblen Charities Leader Breaks Silence, Details Alleged Sexual Abuse from 2019-03-21T14:14:24
UPDATE: Friday 3:00 p.m. - The board of directors for Eblen Charities announced Friday morning that Bill Murdock will retire from his position as CEO. Later Friday afternoon, Murdock also resigned ...
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Study: APD Charges African-Americans Disproportionately For Resisting Arrest from 2019-01-24T16:51:13
This week the Asheville Citizen-Times published a study showing Asheville police were disproportionately charging African-Americans with resisting arrest. The study, which looked at the last five y...
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Lack Of Black Faculty Leads To Fewer Mentors For African-American Students In WNC from 2018-12-19T22:20:35
The percentage of black students at four of Western North Carolina's universities is low, and so is the number of faculty members at each schools that could mentors for those students. This week, B...
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Shiloh Elementary In Asheville: One Of The Historic Rosenwald Schools from 2018-12-18T22:05:54
The Shiloh Elementary school served Asheville's African-American community from the 1920's until it graduated its last class in 1969. Shiloh was one of the more than 45-hundred Rosenwald Schools, w...
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The History Of Aid For African-Americans In WNC from 2018-12-17T20:20:16
The 5th annual African-Americans in WNC and Southern Appalachia Conference was held at the end of October on the campus of UNC Asheville. The theme of this year's conference was 'Making The Invisib...
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Outgoing Asheville Police Chief Says Her Reforms Are Sticking from 2018-11-08T16:34:45
Asheville police chief Tammy Hooper says the department is in a better place than it was three years ago when she arrived. It's one of many reasons why Hooper gave her resignation this week. Hooper...
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Rep. Meadows Full Interview Ahead Of 2018 Election from 2018-11-01T17:02:59
Asheville Republican Congressman Mark Meadows (NC-11) spoke with Cory Vaillancourt of Smoky Mountain News and BPR News ahead of the 2018 election. You can listen to their full interview here. Meado...
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North Carolina 10th Congressional District Debate from 2018-10-23T18:43:54
On Tuesday October 23rd, incumbent Republican Patrick McHenry and Democrat David Wilson Brown held their lone debate ahead of the election in North Carolina's 10th Congressional district. It took p...
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Buncombe County Board Of Commissioners District Two Candidate Forum from 2018-10-23T18:04:45
On Wednesday October 17th, Blue Ridge Public Radio and Mountain Xpress hosted a forum with the candidates for the District 2 seat on the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. Republican Glenda We...
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Buncombe County Board Of Commissioners District 3 Forum from 2018-10-19T15:01:38
On Tuesday October 16th, Blue Ridge Public Radio and the Asheville Citizen-Times hosted a forum with the candidates for the District 3 seat on the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. Republican...
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Buncombe County Sheriff Candidate Forum from 2018-10-17T16:38:11
On Monday October 15th, Blue Ridge Public Radio and the Asheville Citizen-Times held a forum with the candidates running for Buncombe County sheriff. Democrat Quentin Miller, a 25-year veteran of t...
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Anita Earls (D), Candidate for NC Supreme Court from 2018-10-15T04:13:19
Early voting begins Wednesday October 17th in North Carolina. Probably the most critical item on the ballot is a race for a seat on the state Supreme Court. BPR's Jeremy Loeb spoke with each of the...
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Justice Barbara Jackson (R) - Candidate for NC Supreme Court from 2018-10-15T04:08:53
Early voting begins Wednesday October 17th in North Carolina. Probably the most critical item on the ballot is a race for a seat on the state Supreme Court. BPR's Jeremy Loeb spoke with each of the...
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Chris Anglin (R), Candidate for NC Supreme Court from 2018-10-15T03:58:02
Early voting begins Wednesday October 17th in North Carolina. Probably the most critical item on the ballot is a race for a seat on the state Supreme Court. BPR's Jeremy Loeb spoke with each of the...
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NC Supreme Court Candidate Interviews from 2018-10-11T17:01:14
Perhaps the biggest race on the ballot for North Carolina voters is for a seat on the state Supreme Court. The seat is currently held by Republican Barbara Jackson . She has two challengers in Demo...
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Living On '$2.00 A Day' - Author Explains How The Extreme Poor Survive from 2018-10-04T12:58:58
When Kathryn Edin was studying poverty in the U.S., she and Luke Schaefer made a startling discovery - the number of households in the U.S. living on just $2.00 a day had skyrocketed in the past tw...
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Increased Calls For Help To Buncombe Rape Crisis & Prevention Center Amid Kavanaugh News Cycle from 2018-10-02T17:01:14
Buncombe County's rape crisis and prevention center says it has seen a surge in calls before, during, and after last Thursday's hearing featuring Dr. Christine Ford. She testified to the U.S. Senat...
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Author Discusses Voter Suppression in NC from 2018-09-10T10:44:31
Carol Anderson's book "One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy" is an extensive look at voter suppression methods past and present. She spoke with BPR's Jeremy Loeb a...
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Candidate Interview: Norm Bossert (D) - NC Senate from 2018-09-09T13:33:27
BPR will be interviewing candidates for state races in the 2018 midterms. Our series of conversations starts with Norm Bossert. Bossert is a Democrat running in the heavily Republican Senate Distri...
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Breaking Down The High-Stakes Choices On NC Midterm Ballots from 2018-09-07T14:00:16
Ballots are finalized (we think) for the high-stakes November mid-term elections. Voters will be deciding a state Supreme Court race, the fate of 6 amendments to the state constitution, who goes to...
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New UNC Asheville Chancellor On Liberal Arts Education, Balancing Campus Life (And Those New Dorms) from 2018-08-20T18:21:30
Monday is the first day of classes for the fall semester at UNC-Asheville. It also marks the beginning of Dr. Nancy Cable's tenure as the 8th chancellor at the school. She takes over for Dr. Mary G...
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Bold Black Bears Prompt Food Storage Rule Proposal from 2018-08-15T16:47:28
An increase in bear encounters has prompted the U.S. Forest Service to consider clamping down on food storage rules for campers in parts of Western North Carolina. BPR's Helen Chickering has detail...
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Institute For Emerging Issues Forum Coming to Asheville from 2018-08-15T11:26:42
NC State University's Institute for Emerging Issues is bringing its forum to Asheville in a month, September 17. New York Times columnist David Brooks will headline the event. Leslie Boney is the I...
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Former UNC Coach - Player Boycott Would Reverse Shoe Selling Suspensions from 2018-08-08T19:31:54
A former assistant coach for the University of North Carolina football team says players have the power - if they choose to use it - to reverse the suspensions of 13 players for improperly selling ...
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'It's Devastating,' ACA Navigator Responds to Latest Cuts From Trump Administration from 2018-07-17T11:31:22
The Trump administration took another swipe at the Affordable Care Act recently in announcing that it's cutting funding to ACA 'navigators' 72 percent, from $36 million to $10 million. In North Car...
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Asheville Native Becomes Head Of North Carolina Bar Association from 2018-07-10T16:05
Asheville native Jackie Grant is now president of the North Carolina Bar Association . She was inaugurated at the NCBA's annual meeting last month. The A.C. Reynolds High School and Western Carolin...
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A Gerrymandering Punt, Election Changes, Eroding Transparency: The Latest in NC Politics from 2018-06-20T04:55
Western Carolina University political scientist Chris Cooper spoke with BPR's Jeremy Loeb about the latest in North Carolina politics. This week saw a major U.S. Supreme Court "punt" on political g...
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Study: Vouchers Mostly Go To Schools Teaching Biblical Worldview from 2018-06-05T05:28
A new study put out by the League of Women Voters finds the vast majority of schools taking in students receiving vouchers are teaching a biblical worldview. Many of those schools are using what's...
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Western Carolina Unveils NC Data Dashboard from 2018-06-04T08:31
Western Carolina University is unveiling NCDataDashboard.org, an online resource that shows key economic indicators and trends for all 100 counties in North Carolina. The site includes 12,000 uniq...
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Interim UNC-Asheville Chancellor: Let's Build 'Thoughtforce' Just As Much As Workforce from 2018-05-10T15:32
Commencement ceremonies take place this Saturday on the campus of UNC-Asheville. The school's interim chancellor Joe Urgo says this year's graduating class is the largest in recent memory, while t...
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Kapoor: Voters Showed AVL Districts Not Necessary from 2018-04-26T14:53
Asheville City Council member Vijay Kapoor was critical of the North Carolina legislature for moving towards forcing districts on the city of Asheville. Speaking with BPR's Jeremy Loeb, the counci...
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Groundwater Radiation at Duke Energy Coal Plants Raises Concerns from 2018-03-27T05:35
Recently released data from Duke Energy is raising new concerns about contaminated water at the Asheville coal plant and others around the state. BPR's Jeremy Loeb reports groundwater at the Ashev...
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NC Body Cam Law Leaves Release Up to Judges from 2018-03-15T09:06
Leaked video of an Asheville police officer beating an unarmed black man accused of jaywalking has brought renewed attention to the North Carolina law regarding the release of police body cam foota...
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Asheville Asks For More Video Of Police Beating To Be Released from 2018-03-05T08:08
The city of Asheville Monday afternoon formally asked Buncombe County Superior Court to release any additional police body camera footage of the beating of Johnnie Jermaine Rush. The unarmed black...
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The Key To Billy Graham's Success - Blurring Denominational Lines from 2018-02-22T08:09
Reverend Billy Graham passed away Wednesday morning at the age of 99 at his home in Montreat. The most prominent American Christian preacher of his era was ordained in Southern Baptist church, but...
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Gerrymandering, Gen-X, Class-Sizes, Midterms; The Latest in NC Politics from 2018-02-14T08:10
The North Carolina legislature is adjourned until May. Or are they? BPR's Jeremy Loeb and Western Carolina University political scientist Chris Cooper talk about the latest in North Carolina poli...
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Is Democracy In Trouble In North Carolina? from 2018-02-06T08:11
A column last year in the News & Observer of Raleigh declared "North Carolina is no longer classified as a democracy." The article went viral and prompted a range of heated reactions, even death t...
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Author & UNC-Asheville Professor Dan Pierce Loves To Explore The History Of Great Smoky Mountains NP from 2018-01-31T08:13
Dan Pierce is UNC-Asheville's National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Professor in the Humanities. He's written several books on the history of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park....
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UNC-Asheville Chancellor Grant Finishes Time At School from 2017-12-14T08:14
UNC-Asheville's winter graduation ceremony will be held Friday on campus. It will be the last event for chancellor Dr. Mary Grant, who earlier this year announced she would be leaving the school t...
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Discussing the GOP Tax Bill and NC's Tax Example from 2017-12-05T08:15
The Washington Post published an article this week looking at North Carolina's moves on taxes in recent years for clues to how the GOP tax plan making its way through Congress could impact the coun...
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NCSU Economist Discusses GOP Tax Plan's Impact from 2017-11-27T08:18
Senate Republicans in Congress could vote on their version of tax reform as soon as this week. If the Senate bill passes, it would need to be reconciled with the House version and then voted on ag...
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Former Justice Orr On Judicial Changes, Trump, and Beer from 2017-11-21T14:03
North Carolina's Republican-dominated General Assembly has made a number of changes to the way judges are elected in the state, with many more proposals under current consideration. They include m...
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Esther Manheimer Talks Election Results, 2nd-Term Goals And Districts Strategy from 2017-11-13T08:27
Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer got a resounding vote of confidence earlier this month, winning re-election with more than 80% of the vote. She stopped by BPR to speak with Jeremy Loeb about the ...
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LISTEN: Asheville City Council Candidate Forum On Discrimination from 2017-10-27T09:28
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NC NAACP Leader Full Conversation from 2017-10-16T09:32
There's been a big change atop one of North Carolina's most prominent civil rights organization. The influential leader of the North Carolina NAACP, Rev. William Barber II is stepping down to lead...
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A Conversation With David Brooks of the NY Times from 2017-10-12T09:40
New York Times political columnist and frequent commentator for NPR's All Things Considered David Brooks sat down with BPR's Jeremy Loeb for a discussion about the state of our country and media du...
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An Overview of Partisan Gerrymandering from 2017-10-05T09:42
The issue of how much partisan gerrymandering is too much is before the U.S. Supreme Court. The court heard oral arguments Tuesday on a case out of Wisconsin challenging maps there for being too l...
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